About Hazelwood

Hazelwood is a large neighborhood (2,587 acres, about 4 square miles), but not the largest in Portland, Oregon.  However, it has the most residents, with 23,332 people*.

The Hazelwood neighborhood includes the Gateway Urban Renewal Area (658.5 acres), Gateway Transit Center (served by three light rail lines and six bus lines), Mall 205 Shopping Center, Adventist Medical Center (hospital), several smaller shopping centers (Gateway Shopping Center, Plaza 205, 205 Place and Menlo Park Plaza), and more than 800 businesses. Much of the neighborhood falls within the boundaries of the Gateway Area Business Association.

There are several parks in the neighborhood -- Cherry Park, Cherry Blossom Park, East Holladay Park, Lincoln Park, North Powellhurst Park, Ventura Park, Hazelwood HydroPark and Community Garden, the Stark Street Triangle and the Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail.  Some of them are very small; others are undeveloped.

Schools in Hazelwood include the David Douglas High School campus & district offices, Menlo Park Elementary, Cherry Park Elementary, Ventura Park Elementary, Lincoln Park Elementary, Reynold's Four Corners Elementary, St. Therese School, Harmony Montessori, Portland Adventist Academy, Arthur Academy, and the Portland campus of the Walla Walla School of Nursing. The Parkrose School District also serves part of the neighborhood, although none of its schools are located in Hazelwood.

The MAX Green Line runs north-south along the western boundary of the neighborhood and the original MAX Blue Line runs eastward through the middle.  MAX stops at four locations in Hazelwood: Gateway Transit Center (Red, Blue, & Green Lines), Main Street (Green), 102nd & 122nd Avenue (Blue), and two locations on the neighborhood edge, 148th Avenue (Blue) & Division Street (Green).

The Hazelwood boundaries are roughly NE Halsey on the north; NE/SE 148th Ave on the east; SE Division on the south and the I-205 freeway on the west.  The Mill Park neighborhood is also within these general boundaries, surrounded on three sides by the Hazelwood neighborhood.  The Mill Park neighborhood is roughly bounded by SE Stark on the north, SE 130th on the east, SE Division on the south and SE 112^th on the west.  See the Hazelwood Neighborhood Association Bylaws for a detailed description of the neighborhood boundaries.

* Source: "Portland Review", Bureau of Planning, Nov 2007, page 5, estimated 2011 population. 2011 estimates don't include overlapping or disputed areas between neighborhoods. In the 2000 Census, Centennial was the largest neighborhood, with 20,218, followed by Hazelwood (19,916) & Powellhurst-Gilbert (18,542), again with overlapping areas excluded. The 2010 Census will be taken in April 2010, but figures won't be released until 2011.