Springfield, MA

Forest Park

Neighborhood Overview

Buy:
$169K - $2.83M
For Sale on Trulia:
47 homes
Rent:
$780 - $3.2K
For Rent on Trulia:
82 homes
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What Locals Say about Forest Park

At least 359 Trulia users voted on each feature.

  • 91 % Say there are sidewalks

  • 85 % Say it's dog friendly

  • 77 % Say yards are well-kept

  • 73 % Say car is needed

  • 71 % Say it's walkable to restaurants

  • 70 % Say kids play outside

  • 70 % Say parking is easy

  • 66 % Say there's holiday spirit

  • 64 % Say it's walkable to grocery stores

  • 59 % Say streets are well-lit

  • 56 % Say they plan to stay for at least 5 years

  • 51 % Say neighbors are friendly

  • 46 % Say there's wildlife

  • 45 % Say people would walk alone at night

  • 39 % Say it's quiet

  • 31 % Say there are community events

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  • Trulia User
    "This area is not safe and too many crimes and accidents. The area isn't clean and the houses are not kept up. "
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  • Trulia User
    "it's not safe the streets are dirty and I would like to be in a quiet and safe environment for my family. nothing is the same in forest park ."
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  • Trulia User
    "everything you will ever need is walking or bus distance. great area for all ages , plenty of places to visit shop at. heart of Massachusetts I believe. would love to move into a place near by or even this propery would be absolutely perfect. homeless and working and trying to get into an apartment as soon as I possibly can.thank you trulia for this platform. this is a great app. I believe that this app will help me get into my home. "
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  • Trulia User
    "History, character, beauty, variety, multicultural. The best park in the city. Affordable style. International restaurants."
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  • Trulia User
    "This neighborhood has easy access to freeway and public transportation. Close to downtown and forest park"
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  • Trulia User
    "caring community respects other people's things,and be quite honest about it. basically that's it. July 4th specials are a few things that we can meet on "
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  • Trulia User
    "children should definitely be with a parent,guardian, or buddy. anywhere, really. it's still a nice place to live and play, and the Park is ready for FUN weekends!"
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  • Trulia User
    "….Nice area busy street I love how close the stores are and lots of kids community center close by very well maintained by the city and police take notice "
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  • Trulia User
    "Great neighborhood, better if you’re in the historical section. Having the park close by is really nice with free entry early mornings. "
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  • Trulia User
    "My neighborhood is ok the commute to downtown is only minutes away the bus stop is close there is food zone supermarket minutes away walking distance as well as the post office and quite a few restaurants that have good food."
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  • Trulia User
    "Forest Park is a beautiful place to take the family, trails, ball fields, zoo, ponds, ice skating, pool, tennis courts "
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  • Trulia User
    "Great street, good neighborhood, my daughter graduated from MLK elementary down the street & we know 2 families on Dorset Street, 1 being our relatives. Quiet & gorgeous & in the better area of Forest Park"
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  • Trulia User
    "Community park where there are concerts, athletic games, and festivals. A lot of delicious local food "
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  • Trulia User
    "Cars are always speeding on Main Street and side streets. During the summer their is always fireworks "
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  • Trulia User
    "I work downtown Springfield and my commute is only a 4 minute drive. I 91 is only minute away. Bradley Airport is about twenty minutes away. .........."
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  • Todd94110
    "Having quick access to Forest Park itself is a HUGE boost to our quality of life. Designed by the father of landscape design, it has everything. Add to that the easy access to freeways, shops, and anything else you could need, and you’ve got a place that is worth looking into."
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  • Kassandra O.
    "I’ve never had any problems with dogs in the forest park area and everyone that walks there dog in the area clean up after them and 90% of them are on a leash."
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  • Harold B.
    "Great neighborhood to live. Of course, all depends what street are you. The closer you are to the Longmeadow line, the better. "
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  • Rosa B.
    "As for me I think that dog owners don’t clean up after their dog’s ias they should they let them loose and if they walk them they just don’t clean up after them "
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  • Deborah S.
    "Movie nights in forest park bright nights food zone grocery store farmers market casino not far ftom here walking bus or driving "
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  • Deborah S.
    "Forest Park is less than a mile away ! Great place to have a dog if you can walk it to and thru the park . Bright nights during the holiday season "
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  • Rancherocj
    "It is a well preserved Nationally registered historic neighborhood within walking distance to the beautiful 730 acre Forest Park."
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  • Deborah S.
    "There are movie nights in Forest Park in the summer and Easter Egg hunts there in the winter ...... farmers market all year round , water park there and Bright Nights is there also ....... Forest Park is with in walking distance of my home !!"
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  • Barbara S.
    "neighborhood have many schools in the area. and Forest Park is close by. bus transportation is also close by."
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  • Barbara
    "I used to live here and it's a beautiful and somewhat quiet neighborhood that I loved to go walking my dog and sitting on the and be able to cook on a it!! "
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  • Trulia User
    "nice friendly quite neighborhood.. I love living here ... never had a problem or complaint.. really good for the kids "
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  • Glamarys M.
    "I live here and its not my cup of tea to live in... I was born here but not to stay... school academic is very poor here..and people drive super fast "
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  • Rancherocj
    "Great location full of large homes for raising a family. Forest Park near by has a zoo, ball fields, pool, courts, ponds and trails."
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  • Delsie P.
    "A diverse community in all areas ethnicity, socially, economically, age groups. A great place to live there commercial areas as well as residential areas."
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  • Skyottaofpen1
    "too close to the crime area. they speed down our streets. houses are extremely close but walking distance to stores and bus route."
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  • Danielle
    "It’s really nice and the people here are very friendly I’ve lived here for 5 years and so far there’s no issue i love it here"
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  • Angel B.
    "The neighborhood is in a great location. 10-15 minutes away from everything you need. 10-15 minute walk to forest park. There is a dog park and a petco less than a 10 minute drive away."
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  • Ashley1108
    "I love the bright nights ever year! Even though it causes a lot of traffic, it makes this area beautiful during Christmas time "
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  • Marrinate420
    " Okmuniity outreach-events ad fundraisers. Forest park is a great area for afamily t reside the parks schools and zoo are only a little bit of what’s to be scene and experienced. The history takes you back and the museums are of the best. "
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  • Chris B.
    "Smaller dogs have a Napoleon complex and bigger dogs (though loved) are given a bad wrap. There's very good breeders and trainers in the area. "
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  • Lilyloli92
    "I’ve lived here my whole life so I don’t know if it makes me biased but I love forest park I wouldn’t walk around late at night but as long as you’re respectful for the most part so is everyone else. "
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