Neighborhood guide

Lower Greenville neighborhood guide

Last updated October 26, 2026

Lower Greenville is the southern stretch of Greenville Avenue, north of Ross Avenue. Restaurants and shops line the avenue. Step one block off it and you are on streets of early 1900s houses, duplexes, and small apartment buildings.

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A short history #

Greenville Avenue is an old road. The Handbook of Texas says that by 1924 the Richardson Pike, "present-day Greenville Avenue," which linked Richardson to Dallas, was paved with red bricks.

The neighborhoods on either side of the avenue grew up in the 1910s and 1920s. Vickery Place, on the west side, was platted in 1911. Belmont Addition, on the east side, saw most of its building in the 1910s and 1920s.

In 2015, the City began rebuilding the southern end of the avenue, from Ross Avenue north. The project included wider sidewalks, new street lights, benches, bike racks, and landscaping. It was paid for with $3.9 million from the City's 2012 bond program.

The avenue itself #

The busiest part of the street is covered by a City zoning district, Planned Development District No. 842, called the Lower Greenville Avenue Special Provision District. It was created in 2011 and covers both sides of Greenville Avenue from Bryan Street north to Belmont Avenue. The district allows shops, restaurants, and other community retail uses. Businesses that want to stay open between midnight and 6 a.m. need a special permit from the City.

One of the best-known buildings on the street is the Granada Theater at 3524 Greenville Avenue. It opened in January 1946 as a movie theater and later became a music venue. In October 2026, the owners announced its sale to Bathhouse, a New York-based wellness company. Shows are scheduled through April 17, 2027. The new owner plans to reopen the building as a bathhouse in 2028 and has said the outside of the theater will stay the same.

Homes on the side streets #

Many blocks next to the avenue are in two City conservation districts. These districts guide how homes can be changed so the streets keep their look.

• Vickery Place (Conservation District No. 15) lies west of Greenville Avenue. Preservation Dallas describes Craftsman, Tudor, Spanish, Colonial Revival, and Prairie houses here. It also has two-story brick duplexes, fourplexes, and eightplexes in Mediterranean, Tudor, and Prairie styles.
• Belmont Addition (Conservation District No. 12) lies east of the avenue, between Greenville Avenue and Skillman Street. Preservation Dallas describes Craftsman bungalows, Prairie four-squares, and many period revival houses.

To the north, starting around Vanderbilt Avenue, are the M Streets.

What a conservation district means for a rental #

In a conservation district, changes to the outside of a home, demolition, and new building need a review by City staff before work starts. The City says this review can take up to 30 days, and routine work often takes two or three days. If you rent here, ask your landlord before you change anything outside.

Parks nearby #

• Tietze Park (2700 Skillman Street). An 8.2-acre community park east of the avenue, established in 1924. It has a swimming pool, a pavilion, sand volleyball, softball, tennis, trails, and a playground.
• Glencoe Park (5300 Martel Avenue). A 14.1-acre neighborhood park to the northwest, near Central Expressway, established in 1944. It has basketball, tennis, softball, a rugby field, a playground, picnic tables, and trails.
• Cochran Park (2600 N. Henderson Avenue). A 2.5-acre park west of the avenue with gardens, a playground, picnic tables, and trails.

Getting around #

By bus. No DART bus stops on Greenville Avenue itself between Ross Avenue and Mockingbird Lane. Instead:

• Route 3 (Ross) runs on Matilda Street, one block east of Greenville Avenue, with stops at cross streets such as Lewis, Vickery, Richmond, Goliad, and Vanderbilt. It connects downtown Dallas with SMU/Mockingbird Station. On weekdays it comes about every 15 minutes at busy times.
• Route 205 (Henderson) runs on Henderson Avenue to the west.
• Route 249 (Columbia) runs on Mockingbird Lane to the north.

By train. Lower Greenville has no rail station of its own. The closest stations are:

• SMU/Mockingbird Station (Red, Blue, and Orange lines), at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway. It is closest to the north end of the avenue, and Route 3 goes there. It has free parking, though spaces are limited during construction into early 2027.
• Cityplace/Uptown Station (Red, Blue, and Orange lines), at Haskell Avenue and North Central Expressway, toward the south end.

Routes and schedules change. Check dart.org or the GoPass app before you ride. See our neighborhoods page for fare basics.

By car. Greenville Avenue is the main street, with Ross Avenue at the south end and Mockingbird Lane to the north. North Central Expressway (U.S. 75) is to the west, and Skillman Street is to the east.

Schools #

Schools are assigned by address. To see the Dallas ISD schools for a home, enter its address in the Dallas ISD School Finder. Dallas ISD suggests calling the school to confirm before you enroll.

Homes for rent near Lower Greenville #

Browse the homes for rent. Each home's page shows its neighborhood, its rent and terms, and whether it is a lease or a short stay. Questions? Ask on the home's page, or contact us.

Photo: "An old house in Old East Dallas" by Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped; this version is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: "Swiss Miss" by Matthew Rutledge, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Cropped; yard sign and curb number removed. All photo credits