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Kirkwood earned a 2025 Best of Georgia designation, and for people who already live there, the recognition serves as confirmation of something they have known for a while. The neighborhood has a particular character that is difficult to manufacture: a mix of longtime residents and newer arrivals, independent businesses that have built real local followings, and a pace of life that sits somewhere between the density of Little Five Points and the quiet of Oakhurst without resolving entirely into either. Our apartments are located in Kirkwood, with Edgewood directly adjacent, putting both communities' dining, character, and street life within easy reach.
A Neighborhood That Chose Its Own Pace
The streets around Edgewood do not feel designed. Instead, they feel accumulated and built through a series of individual decisions by business owners, homeowners, and residents who decided this particular pocket of intown Atlanta was where they wanted to be. Edgewood possesses a rich, hard-to-describe character that becomes immediately obvious when you stand within it.
That's why the one and two-bedroom homes at The Kirkwood Apartments at Edgewood sit within that character rather than apart from it. Our property is on Howard Street and close enough to the neighborhood's core to feel embedded in it without the ambient noise that comes from being on a main commercial block.
What the Streets Have Built
Edgewood and the surrounding Kirkwood streets have a density of independently owned restaurants, coffee shops, and bars that hold up across repeat visits. The Wylde Center, located nearby, functions as a community garden and education space that draws people from across the neighborhood on a consistent basis, the kind of civic anchor that gives a community some of its connective tissue. Local dining options cover the range from casual neighborhood spots to bars that have earned their own regular clientele over years, and the blocks between them are walkable enough that an evening out tends to extend past wherever you originally planned to stop.
East Atlanta Village is a ten-minute drive away and adds a music and nightlife scene that has maintained a distinct identity in Atlanta for decades. Little Five Points sits in a similar radius, offering a more eclectic mix of shops and venues that make it worth visiting on a weekend afternoon. Our outdoor social lounge, resort-style pool, and billiards lounge at The Kirkwood Apartments at Edgewood provide that same low-key, stay-as-long-as-you-like energy on the evenings when you prefer to keep things close to home.
Community Events That Make Edgewood Feel Like Itself
What distinguishes Edgewood from other walkable intown neighborhoods is not just what it has but how the community uses it. The annual Kirkwood Wine Stroll turns the residential streets into a walking social event that draws the neighborhood out in a way few organized events do. The Spring Fling and Battle Atlanta are similarly anchored in genuine community investment, events that happen because of the neighborhood rather than merely in it.
The same community investment shows up in smaller ways too: in the consistency of businesses that have stayed and grown, in the maintained condition of the parks and green spaces, and in the general sense that the people who live here are paying attention to what the neighborhood is becoming.
Getting from Edgewood to the Rest of Atlanta
The Kirkwood Apartments at Edgewood sits about four miles east of Downtown Atlanta, a distance that keeps major employment centers accessible without placing you in the density of the city's core. Emory Healthcare, Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield-Jackson, and the Midtown office corridor are all within a workable commute for most schedules, and MARTA's Blue Line provides a rail option for days when leaving the car parked makes more sense.
The Atlanta BeltLine's Eastside Trail connects Edgewood into the broader intown network, running northwest toward Inman Park, Ponce City Market, and beyond. The BeltLine connection matters because it makes Edgewood feel less like a neighborhood at the edge of things and more like one that is woven into the larger fabric of intown Atlanta. Schedule a tour of The Kirkwood Apartments at Edgewood and take time to walk the surrounding blocks as part of the visit. The neighborhood makes its own case once you are standing in it!