Name: Atglen
Address: Atglen

About the neighborhood

Atglen is a borough featuring mostly single detached homes and row houses with spacious three and four-bedroom options. The streets provide a peaceful environment, offering a relaxed and calm atmosphere for its residents. Parking is generally convenient, making vehicle travel straightforward throughout the area. While hilly terrain presents a unique landscape, it adds character to the borough’s surroundings. The community benefits from mature neighborhoods with homes primarily constructed around 1980, giving the area a sense of established charm. Overall, Atglen combines quiet residential streets with convenient parking, delivering a tranquil and welcoming living environment.

Characteristics

Transportation

The car is usually the best way to navigate Atglen. Parking is quite easy. Bicycling is very hard in Atglen since this area has rather limited cycling infrastructure, and the terrain is not especially flat. Traveling as a pedestrian is also not very practical for property owners in this borough since running daily errands is inconvenient without needing to resort to a car.

Services

Home buyers in this area generally have to rely on a vehicle to reach the nearest supermarket. There are also a few options for those who value nearby restaurants. Concerning education, locals may consider it very difficult to get to high schools and primary schools as pedestrians.

Character

Home buyers who prefer a calm ambience will enjoy Atglen. Atglen is reasonably quiet overall, as there are low levels of noise from traffic - however some parts can be quite loud, especially near the railway line. Green spaces aren't well-distributed, which makes them very hard to access. Despite that, there are a few parks close by for residents to unwind in.

Car friendly8.8

Excellent access to freeways and/or major arteries, with a very low chance of parking problems

Cycling friendly1.8

Unsuitable for bicycle commuting and/or recreational cycling

Pedestrian friendly1.8

Very few or no pedestrian-oriented shops within walking distance. Meeting daily needs on foot is almost never practical or pleasant

Restaurants3.0

Some restaurants within a short drive

Groceries2.4

Some groceries within a short drive

Shopping1.6

Few or no shops within a short drive