Parkrose Heights is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

in the Northeast section of

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. It's part of the

Parkrose School District The Parkrose School District is in Portland, Oregon. The district contains four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. It is a K–12 district with an enrollment of approximately 3,300 students . The district includes sections ...

and Sacramento Elementary School falls within its boundaries. Neighborhood parks include Gateway Discovery Park, Knott City Park, and Merrifield Park. "Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Nodes" are locations in Portland where people can go to access emergency communications services if telephone service is down after an earthquake, or to report severe damage or injury. Knott City Park is Parkrose Heights's designated Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Node. Parkrose Heights is served by

TriMet The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) is a Transit district, transit agency that serves most of the Oregon part of the Portland metropolitan area. Created in 1969 by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon legi ...

bus lines 23 and 77. The Gateway Transit Center is also nearby. Parts of the neighborhood falls within the Gateway Business District and

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's Gateway Regional Center Urban Renewal Area. The neighborhood is covered by the Argay-Parkrose Neighborhood Emergency Team for earthquake preparedness. Parkrose Heights is bordered by Woodland Park and Madison South to the west, Maywood Park to the northwest, Parkrose to the north, Argay Terrace to the northeast, Russell to the east, and Hazelwood to the south.

References

External links

Parkrose Heights Neighborhood Association

(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
Parkrose Heights Street Tree Inventory Report
Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon {{MultnomahCountyOR-geo-stub