Reynoldstown

My take

Reynoldstown is one of Atlanta’s first Black neighborhoods, settled by freed people working for the railroads by 1870 and named for Madison Reynolds. The BeltLine’s Southeast Trail runs straight through it, Inman Park/Reynoldstown station is on the north edge, and Publix is a short walk away at Madison Yards. It has changed fast: 1880s shotguns and cottages on the west side and Craftsman bungalows on the east now sit next to tall new builds, and the civic league still pushes for legacy residents and affordable housing.

On foot

Very walkable. Nowhere in the neighborhood is more than about a 10-minute walk from the trail, Publix and an AMC are at Madison Yards, and the MARTA station is three stops from Five Points.

1. The Wylie Street wallThe trail runs along the south wall of the Hulsey rail yard, one of Atlanta’s best-known street-art walls, toward Krog Street Tunnel. Krog Street Market is about three-quarters of a mile from the trail at Wylie.
2. Memorial DriveAtlanta Dairies, Muchacho (right where the trail crosses), HomeGrown and Madison Yards, all within about a third of a mile.
3. Wylie Street historyWylie was the neighborhood’s first paved street. The two-story brick store at 912 Wylie, at Kenyon, was built by Isaiah Reynolds, son of Madison Reynolds.
4. Lang-Carson ParkThe neighborhood’s town square: a 3-acre park and rec center on Flat Shoals, with the Sunday farmers market, a community garden, and the Wheelbarrow Festival every September.

What I’d walk to

Coffee

Parkgrounds on Flat Shoals (coffee by day, a bar at night), and Daily Dose at Madison Yards.

Dinner & drinks

Muchacho, Breaker Breaker with the 21-and-up Floridaman bar upstairs, HomeGrown for breakfast, and Three Taverns Imaginarium and Spina Pizza at Atlanta Dairies.

Errands & shows

Publix and an AMC at Madison Yards, and concerts at The Eastern in the old Atlanta Dairies plant.

Every year

The Wheelbarrow Festival at Lang-Carson Park every September since 1996, with Atlanta’s Tiniest .5K, and Reynoldsween, the Halloween block party.

What it’s like

Housing stock

1880s shotguns, saddlebag and Queen Anne cottages on the west side, 1905 to 1930 Craftsman bungalows on the east (the most common house type), and a lot of new townhomes, condos and tall modern infill near the trail.

Prices

New one-bedroom condos start in the low $300Ks, new modern homes near the trail list above $1 million, and older houses fall in between (2025 to 2026). Ask me for current sales.

Commute

About 2.5 miles to Downtown, 4.5 to Midtown and 11 to the airport. Inman Park/Reynoldstown station is three stops from Five Points.

Schools

Usually Burgess-Peterson Academy, King Middle and Maynard Jackson High, all IB schools. APS votes on new attendance zones December 7, 2026, so check your address with me.

Worth knowing

• Its first nicknames were Tin Cup Alley and, later, the Slide, because of the mud.
• The Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League was formed in 1952 to register Black voters. It still runs the Wheelbarrow Festival.
• Asa Candler, of Coca-Cola, subdivided more than 100 lots here in 1905.

What to watch for

The CSX Hulsey Yard and MARTA tracks run along the north edge and I-20 along the south, so go listen before you buy. New construction here still takes price cuts (one trailside house came down $150K this year), so I price new builds against real sales, not the asking price next door. The BeltLine’s planned trail bridge over I-20 at Bill Kennedy Way hasn’t started; bids were still being evaluated in September 2026.

Homes for sale here

Live listings for Reynoldstown land here once the listings page is up. See what I have listed in the meantime.