Downtown Neighborhood Apartments for Rent in Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Downtown

Nearby Neighborhoods: Necklace District, CBD, Downtown Southfield, Greektown, Bricktown, Foxtown, Lafayette Park, Warehouse District, Brush Park, West Side Industrial, Corktown, Eastern Market, Midtown, Briggs, Medical Center, Elmwood, Woodbridge, Waterfront, Forest Park, Millenium Village, Hubbard-Richard, McDougall-Hunt, Art Center, Wayne State University, Islandview

Many Detroit downtown apartments are located in large complexes. This means tenants are offered security and easy access to main highways and roadways, and the city's People Mover buses are always available.

You can even find Detroit downtown apartment complexes with restaurants, beauty salons and barber shops located inside. There are also apartments available in residential neighborhoods, but those are mostly on the outskirts of downtown.

Detroit downtown apartment living can be middle-class or upscale. Downtown Detroit is sort of an island within itself, undergoing an urban revival, with 6,000 residents.

Corporations such as Compuware are located in downtown Detroit. This has promoted spinoff family-owned restaurants and coffee houses and retail shops, and it also has sparked an upsurge in Detroit downtown apartment living. Nearly 500 new Detroit downtown apartment units have been added during the past two years, joining thousands that already exist.

Downtown apartment tenants in Detroit often describe how they can walk to work, dine and enjoy nightlife without ever turning the key in a car, which is a new outlook for Motor City.

On Detroit's downtown riverfront, Hart Plaza offers concerts and festivals virtually every weekend during the summer. Comerica Park hosts baseball's Detroit Tigers, Ford Field houses football's Detroit Lions, and Joe Louis Arena provides home ice for hockey's Stanley Cup champs, the Detroit Red Wings. Another "sport," casino gambling, also is popular.

Eastern Market is a legend, surrounded by an array of shops and wholesalers. Downtown Detroit restaurants are known for their ethnic flair, from German and Greek to Cuban and Cajun.

Detroit downtown apartment dwellers never will lack for something to do.

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Things to do in Downtown

What's Happening in Downtown

Restaurant Reviews

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Coach Insignia
Category: American (New)
200 Renaissance Ctr
Detroit, MI 48243
15 Reviews
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Mexican Village Restaurant
Category: Mexican
2600 Bagley St
Detroit, MI 48216
6 Reviews
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Laikon Cafe
Category: Mediterranean, Greek
569 Monroe St
Detroit, MI 48226
21 Reviews
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Roast
Category: Steakhouses
1128 Washington Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
9 Reviews
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New Parthenon Restaurant
Category: Greek, Mediterranean
547 Monroe St
Detroit, MI 48226

Schools & Demographics in Downtown

Demographics
Schools

School	Grades	Type
University Prepratory Science Math School	5 - 8	state department of education
Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy - St Antoine	K - 12	state department of education
Woodward Academy	K - 8	state department of education
Lewis Cass Tech High School	9 - 12	public
Walter Chrysler Elementary School	K - 5	public
Most Holy Trinity School	K - 6	catholic
Friends School In Detroit	K - 8	private
Burton International School	K - 8	public
Detroit Day School For Deaf	SPECIAL EDUCATION	public
Consortium College Prep High School	7 - 12	state department of education

University Prepratory Science Math School

1 Campus Martius
Detroit, MI 48226

Shawn Hill
Michigan State Department Of Education

Special Features:

Adult Education Classes
Alternative Programs
Charter Schools
Vocational Tecnology Education

Students Per Grade:
Total students	162

Full-time Teachers	NOT REPORTED
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms

Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy - St Antoine

1326 Saint Antoine St
Detroit, MI 48226

Mr. Blair Evans
Michigan State Department Of Education

Special Features:

Adult Education Classes
Alternative Programs
Charter Schools
Vocational Tecnology Education

Students Per Grade:
Total students	50

Full-time Teachers	NOT REPORTED
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms

Woodward Academy

951 E Lafayette St
Detroit, MI 48207

Ms. Geraldine Sanders
Michigan State Department Of Education

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
Before and After School Programs
Charter Schools
Magnet School
Site Based
Special Education

Students Per Grade:
1st	90
2nd	83
3rd	71
4th	83
5th	61
6th	116
7th	107
8th	95
Total students	773

Full-time Teachers	22
Student/Teacher Ratio	35
Number of Classrooms	20

Lewis Cass Tech High School

2501 2nd Ave
Detroit, MI 48201

Ms. Lenora Ashford
Detroit Public School District

Special Features:

Adult Education Classes
Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
English as a Second Language
Magnet School
Site Based
Special Education
Vocational Tecnology Education

Students Per Grade:
9th	669
10th	555
11th	481
12th	425
Total students	2129

Full-time Teachers	9
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms	125

Walter Chrysler Elementary School

1445 E Lafayette St
Detroit, MI 48207

Ms. Linda Whittaker
Detroit Public School District

Special Features:

Adult Education Classes
Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
Before and After School Programs
Gifted and Talented
Magnet School
Site Based

Students Per Grade:
1st	27
2nd	28
3rd	29
4th	31
5th	25
Total students	171

Full-time Teachers	8
Student/Teacher Ratio	21
Number of Classrooms	10

Most Holy Trinity School

1229 Labrosse St
Detroit, MI 48226

Ms. Kathleen McBride
Archdiocese Of Detroit Education Off

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Before and After School Programs

Students Per Grade:
Total students	160

Full-time Teachers	1
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms	12

Friends School In Detroit

1100 St Aubin Blvd
Detroit, MI 48207

Mr. Dwight Wilson

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Before and After School Programs
Special Education

Students Per Grade:
Total students	157

Full-time Teachers	15
Student/Teacher Ratio	11
Number of Classrooms	18

Burton International School

1333 Pine St
Detroit, MI 48201

Dr. John Wilson
Detroit Public School District

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
English as a Second Language
Magnet School
Site Based
Special Education

Students Per Grade:
1st	69
2nd	65
3rd	70
4th	56
5th	61
6th	74
7th	95
8th	79
Total students	627

Full-time Teachers	15
Student/Teacher Ratio	42
Number of Classrooms	20

Detroit Day School For Deaf

4555 John C Lodge Dr
Detroit, MI 48201

Ms. Jan Goike
Detroit Public School District

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
Magnet School
Site Based
Special Education

Students Per Grade:
1st	50
2nd	12
3rd	3
4th	3
5th	4
6th	4
7th	3
8th	6
Total students	368

Full-time Teachers	5
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms	20

Consortium College Prep High School

1250 Rosa Parks Blvd
Detroit, MI 48216

Mr. Rod Atkins
Michigan State Department Of Education

Special Features:

Advanced Placement
Alternative Programs
Charter Schools

Students Per Grade:
9th	152
10th	143
11th	34
12th	59
Total students	388

Full-time Teachers	NOT REPORTED
Student/Teacher Ratio	NOT REPORTED
Number of Classrooms	20

NOTE: The schools listed are designated from the center of the zip code and are just a sampling of the schools in this area. To find a particular school district and how it relates to a specific apartment, please contact the specific apartment directly. The schools listed below are located in the Detroit area. To learn more about each school, select a school from the list above.

Community Characteristics

Located in Detroit, this community has a population of 4,456

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