Ashland Ave, Walnut Hills

Ashland Ave. is one of several Walnut Hills Streets that were severed by MLK Dr. construction a few years back. Ashland, like Alms St. and Chapel St., begins on the South side of MLK, ends in a culdesac, then continues on the other side of MLK. It's an all residential street with apartments, a few older homes and a neighborhood playfield to keep children busy.

The street doesn't have much in the way of entertainment, restaurants or night life; but it's close to everything a resident would need. Ashland is a short walk to the Walnut Hills Business district. There you'll find a Kroger, Parkside Cafe, Brew House Restaurant, CVS, a US Bank and a few other places. It's also a short walk to Victory Parkway's fast food restaurants and the E. Walnut Hills restaurants, shopping and galleries at Woodburn and Madison Rd.

For Recreation, it's a few blocks to Busch Recreation Center on Kemper Lane. Eden Park is a five minute drive. There you'll find the Conservatory, Art Museum, Playhouse in the Park and Seasongood Pavilion.

Ashland Ave. is close to Frederick Douglass Elementary School on Park Ave.: http://douglass.cps-k12.org/traffic. It's five minutes away from Walnut Hills High School on Victory Parkway: http://www.walnuthillseagles.com/index.asp , U.C, Xavier and several local hospitals. It's 15 minutes away from Cincinnati State.