Forest Glen: Glenview
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I live in the Forest Glen area of Silver Spring. There are several neighborhoods in Forest Glen, and today I want to write about Glenview. Glenview, as defined by its neighborhood association, is the area bordered by Dennis Avenue to the south, Georgia Avenue to the west, Windham Avenue to the north, and Sligo Creek Parkway to the east. If you’re searching for a home in this area, there are several smaller legal subdivisions within the area of Glenview. They are Evans Parkway, Glenview, Cameron Heights, Northbrook Estates, Chestnut Ridge Manor, and Chestnut Hills. Whew! I don’t know why the whole area wasn’t given one name, much like Forest Estates to the south, but it wasn’t.
Glenview is a great place to live. It is walkable to two metro stations—Wheaton and Forest Glen, both on the red line. It is also walkable to downtown Wheaton, which has grocery stores, restaurants, shops, a library, a post office, and even Wheaton Mall, a major mall in the area. Its elementary school is Glen Haven, which lies within the borders mentioned above, and is walkable from all of Glenview. Glen Haven has a child care center within the school. The middle school for Glenview is Sligo Middle School, and it’s also within the boundaries listed above, and is walkable for all of Glenview. Sligo Middle School has a wonderful sledding hill behind it, for the rare times in this area when it snows. But, I digress.
The high school for Glenview is Northwood High School, but Glenview is part of the Down County Consortium, which means there is some flexibility for what high school your child goes to. They can pick amongst Northwood, Einstein, Blair, Wheaton, and Kennedy high schools. Each high school has some special programs to distinguish it. You are not guaranteed your first choice of school, unless it’s your home school, Northwood, but you can rank which ones you prefer, and the school system will try to give you one of your higher choices. Northwood High School is deemed walkable from Glenview, as it’s less than two miles away, and Einstein High School has two bus stops located within the neighborhood. There are several private schools also located within easy walking distance of Glenview.
There’s a park in the middle of Glenview, called Evans Parkway Park. It has great walking paths, tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground, fields, and a picnic shelter. People also make use of the fields and playgrounds of Glen Haven Elementary and Sligo Middle School. Sligo Creek Trail, a wonderful paved trail that runs from Wheaton to Takoma Park, is also walkable from Glenview and is very popular with walkers, runners, and bikers. Finally, the Capital Beltway (495) is just over a mile away from Glenview. So, between the metro stops and the convenience of the beltway, Glenview is wonderful for commuters.
In the past year, 43 homes have sold in Glenview. Prices ranged from 335K, for an 864 sq ft rambler with 3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms, to 748K for an expanded colonial with 2,231 sq ft with 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, and 2 half bathrooms. While there is no HOA in Glenview, and so no HOA fee, there is an active listserve and a relatively new voluntary neighborhood association. If you’re interested in buying or selling a home in Glenview, or just learning more about it, feel free to contact me. Thanks!