Davidson County · Middle Tennessee
Living in Five Points
Five Points is the commercial heart of the near east side, at the junction where 11th Street, Woodland Street and Clearview Avenue meet. It is more a district than a subdivision, and it is the node that Edgefield, East End and Lockeland Springs all walk to.
- County
- Davidson
- Distance to downtown Nashville
- ~2 miles
- Character
- The restaurant, bar and music strip of East Nashville
What’s actually there
- The five-way junction of 11th Street, Woodland Street and Clearview Avenue
- Early-20th-century brick storefronts, with visible post-2020 rebuilding
- Live music venues, restaurants and independent retail within a few blocks
- Tomato Art Fest every August, which closes the whole intersection
- Turn-of-the-century cottages and bungalows on the surrounding streets
The housing stock
The commercial core is one and two-story brick storefronts, with the residential blocks behind it made up of turn-of-the-20th-century cottages and bungalows. Construction ages are notably mixed on a single block, because the EF-3 tornado of March 3, 2020 destroyed several buildings here and the replacements went up new. Zip 37206 showed a median sold price of $644,500 in May 2026 according to RealtyTrac, covering the wider zip rather than this pocket alone.
Getting around
About two miles to downtown, six to nine minutes off-peak. Most of what a resident needs day to day is inside a few blocks, which is unusual for Nashville.
Things to do in Five Points
Places worth knowing before you decide whether you want to live here.
The 5 Spot
Live music venue at 1006 Forest Avenue, booking shows most nights of the week.
The Basement East
Music venue at 917 Woodland Street, rebuilt after the 2020 tornado.
Five Points Pizza
New York style slices at 1012 Woodland Street.
Tomato Art Fest
Free August street festival staged at the Five Points intersection, 23rd annual in 2026.
Checked against each business as of August 14, 2026. Nashville loses restaurants faster than most cities, so if something here has closed since, tell me and I’ll get it corrected.
Subdivisions and named developments in Five Points
Once you are actually looking, you stop searching by city and start searching by subdivision. These are the names that come up, and what is true about each one that will still be true in three years. No prices, no dues, no days on market, because those change and this page would go stale telling you about them.
Five Points is a corner, not a district
The honest answer to a question people ask constantly, and it saves a lot of confusion.
- There is no recorded plat named Five Points. There is no zoning overlay named Five Points. There is no National Register district named Five Points. I checked all three of Metro’s complete lists.
- It is a commercial intersection that gave its name to the blocks around it, and those blocks sit inside the Lockeland Springs and East End conservation overlay.
- So when a listing says a house is in Five Points, it is describing where the house is, not a legal district it belongs to.
- What governs the property is the conservation overlay, and that is a real, checkable thing with real rules.
The plats that actually cover this ground
The legal names on the deeds around the intersection.
- The Lindsley plats dominate: Lindsley Subdivision, Lindsley Home, Lindsley Park and a Gillespie resubdivision of Lindsley Park.
- About 427 parcels in zip 37206 carry a Lindsley legal description. A countywide search returns about 775, but the extra ones are near Lindsley Avenue on Rutledge Hill and have nothing to do with East Nashville.
- Also here: East Edgefield Addition, Spring Park, Priest Subdivision, Allison Addition, Bellview Addition, Hollins Home Place, Wakefield and Smith, and Webb and Johnson.
- Those names will appear in your title commitment even though no sign anywhere uses them.
The conservation overlay that governs it
What can and cannot be reviewed on your house here.
- The Lockeland Springs and East End conservation overlay reviews new construction, additions, demolition and relocation.
- It does not review exterior repairs, alterations, materials, paint, signage or interior work.
- That is a much lighter touch than the Edgefield historic overlay to the west, which does review repairs and materials. People assume all of East Nashville is regulated the same way and it is not.
- Four ordinances built the district between 2003 and 2014, so which one covers a given block decides when that block came under review.
Flood exposure
Close to the river, and the number is small.
- The 2010 flood damaged structures on about 3 parcels in the immediate Five Points area.
- Zip 37206 as a whole recorded about 246 damaged parcels out of roughly 12,268, about two percent.
- By contrast the East Bank zip, 37213, recorded roughly forty-two percent of its parcels damaged.
- This ground sits on the bluff rather than the bottom land, and that is why the numbers look the way they do.
Schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Served by Metro Nashville Public Schools, assigned by address, with a separate choice and magnet application alongside zoned assignment. Zones in this part of the city are being actively redrawn, so use the district’s Zone Finder on the specific address.
I publish district and school zoning as published fact and nothing more. No ratings, no rankings, no comparisons. School zones are set by the district, assigned by address rather than by subdivision or city name, and they change. Confirm any address with the district itself, and evaluate the schools yourself against what matters to your family.
What a buyer needs to know here
Two things worth knowing before you fall in love with a house here. First, noise. This is the highest foot-traffic corner in East Nashville and the blocks immediately behind the bar strip carry real late-night sound. Walk the street at eleven on a Saturday, not at two on a Tuesday. Second, short-term rentals. Metro does not issue non-owner-occupied short-term rental permits on residentially zoned property, and an existing permit does not transfer when the house sells. Permits are possible on the commercially zoned frontage, not on the residential streets behind it. If an investment plan depends on renting it out nightly, verify the zoning of that exact parcel first.
Common questions
Can I run a short-term rental in Five Points?
Probably not on a residential street, and this is where people lose money. Metro does not issue non-owner-occupied short-term rental permits on property zoned R, RS, RM or AR2A, which is most of the residential fabric here. An existing permit does not transfer to you when you buy. Owner-occupied permits are a different category and are available if you actually live there. Commercially zoned frontage on the corridors is the exception. Check the parcel zoning before you write.
Is Five Points too loud to live in?
Depends how close you are, and that changes street by street. It is the busiest corner in East Nashville. Some blocks are lively and some are genuinely noisy at closing time. I would walk you through it on a weekend night rather than a weekday afternoon, because that is the version you would be living in.
What is there to do in Five Points?
The 5 Spot and The Basement East both book live music most nights, Five Points Pizza is on the corner at 1012 Woodland, and Tomato Art Fest takes over the whole intersection every August. It is walkable end to end, which is the reason people who visit start looking at houses here.
Thinking about Five Points?
What are some of your must haves to make it a perfect home for you in this neighborhood?