The Lakewood Park neighborhood takes its name from a 27-acre amusement center once situated at the intersection of Chapel Hill Street and Jersey Avenue. Local residents dubbed this attraction the "Coney Island of the South." In the 1920s, the site was the southern terminus and headquarters of the city's electric trolley system, and today it holds the Shoppes at Lakewood.

The Lakewood Park Community Association serves the area to the south of that landmark. In recent years, Lakewood Park has seen many changes. Owners have renovated several residences, and they turned some of the beautiful Victorian homes into offices and businesses that serve a local, national and international clientele. 

Lakewood Park is home to Lakewood Elementary, one of the seven Neighborhood Partnership schools, which benefits from Duke University Retiree Outreach volunteer efforts.

Lakewood Park is represented in the Southwest Central Durham Quality of Life Committee, facilitated by Mayme Webb-Bledsoe in Duke’s Office of Community Affairs. The grassroots committee’s goals include increasing affordable housing options, celebrating the history of its six neighborhoods, strengthening neighborhood nonprofits and encouraging cooperation among businesses.

 

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