Is Goodrich-Kirtland Park safe?
Cleveland, Ohio · safety score updated nightly
Be careful — go in daylight and stay on the busier streets.
VibeLoco rates Goodrich-Kirtland Park as “Caution”.
Gogo's take on Goodrich-Kirtland Park
“Go with care. Goodrich-Kirtland Park is home to Cleveland's vibrant AsiaTown corridor, offering fantastic dining and cultural markets, but visitors should remain vigilant. Elevated property and violent crime rates, alongside significant industrial vacancy, make nighttime wandering ill-advised outside of specific commercial destinations.”
Community development groups and local law enforcement have increased collaborative safety patrols and security camera installations throughout the AsiaTown commercial corridors in recent years.
About the area
Goodrich-Kirtland Park is a mixed-use urban neighborhood on Cleveland's near east side containing the city's historic AsiaTown district alongside light industrial zones. Visitors primarily come to explore the authentic East Asian and Southeast Asian grocery stores, noodle shops, and cultural centers situated along Superior and Payne Avenues.
- Cultural Hub
- Industrial Edge
- Dining Destination
- Urban Transition
Walking and biking in Goodrich-Kirtland Park
Walk score: 71/100 · Bike score: 64/100
A few UH Bikes / UHBike bike-share docks are situated along the periphery, with on-street bike lanes along Superior Avenue connecting toward Downtown and the Lakefront Bikeway.
Reasons to go, and reasons to think twice
Pros
- Thriving, authentic dining and shopping hub centered in the AsiaTown district
- Close proximity and direct roadway/transit access to Downtown Cleveland and University Circle
- Active business improvement initiatives and community-driven safety efforts along main commercial avenues
Cons
- Significantly elevated rates of violent and property crime compared to national averages
- High neighborhood poverty rate exceeding 35% with depressed median household incomes
- Numerous vacant parcels, aging industrial warehouses, and quiet, poorly lit side streets
Homelessness: Visible homelessness is moderately high, particularly near freeway overpasses (I-90 / Innerbelt), highway ramps, and along industrial stretches close to downtown social service hubs.
What Goodrich-Kirtland Park is like at each time of day
- Morning · 5a – 11a
- Commercial activity begins along main thoroughfares as grocers and bakeries open, feeling generally calm and active with morning commuters.
- Afternoon · 11a – 5p
- The neighborhood is at its safest and busiest, with diners and shoppers populating the restaurants and plazas along Superior and Payne Avenues.
- Evening · 5p – 10p
- Commercial plazas remain active with dinner crowds, though side residential and industrial streets empty quickly and require increased situational awareness.
- Late night · 10p – 5a
- Streets become largely deserted and poorly lit outside of a few late-night venues, raising safety risks and making on-foot transit unadvisable.
Transit, parking and getting around
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) serves the district with frequent bus routes along Superior Ave (#3) and Payne Ave (#77), while the HealthLine BRT runs along the southern boundary on Euclid Avenue.
Ample free surface parking lots serve the primary shopping plazas like Asia Plaza and Asian Town Center, and free or low-cost street parking is readily available along side streets.
Things to do in Goodrich-Kirtland Park
- Shop for specialty produce, snacks, and housewares inside the expansive Park to Shop Supermarket in Asia Plaza
- Browse local art studios, galleries, and craft workshops hosted in the converted historic Tower Press Building
- Sample authentic regional dim sum, Vietnamese pho, and Sichuan cuisine along Payne Avenue
Local favorites
- Li Wah · Chinese Restaurant · 4.3★ (1650)A landmark Asia Plaza dining spot renowned for traditional daytime push-cart dim sum and classic Cantonese banquet dishes.
- Superior Pho · Vietnamese Restaurant · 4.6★ (1320)A strip-mall staple widely celebrated across northeast Ohio for aromatic beef noodle soup and crispy banh mi.
- Siam Cafe · Asian Fusion Restaurant · 4.5★ (1150)A long-standing favorite serving an extensive menu of Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese seafood specialties late into the evening.
Scores are safety-driven — recent reported crime and local news plus Census income, poverty, housing, education, household and access data — refreshed nightly. Walk and bike scores are shown separately and do not affect the safety score. A guide, not a guarantee — conditions change street to street.
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