Rankin Area Apartments for Rent

Rankin Area is a large neighborhood in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina. It covers an area of 0.476 square miles and it uses the zip code 27405. Its borders include Cherry Lane on the north, Spry Street on the south, Yancyville Street on the west, and Summit Avenue and Main Avenue on the west. Its other main thoroughfares include Rankin Road, East Cone Boulevard, and North Ohenry Boulevard.

The neighborhood houses the Rankin Elementary School along Spry Street and the Rankin Baptist Church near its eastern border along Summit Avenue. Residents are just a walking distance to Summit Avenue’s O’henry BBQ, which is also conveniently located within the neighborhood’s vicinity.

Summit Avenue and Yancyville Street feature long stretches of commercial establishments including restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and specialty shops mainly catering to the locals within the Greensboro area. The Rankin Area is also a few minutes away Highway 29, which provides ready access to the nearby Carolina Circle Shopping Mall. Going north along Yancyville Street also provides easy access to the Craft Recreation Center, an ideal venue for art classes, leisure activities and other recreational projects.

The Greensboro Christian Church is about five minutes away from the neighborhood’s southwest border, while the Ohenry Shopping Center nestled along Summit Avenue and East Cone Boulevard is easily accessible from its southeastern border. Going further south either via Yanceyville Street or Summit Avenue leads to the White Oak Lake. Traveling southeast leads to the Buffalo Lake and the smaller Philadelphia Lake. This area is also near the Dogwood Park and the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.

The northern and southern parts of Rankin Area are surrounded by many places of worship like the Iglesia Nueva Vida, Sanctuary Deliverance Church, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, Lankford Memorial Baptist Church, Stevens Memorial Baptist Church and Buffalo Presbyterian Church.