---
type: Neighborhood
title: Riverwest
description: >-
  Riverwest, a neighborhood on Milwaukee's north side west of the Milwaukee
  River.
slug: riverwest
id: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/riverwest#neighborhood'
status: draft
municipality: Milwaukee
geo:
  lat: 43.0728
  lng: -87.8994
same_as:
  - 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125590'
sources:
  - id: city-neighborhood-map
    resource: >-
      https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer/4
    title: >-
      City of Milwaukee neighborhood boundaries (planning special districts,
      layer 4)
  - id: city-neighborhood-dataset
    resource: 'https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/neighborhoods'
    title: 'Neighborhoods, City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal'
  - id: wikidata-riverwest
    resource: 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125590'
    title: 'Riverwest (Q28125590), Wikidata'
generated:
  by: 'agent:claude-opus-5-5'
  at: '2026-11-01T16:00:13.000Z'
verified: []
tags: []
photos:
  - file: /neighborhoods/riverwest/riverwest-co-op.jpg
    credit: Michael Barera
    license: CC BY-SA 4.0
    source: >-
      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_June_2025_042_(Riverwest_Co-op).jpg
    caption: The Riverwest Co-op
---

# Overview

Riverwest is a neighborhood on Milwaukee's north side, on the west bank of the Milwaukee River [city-neighborhood-map].

# Notes

The name and boundary come from the City of Milwaukee neighborhood map, checked 2026-11-01. The point above is the center of that boundary. Wikidata item Q28125590 is labeled "Riverwest" and described as a neighborhood in Milwaukee, checked 2026-11-01; Q140407879 is a duplicate item and is not used.

## Sources

1. [City of Milwaukee neighborhood boundaries \(planning special districts, layer 4\)](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer/4)
2. [Neighborhoods, City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/neighborhoods)
3. [Riverwest \(Q28125590\), Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125590)