---
type: Neighborhood
title: Washington Heights
description: 'Washington Heights, a neighborhood on Milwaukee''s west side.'
slug: washington-heights
id: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/washington-heights#neighborhood'
status: draft
municipality: Milwaukee
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  - 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125594'
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  - 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,
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    resource: 'https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/neighborhoods'
    title: 'Neighborhoods, City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal'
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    resource: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Milwaukee'
    title: 'Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wikipedia (revision 1382581926)'
  - id: wikidata-washington-heights
    resource: 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125594'
    title: 'Washington Heights (Q28125594), Wikidata'
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  by: 'agent:claude-fable-5-1'
  at: '2026-11-01T20:00:00.000Z'
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---

# Overview

Washington Heights is a neighborhood on Milwaukee's west side [wikipedia-neighborhoods-of-milwaukee]. Its boundaries are 60th Street on the west, North Avenue on the north, 47th Street and Washington Park on the east, and Vliet Street on the south [wikipedia-neighborhoods-of-milwaukee].

# Notes

The name comes from the City of Milwaukee neighborhood map, checked 2026-11-01. The side of the city comes from Wikipedia's Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, revision 1382581926, which lists this neighborhood under its West Side section. Wikidata item Q28125594 is labeled "Washington Heights" and described as a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, checked 2026-11-01.

## 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. [Neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wikipedia \(revision 1382581926\)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhoods_of_Milwaukee)
4. [Washington Heights \(Q28125594\), Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28125594)