Virginia Beach Neighborhoods

Virginia Beach is a dozen different towns wearing one name — the boardwalk Resort Strip, rural Pungo farmland, bay-calm Chic's Beach, and the arts-district ViBe. Pick a neighborhood to see what makes it worth your time.

• Oceanfront

  The Resort Strip — three miles of boardwalk, Atlantic Avenue hotels, and the King Neptune statue. Virginia Beach's tourist heart, busiest May through September.

• ViBe Creative District

  The arts district a few blocks inland from the Oceanfront — murals, indie coffee, craft breweries, and a monthly First Friday night market.

• North End

  The quiet residential beach north of the Resort Strip, from 42nd Street up to Fort Story — no boardwalk, no hotels, just beach houses and uncrowded sand.

• Croatan

  The surf-culture beach neighborhood south of Rudee Inlet — residential streets, serious waves at the Croatan Jetty, and a quieter stretch of sand than the Strip.

• Sandbridge

  Virginia Beach's 'Outer Banks in miniature' — five miles of residential beach backed by vacation rentals, with Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park at its southern end.

• Pungo & Blackwater

  Rural southern Virginia Beach — farm stands, you-pick strawberry fields, and country roads, plus the Military Aviation Museum's flying WWII warbirds.

• Red Mill & General Booth

  The corridor between the Oceanfront and Sandbridge — home to the Virginia Aquarium, Ocean Breeze Waterpark, and the everyday shopping centers serving the southern beaches.

• Hilltop

  Virginia Beach's dining-and-shopping crossroads at Laskin Road and First Colonial — a dense cluster of locally-owned restaurants a five-minute drive from the Oceanfront.

• Great Neck

  Established residential Virginia Beach between the Lynnhaven River and First Landing State Park — leafy neighborhoods, water access, and the northern route to the bay beaches.

• Chic's Beach

  The Chesapeake Bay beach neighborhood by the Bay Bridge-Tunnel — calm, shallow water, sunset views, and a laid-back local bar scene along Shore Drive.

• Bayside

  Northwest Virginia Beach along Shore Drive and Northampton Boulevard — First Landing State Park's main entrance, Lynnhaven fishing piers, and the neighborhoods between the bay and the interstate.

• Town Center

  Virginia Beach's downtown — high-rises, the Sandler Center for performing arts, and the city's densest concentration of upscale dining and nightlife, eight miles inland from the beach.

• Kempsville

  Virginia Beach's suburban heart — family neighborhoods, Mount Trashmore Park's famous converted-landfill hill, and everyday dining along Kempsville and Princess Anne roads.