Crestwood, Birmingham: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Birmingham’s 23 communities and 99 neighborhoods list and neighborhood boundary files, its comprehensive plan (PDF), parks list and pools list; Birmingham City Schools’ Find My Zone; the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2025; Zillow Research; MAX Transit’s schedule data; and OpenStreetMap.

Crestwood is one of the city’s 23 communities, made up of two neighborhoods, Crestwood North and Crestwood South, about 1,360 acres on the east side between Woodlawn and the Mountain Brook city line. Its anchor is Crestwood Park, which the city’s comprehensive plan lists among three major parks renovated with capital bond money, with Avondale and Cooper Green. Crestwood North is in one ZIP code; Crestwood South spreads over three, one of them shared with Mountain Brook.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Woodlawn High, 5620 1st Ave. N. (2025 state report card: 61, a D).
• Home value: $393,070 in ZIP 35222 and $115,880 in ZIP 35212 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-20 exit 132A (Oporto-Madrid Boulevard), about 2.8 miles by road.

Part of our Birmingham neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On the city’s boundary map:

• Crestwood North has Woodlawn to the north and west, Oak Ridge Park to the east and Crestwood South below it. It is almost entirely in ZIP code 35212.
• Crestwood South has Forest Park to the west, Crestline to the east and the City of Mountain Brook to the south. It is split between 35222 and 35213, with a small part in 35212.

Zillow files 35213 under Mountain Brook. A Crestwood South home with a 35213 address is still in Birmingham if it is inside the city line, so check the taxing city on the county parcel record before you compare tax bills. More in our property taxes guide.

Schools

We checked 61 points spread across both neighborhoods in the district’s Find My Zone tool, and every one returned the same three schools. Scores are each school’s overall score on the 2025 state report card (the 2024-25 school year).

Homes inside the Birmingham city line are served by Birmingham City Schools even where the ZIP code is shared with Mountain Brook. Birmingham City Schools as a whole scored 77 (C). Check one address in Find My Zone. More in our schools guide.

Home values

From the Zillow Home Value Index, a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price:

The ZIP codes run well beyond Crestwood: 35212 also covers Woodlawn and parts of East Lake, 35222 covers Forest Park, and 35213 is mostly Mountain Brook. None is a Crestwood figure alone. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

• Crestwood Park, 12.11 acres, in Crestwood North, according to the city’s parks list. The city’s pools list includes a pool at Crestwood Park; pools are closed for the season.
• Crestline Park (2.7 acres) is in the neighboring Crestline community, and Avondale Park (36.5 acres) is to the west in Forest Park.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstates: I-20 exit 132A (Oporto-Madrid Boulevard), about 2.8 miles by road from the middle of the community, and exit 132B (Montevallo Road). Exit names are from OpenStreetMap’s ramp signs.
• City Hall: about 4.6 miles by road.
• Airport: about 3.6 miles by road to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Distances are measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine; they are distances, not drive times.
• Buses: MAX Transit Route 25 Centerpoint has two stops inside the community in the schedule data valid through Oct. 28.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, just outside the community:

• ALDI, 7400 Crestwood Blvd.
• Publix, 1325 Montclair Road.
• Walmart Supercenter, 1600 Montclair Road, with a pharmacy.
• CVS Pharmacy, 1675 Montclair Road.

The Woodlawn Branch Library is at 5709 1st Ave. N., just north of Crestwood North.

Neighborhood association

Crestwood North and Crestwood South each elect neighborhood officers under the city’s Citizen Participation Program. The city’s Community Resource Services Division lists Flora Johnson as the contact for the Crestwood community, 205-254-2423, on its staff page.

How we drew this area

The area is the Crestwood North and Crestwood South neighborhood polygons in the city’s open data boundary file, checked Oct. 17, 2026. School zones are from 61 sample points in the district’s Find My Zone tool; ZIP codes are from Census ZIP code areas. Place and store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

What schools is Crestwood in Birmingham zoned for?

Avondale Elementary, Putnam Middle and Woodlawn High, at all 61 points we checked in the district’s Find My Zone tool. They scored 83, 67 and 61 on the 2025 state report card.

What ZIP code is Crestwood in?

Crestwood North is almost all 35212. Crestwood South is split between 35222 and 35213, a ZIP code Zillow files under Mountain Brook, with a small part in 35212.

Is Crestwood in Birmingham or Mountain Brook?

Crestwood North and Crestwood South are inside the City of Birmingham. Crestwood South borders Mountain Brook on the south, and part of it shares Mountain Brook’s 35213 ZIP code, so check the taxing city on the county parcel record.

Is Crestwood a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Crestwood is a 1,360-acre Birmingham community with the 12-acre Crestwood Park and a city pool, zoned for Woodlawn High (61 on the 2025 state report card); the typical home value in ZIP 35222 was $393,070 and in 35212 $115,880 in September 2026, according to Zillow.