Eastside Trail

The Eastside Trail is a walking and biking trail running roughly north-south through the Eastside of Atlanta, forming part of the Beltline ring of trails and parks.^[1] It is lined with numerous notable industrial buildings adapted into restaurants, shops, apartments, condos, and two major food halls and mixed-use developments. The corridor between Ponce City Market and the Old Fourth Ward is frequently cited as the busiest stretch of the Beltline trail network, drawing heavy foot and bike traffic especially on weekends.^[2]^[3]

The first two-mile (3.2 km) stretch opened in October 2012, from Piedmont Park to the Krog Street Tunnel. It was extended from Krog Street to Kirkwood Avenue in November 2017.^[4] A second extension brought it to Memorial Drive in July 2019.^[5] Memorial Drive is no longer the trail's southern endpoint; the path continues south into Reynoldstown, where it connects to the Southeast Trail toward Glenwood Park.^{[citation needed]}

At its northern end, the Eastside Trail meets the Northeast Trail at the intersection of 10th Street and Monroe Drive. Northeast Trail – Segment 1, a 0.9-mile section running through Piedmont Park from Monroe Drive to Westminster Drive, opened in late 2024 after groundbreaking in August 2023, providing a continuous paved connection from the Eastside Trail through the park toward Ansley Park, Piedmont Heights, and ultimately the Lindbergh MARTA station once later segments are complete.^[6]^[7]

A separate project along Ponce de Leon Avenue, part of a broader streetscape improvement effort, added a new elevated access ramp linking the Eastside Trail directly to Ponce de Leon Avenue near Ponce City Market at the northwestern corner of the Ponce de Leon Avenue bridge. More than a decade in planning, the ramp opened to the public in November 2025, following the Atlanta Beltline's announcement in late October 2025 that the associated Ponce de Leon Avenue streetscape project was complete.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Route and points of interest

Thoroughfares crossed	Points of interest^[11] (west side of trail, south of thoroughfare)	Points of interest^[11] (east side of trail, south of thoroughfare)	Neighborhood bordered (west of trail, south of thoroughfare)	Neighborhood bordered (east of trail, south of thoroughfare)
I-85	North end of interim trail, Ansley Golf Club	Ansley Mall	Ansley Park	Morningside/Lenox Park
Piedmont Avenue	Piedmont Park	Amsterdam Walk	Piedmont Park	Morningside/Lenox Park
Amsterdam Avenue			Virginia-Highland	Virginia-Highland
10th Street/ Virginia Avenue	Midtown Promenade, Midtown Place; junction with Northeast Trail toward Piedmont Park and Lindbergh		Midtown Atlanta Historic District	Virginia-Highland
Ponce de Leon Avenue	Ponce City Market	Ford Factory Lofts, Murder Kroger	Old Fourth Ward	Poncey-Highland
North Avenue	DuPre Excelsior Mill (former Masquerade), Gateway Trail to Historic Fourth Ward Park	Telephone Factory Lofts	Old Fourth Ward	Poncey-Highland
Ralph McGill Boulevard	Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark	Carter Center	Old Fourth Ward	Poncey-Highland
Freedom Parkway, Freedom Park Trail		N. Highland Steel and other Inman Park Village adapted industrial buildings	Old Fourth Ward	Inman Park
Irwin St./ Lake Ave.		Krog Street Market	Old Fourth Ward	Inman Park
Edgewood Avenue			Old Fourth Ward	Inman Park
DeKalb Avenue/ Decatur Street		Krog Street Tunnel, Hulsey Yard, MARTA line	Cabbagetown	Cabbagetown
Kirkwood Avenue			Reynoldstown	Reynoldstown
Memorial Drive			Reynoldstown	Reynoldstown