The area is bound to the north by the Lakewood neighborhood, and is separated from that area by the raised right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railway; to the east by the Metairie Cemetery and the golf course of the New Orleans Country Club; and, to the south and West, by the 17th Street Canal, one of the main arteries draining rain water out of the city and north to Lake Pontchartrain.
The area is bordered on the north by Lakewood neighborhood, divided from that region by the elevated right-of-way of Norfolk Southern Railway; to the east by Metairie Cemetery and the golf course of New Orleans Country Club; and, to the south and west, by the 17th Street Canal, which serves as a major drainage channel for city rainwater into Lake Pontchartrain.