Snell Isle, Shore Acres and Riviera Bay on the bay, with Allendale and Meadowlawn inland west of 4th Street
The rest of the city east of Interstate 275, from 30th Avenue North and Coffee Pot Bayou to Gandy Boulevard and past it: Snell Isle, Shore Acres and Riviera Bay on the bay, and Allendale and Meadowlawn inland between the interstate and 4th Street.
Photograph: Coffee Pot Bayou in the late afternoon · Calmuziclover · CC BY 2.0 · source
Northeast St. Pete is our name for the rest of the city east of Interstate 275, from 30th Avenue North and Coffee Pot Bayou up to Gandy Boulevard and past it, and with 80,561 residents in 2020, 18,729 of them north of Gandy, it is one of the two largest areas. Across Coffee Pot Bayou, Snell Isle is the Snell Isle Property Owners Association's 699 acres, water included, and 2,883 residents, with Coffee Pot Park and the Sunset Golf and Country Club clubhouse. Shore Acres, north of it on Tampa Bay, is 5,105 residents with Shore Acres Park, its recreation center and Shore Acres Elementary, and Riviera Bay, 2,559, sits on its own bay between 62nd Avenue North and Gandy Boulevard. Inland, between 4th Street and the interstate, Allendale is the four association areas that carry the name taken together, 2,263 residents around Allendale Park with six City landmark houses, and Meadowlawn, 5,409, holds Meadowlawn Park and Lynch Elementary, though Meadowlawn Middle and Northeast High School are outside its line. 5 guides are listed below.
This is where Hurricane Helene did the most damage the City recorded. After the September 2024 surge it assessed 2,410 parcels in Shore Acres, more than in any other association's area in the city, 1,642 of them with major damage and 2,056 with water inside the home; 1,101 in Riviera Bay, 935 with major damage and 1,092 with water inside; and 1,074 on Snell Isle, 766 with water inside. Inland it is a different city: Allendale recorded no water and Meadowlawn 20 parcels with some. Those are the City's assessment points, one per parcel rather than one per home, but on the bay they put four questions ahead of the price: whether the house took water in 2024, what has been repaired since and under which permits, what the elevation certificate says, and whether a substantial damage determination was made, because under FEMA's rule a structure damaged or improved beyond half its market value has to be brought up to current flood standards. A Florida homeowners policy covers wind and not rising water, so FEMA's flood map for the exact address, the elevation certificate, the seller's disclosure of past flooding and a quote for a separate flood policy belong in any offer here.
5 communities, guide by guide
Allendale
Allendale as the City's map draws it, four association areas between 4th Street North and Haines Road, mostly north of 38th Avenue North, 335 acres and 2,263 residents, with six City landmark houses inside.
- 2,263
- Residents of the 56 census blocks inside the four Allendale association areas and the City's current limits, in 1,127 housing units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 6
- City landmarks inside the line, from the Ainsworth House and the Almon Jones-Jay Black House (2004) to the Foster Grove House (2018); no local historic district, City of St. Petersburg, read 2026
Meadowlawn
The Meadowlawn Neighborhood Association's area north of 62nd Avenue North between Interstate 275 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North, 697 acres and about 5,400 residents, with Meadowlawn Park, Lynch Elementary and two lake parks inside.
- 5,409
- Residents of the 89 census blocks inside the Meadowlawn Neighborhood Association's area as the City maps it, in 2,229 housing units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 67.6%
- Share of the area in FEMA's 1% annual chance flood zone, all of it zone A, on the effective map of August 2021; 3,178 residents lived on blocks inside it, FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, read 2026
Riviera Bay
The Riviera Bay Civic Association's area east of 4th Street North on the canals west of Riviera Bay, between 78th and 98th Avenues North, 417 acres and 2,559 residents, all of it in FEMA's 1% flood zone.
- 2,559
- Residents of the 59 census blocks inside the Riviera Bay Civic Association's area and the City's current limits, in 1,206 housing units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 1,092
- Of the 1,101 parcels the City assessed here after Hurricane Helene, those recorded with water inside; 1,017 had 12 inches or more and 935 were rated major damage, City of St. Petersburg assessment layer, read 2026
Shore Acres
The Shore Acres Civic Association's area on Tampa Bay north of Snell Isle, 853 acres and about 5,100 residents, with Shore Acres Park, its recreation center and Shore Acres Elementary inside, and more parcels with water inside after Helene, on the City's assessments, than any other guide.
- 5,105
- Residents of the 95 census blocks inside the Shore Acres Civic Association's mapped area, in 2,266 housing units; 118 of them are on one block of eight units that looks like group quarters, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 2,056
- Parcels the City recorded with water inside after Hurricane Helene, of 2,410 it assessed here, the most of any association's area; 1,854 had 12 inches or more, 1,642 major damage and 4 were destroyed, City of St. Petersburg damage assessment, 2024
Snell Isle
The Snell Isle Property Owners Association's area across Coffee Pot Bayou from the Old Northeast, 699 acres with the water it draws over and about 2,900 residents, with Coffee Pot Park, the Sunset Golf and Country Club clubhouse and the St. Petersburg Woman's Club inside.
- 2,883
- Residents of the 66 census blocks inside the Snell Isle Property Owners Association's mapped area, in 1,337 housing units, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 3.6 ft
- Ground elevation at the reference point on Snell Isle Boulevard NE, against a FEMA base flood elevation of 9 feet in zone AE there, USGS 3DEP point query and FEMA flood map, read 2026
Photographs: The waterfront at night by Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · The St. Pete Pier by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · The Vinoy yacht basin at dusk by Calmuziclover, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons · A dock on Tampa Bay off Bayshore Boulevard by Raman Patel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
