Hope (Summit)

Hope, often called Summit by residents and by the Summit Neighborhood Association, occupies the northern edge of Providence's East Side, bounded by North Main Street and Interstate 95 on the west, Rochambeau Avenue on the south, Hope Street on the east, and the Providence-Pawtucket city line to the north. The area was first settled in the seventeenth century by farmers along present-day North Main Street, and its modern street grid emerged after streetcar service connected the area to downtown Providence in 1875, when large farming lots were subdivided for single-family homes.

The neighborhood's institutional spine runs along Hope Street, which forms its eastern boundary and supports a mixed commercial corridor. Hope High School at 324 Hope Street and The Wheeler School at 216 Hope Street sit within blocks of one another, and Moses Brown School operates a 33-acre campus at 250 Lloyd Avenue immediately to the east. The Miriam Hospital, which moved to Hope in 1945, anchors a separate institutional district covering several blocks between 5th and 8th Streets.

For census reporting, the neighborhood corresponds to Census Tract 33 in Providence County; ACS 5-year estimates report a population of 4,505, a median age of 42.5, a 64.4% owner-occupancy rate, and a median household income of $124,063. Walk Score lists Hope as the 16th most walkable neighborhood in Providence with a neighborhood Walk Score of 76, and RIPTA Route 1 (Eddy / Hope / Benefit) runs the length of Hope Street into downtown.