Brentwood is a residential neighborhood bordered by Interstate 95, Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Golfair Boulevard.  Brentwood is served by Brentwood Elementary, a school that has scored extremely well (an A in 2000, C in 2001 and B in 2002) on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.  Dames Point Located on the Northside, Dames Point is a forgotten frontier in Jacksonville with an abundance of waterfront property and pristine views of the St. Johns, Trout and Broward rivers and Dunn Creek. It is an area where industry and nature coexist. Jacksonville's Northside is a diamond in the rough, offering an expanse of land to those desiring a quieter lifestyle and an area being mapped to handle growth with strategic planning. Although the area has been known primarily for industry, the tides are turning. People now see the Northside as incredibly convenient to downtown, Jacksonville International Airport (only a 15-minute drive), and varied recreational opportunities such as Big Talbot and Little Talbot islands, the Jacksonville zoo and Huguenot Park. The area also backs up to 56,000 acres of the Timucuan preserve. Three commercial strip malls are on the drawing boards for the area. One will be built at Interstate 295 and Lem Turner Road and anchored by Home Depot. A new 30,000-square-foot strip mall is going in across from First Coast High School and, behind it, 450 homes are under construction. Woodwing, a new industrial office park owned by the Jacksonville Port Authority, is also under way. The park will house offices and warehouses on 300 acres of land. With a scarcity of affordable waterfront property on the southside of Jacksonville, buyers are looking north, where waterfront property is still relatively affordable.  Garden City / Dinsmore The communities of Dinsmore and Garden City retain the rural small-town appeal they have held for decades. Residents who move here tend to stay, and many have neighbors they have known for years. With the exception of Dunn Avenue and Interstate 295, most of the area comprising Dinsmore and Garden City has been spared heavy traffic and urban encroachment. These two areas have communities sprinkled amid acres of forested and undeveloped land. Residents enjoy a friendly, rural lifestyle in quiet neighborhoods filled with large private properties. New developments are slowly emerging. Lydia Estates, Lois Estates, Acorn Park and Cambridge Estates are examples, with some homes built on larger-than-usual lots in the traditional Dinsmore-Garden City way. Land prices are less, making this area more appealing to people who want to build their home on acreage.  Other advantages of living in the area include close proximity to Interstate 295 and the North Campus of Florida Community College at Jacksonville; a 25-minute commute to the Orange Park Mall or Regency Square; and a JCPenney-anchored shopping center at Lem Turner Road and Dunn Avenue.  Gateway / Talleyrand Historically, the Gateway and Talleyrand areas, on the outskirts of Springfield and the emerging downtown, were some of the earliest settled neighborhoods in Jacksonville. Examples of early 1900's architecture still exist. It's a part of Jacksonville that often gets overlooked, but Gateway and Talleyrand are redeveloping themselves. Renovations at Gateway Shopping Center, along with road improvements funded by the Better Jacksonville Plan and new housing options, are bringing vitality to the area. Buyers are purchasing these older homes and restoring them to their original glory. Parts of Talleyrand are highly industrial, but the landscape is rapidly changing. The opportunity to own riverfront housing downtown in former industrial areas has become a reality. Berkman Plaza, a high-end downtown apartment and townhouse project at 400 E. Bay St., welcomed its first residents in 2002. The development at the former Jacksonville Shipyards will have condominium homes ranging from 1,500 to 2,500 square feet and expansive views of the St. Johns River. Andrew Jackson High School and Jean Ribault High School, two of the oldest public schools in Duval County, are the neighborhood high schools.  Marietta Few places around Jacksonville still can claim a country atmosphere with room to move. Marietta offers unusually large lots with an average of a half-acre and homes ranging from $70,000 to $400,000. There is new development coming in, too, satisfying those looking for a good combination of rural community and modern homes. Many move to Marietta because they have animals. It's not uncommon to see cows, horses or other farm animals there. The Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail, opened in February 2000, also winds through Marietta. The trail, converted from the roadbeds of abandoned railroad lines to paved or graveled restricted thoroughfares, offers a pathway for bicycles, skaters and walker/hikers as well as horseback riders. The 14.5-mile trail runs through an area of industrial developments, farms with grazing cows and horses and forests that come right up to the grassy shoulders. Marietta is not only home to people looking for space, it is also home to many businesses looking for space. The Publix warehouse, Michael's warehouse and the Winn-Dixie distribution center are located off Beaver Street. The Westside Industrial Park is just north of Marietta, while the new Cecil Commerce Center also is convenient. These businesses mean opportunity for employment. Elementary-age children attend Thomas Jefferson or Whitehouse elementary, high schoolers attend Ed White or Baldwin high schools and middle schoolers attend Stillwell Junior High.  San Mateo Before 1956, the area known as San Mateo was mostly forest with huge oaks laden with Spanish moss, wild holly trees and an abundance of magnolias, hickories, pines and wildflowers. Wildlife was abundant. In the winter of 1955-1956, though, development found the area and the first families began moving in. Now, the area is a quiet residential neighborhood of 50-year-old homes on the northern bank of the St. Johns River. The community name comes from the Spanish name given to the river in the 1560's, Rio de San Mateo (River of St. Matthew). San Mateo, south of Oceanway, has very affordable homes. The area takes pride in San Mateo Accelerated Academy, a magnet elementary school that repeatedly scores top grades in the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.