This Northside neighborhood is defined by Goodfellow on the North-Northwest, by West Florissant on the Southwest and by Riverview Boulevard on the East-Northeast. The North Point neighborhood is surrounded by the Walnut Park East and West, Baden, and Riverview neighborhoods and by the Cavalry Cemetery on its City of St. Louis side and by Jennings on its County side.

The North Pointe neighborhood is located along the southern portion of the historic Baden area. The first inhabitants were mostly a result of the traffic from surrounding farms, however, major settlement coincided with the arrival of German immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s.

Columbia Bottoms road, now known as Riverview Drive, was laid out in about 1830 as a farm-to-market road leading to St. Louis. Traffic from a farming area of more than 100 square miles in northern St. Louis County followed this road and others through present-day North Point and Baden area to reach the St. Louis market. Land divisions in the Baden-Riverview area were originally created from a series of large land tracts, or survey, which represented American confirmations of the early French and Spanish land grants made in the late 18^th Century. Eventually, these surveys were subdivided into farming areas in the early 1850s.

Residential development began in the early 1900s and generally lasted to the 1930s, with the construction of several single-family and two-family bungalows and townhouses.

The area has been subject to numberous bouts of flooding in recent years, and The Metropolitan Sewer District is currently engaged in analyzing the problem and trying to remedy the situation so that future such destructive inundation will not occur with such regularity.

This thriving middle-class neighborhood is one of the most stable in the City. It has been able to weather urban crisis and population shifts without a loss of its residential middle-class flavor and quaint suburban feel. Approximately 90 percent of the neighborhood is occupied by single-family homes for middle- to upper-middle-class residents, about 1 percent by townhouses, and around 8 percent by commercial properties. The business districts run along West Florissant, Goodfellow, and the Halls Ferry Circle. Most of the homes were built from 1900 to 1930 and take the form of smaller one- and two-bedroom bungalows, with a few larger frame homes sprinkled throughout the neighborhood. The vast majority of the homes are owner-occupied, clearly adding to the solid nature of the community. When there are vacancies, they turn over quickly due to the area’s attractive, safe reputation.

In 1973, 387 trees were planted along the railroad right-of-way next to Riverview Boulevard. Planters are being planned along the same route. There are plans underway to add further aesthetic appeal to the neighborhood in the form of a dramatic entryway at West Florissant and Riverview. Some type of bold column combined with a fountain is being considered by present alderman. Other planned developments include the construction of a Walgreens at Goodfellow and North Pointe.

The commercial district at Halls Ferry and Broadway needs additional parking spaces in order for the businesses there to thrive. There are a few possible lots that could be purchased by the City towards this end. The business community is being encouraged to join into the citywide façade improvement effort throughout the neighborhood. Business opportunities in the "New Northside" abound for a variety of needed services in the area, from additional daycare centers to gyms, among others.