Northeast Heights, Wichita, Kansas

Northeast Heights is located at 37°44′14″N 97°17′32″W / 37.73722°N 97.29222°W / 37.73722; -97.29222 (37.737222, -97.292222) at an elevation of 1,339 ft (408 m).^[3] It consists of the area between 37th Street in the north and 21st Street in the south and between Hillside Street in the west and Oliver Avenue in the east.^[2][4] The Crestview Heights neighborhood lies to the southeast, Ken-Mar and Fairmount lie to the south, Northeast Central and Power to the southwest, and Matlock Heights to the west.^[2]

The East Fork of Chisholm Creek flows windingly west through central Northeast Heights, and several of its small tributaries drain the neighborhood.^[5]

The headquarters campus of Koch Industries, located on 37th Street, occupies the far northern part of the neighborhood.^[4][6]

For the purposes of representation on the Wichita City Council, Northeast Heights is in Council District 1.^[7]

For the purposes of representation in the Kansas Legislature, Northeast Heights is in the 90th district of the Kansas House of Representatives and split between the 29th and 31st districts of the Kansas Senate.^[8][9]

Wichita Public Schools operates two schools in Northeast Heights:^[10]

• Brooks Center for STEM/Arts Magnet Middle School
• Buckner Performing Arts/Science Magnet Elementary School

The main campus of Wichita State University, a public research university, is at 21st Street and Hillside immediately south of the neighborhood.^[4][11]

KWCH-DT, the CBS television affiliate in Wichita, as well as CW affiliate KSCW-DT and Univision affiliate KDCU-DT broadcast from studios on 37th Street west of Northeast Heights.^[12][13][14]

The city’s Department of Park and Recreation maintains the Chisholm Greenway, a 10-acre (4.0 ha) area on the south bank of the East Fork of Chisholm Creek.^[15]