| Buckman | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
| Map Alt: | Buckman neighborhood boundaries |
| Coordinates: | 45.5179°N -122.6536°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | map |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Portland |
| Leader Title1: | Association |
| Leader Title2: | Coalition |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.99 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8472 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Housing |
| Demographics1 Title1: | No. of households |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 4603 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Occupancy rate |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 95% occupied |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 743 households (16.1%) |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Renting |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 3860 households (84%) |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Avg. household size |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.74 persons |
Buckman is a neighborhood in the Southeast section (and a small portion of the Northeast section) of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood is bounded by the Willamette River on the west, E Burnside St. on the north (except for a triangle between NE 12th Ave. and NE 14th Ave. in which NE Sandy Blvd. forms the northern border), SE 28th Ave. on the east, and SE Hawthorne Blvd. on the south.
Schools in the neighborhood include Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School (part of Portland Public Schools) and Central Catholic High School.
The neighborhood is named for late 19th century orchardist, and school board and city council member, Cyrus Buckman. In the 19th Century the neighborhood was the center of the City of East Portland before it merged with the City of Portland on the west bank of the Willamette River. Today, the historic center of East Portland is designated as the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District. The former Washington High School, built in 1924, is also in Buckman. Buckman is home to Ota Tofu Company, which has been described as the oldest existing tofu shop in the United States.[2]
Three bridges connect Buckman to neighborhoods in Southwest Portland across the Willamette: the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood via the Burnside Bridge, and Downtown Portland via the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges.
Two retail districts lie partially within Buckman: the Belmont District and the Hawthorne District.
The neighborhood also includes Lone Fir Cemetery (1855), Colonel Summers Park (1921), Buckman Community Garden (1980), and much of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (opened 2001).