| Overlook | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
| Map Alt: | Overlook neighborhood boundaries |
| Coordinates: | 45.556°N -122.6928°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | PDF 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: | 8.58 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 6093 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Housing |
| Demographics1 Title1: | No. of households |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 2462 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Occupancy rate |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 95% occupied |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1646 households (67%) |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Renting |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 816 households (33%) |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Avg. household size |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 2.47 persons |
Overlook is a neighborhood in the North section of Portland, Oregon on the east shore of the Willamette River. It borders University Park and Arbor Lodge on the north, Humboldt and Boise on the east, Eliot on the southeast, and Northwest Industrial and the Northwest District across the Willamette on the west.
The Overlook Park station, the North Prescott Street station, and the North Killingsworth Street station on the MAX Yellow Line provide light rail service to the neighborhood.
Overlook House (1928) serves as a community center.[2] The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, next to Patton Park, features arts education, exhibits and theater.
The neighborhood includes Swan Island, originally an island in the Willamette. In 1899, Richard McCrary, James Connor, and Hi Straight set up a moonshine still on Swan Island.[3] The island was connected to the east bank by landfill in the 1920s. Swan Island was the site of Portland's first airport, Swan Island Municipal Airport, dedicated by Charles Lindbergh in 1927[4] and operating until the early 1940s when the island was converted to naval shipbuilding use for World War II as one of the Kaiser Shipyards.[5] Swan Island is now an industrial area.
The Overlook Neighborhood Association is the official neighborhood association recognized by the city.[6]