South Park, Houston
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The South Park community of Houston, Texas is a broad post-World War II development in the south-central area of the city, just south of MacGregor Park (from which it gets its name) and the 610 Loop. According to the 2000 Census, the community has a population of 22,282. 81% of the South Park population is African American, compared to 25% for the city as a whole. Houston's Martin Luther King Boulevard (formerly called South Park Boulevard) runs through the area.
Rappers South Park Mexican, Scarface, Z-Ro, Phoeno, K-Rino, South Park Coalition, Screwed Up Click, and The Terrorists are from and/or have lived in the South Park area. John Edward "Big Hawk" Hawkins and the legendary Screwed Up Records and Tapes are part of South Park rap history also.
The area is also infamous in the region as the origin of codeine cough syrup abuse, which spread across Houston and the Gulf Coast in the 1990s; this part of Houston is the birth of Chopped & screwed music. South Park is a notoriously dangerous section of Houston, as violent crime and prostitution has been mostly committed in this section of Houston.
Many streets in South Park are named after World War II battle sites [1].
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
South Park children are zoned to schools in the Houston Independent School District.
Elementary schools, covering grades K-5, that are zoned for South Park area residents include: Alcott Elementary, Bastian Elementary, Codwell Elementary, Frost Elementary, Grimes Elementary, Kelso Elementary School, and Mading Elementary.
Middle schools in the South Park area, covering grades 6-8, are Attucks, Hartman, and Thomas.
High schools in the South Park area include: Jones High School and Sterling High School.
Public libraries
The area is served by Young Branch of Houston Public Library, which is located just north of 610 in the Palms Center.
Police service
The neighborhood is within the Houston Police Department's Southeast Patrol Division [2].
