How walkable is Barreto, Niterói?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Barreto has a walkability score of 71 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 4th most walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Niterói, with 1 other, which scores 63 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
300 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Barreto. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, parks, schools and books & libraries. It is weakest for banks.
Groceries
- Mercado QZ - Barreto(DCM EIRELI), 7 min
- Carrefour Hiper Manilha, 15 min
Restaurants & bars
- Vegra Doces, 2 min
- Vibe Boa, 3 min
Shopping
- Teto Comércio Montagens Instalações, 3 min
- Farmácia Galvão, 3 min
Coffee
- Café Pingado, 17 min
- Espaço Herbalife Nutrition, 22 min
Banks
Parks
- Praça Flávio Palmier, 10 min
- Parque de Neves, 19 min
Schools
- Colégio Monsenhor Raeder, 5 min
- E.M. André Trouche, 5 min
Books & libraries
- Biblioteca Professor Gilmar Luiz Novaes - CP2 Niterói, 8 min
- Biblioteca de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica, 21 min
Culture & entertainment
- Centro Municipal De Tradições Nordestinas São Gonçalo, 21 min
- Toca da Gamba, 22 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Barreto, Niterói at -22.8651, -43.1019. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 78 street intersections per km², and blocks average 84 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Barreto, Niterói
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Barreto, Niterói. Rings mark 400 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Niterói
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Engenhoca | 1 km | 68 |
| Ilha da Conceição | 1.5 km | 49 |
| Fonseca | 2.5 km | 56 |
| Cubango | 2.8 km | 52 |
| Morro do Estado | 4.2 km | 95 |
| Caramujo | 4.2 km | 26 |
| Icaraí | 4.4 km | 97 |
| Baldeador | 4.6 km | 19 |
See all 14 neighbourhoods of Niterói ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Barreto, Niterói
Is Barreto walkable?
Yes. Barreto in Niterói has a walkability score of 71 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Barreto more walkable than the rest of Niterói?
Barreto is more walkable than Niterói as a whole: it scores 71, against 63 for the 5 km around Niterói's centre. It is the joint 4th most walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Niterói, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Niterói?
Of the 14 Niterói neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Icaraí (97), Morro do Estado (95) and Ingá (91).
How is the walkability score of Barreto calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Barreto it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 850 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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