--- title: "Barreto, Niterói walkability score: 71/100 · How Walkable" description: "Barreto in Niterói scores 71/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Niterói." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/barreto updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Brazil](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil) 3. [Niterói](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi) 4. Barreto # How walkable is Barreto, Niterói? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 71 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #4 of 14 tied, in Niterói * 63 Niterói overall * 84 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-22.86511&lon=-43.10193&q=Barreto%2C%20Niter%C3%B3i) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * Mercado R B, 3 min * Mercado QZ - Barreto(DCM EIRELI), 7 min * Carrefour Hiper Manilha, 15 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Suana Pizzaria, 2 min * Vegra Doces, 2 min * Vibe Boa, 3 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Atacarejo Garin - Niterói, 2 min * Teto Comércio Montagens Instalações, 3 min * Farmácia Galvão, 3 min ### Coffee 1.0 of 2 points * Cafeteria Barreto Antigo, 11 min * Café Pingado, 17 min * Espaço Herbalife Nutrition, 22 min ### Banks 0.1 of 1 point * Banco Itaú, 22 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Parque Palmir Silva, 6 min * Praça Flávio Palmier, 10 min * Parque de Neves, 19 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Escola Municipal Altivo César, 4 min * Colégio Monsenhor Raeder, 5 min * E.M. André Trouche, 5 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Biblioteca Popular Monteiro Lobato, 5 min * Biblioteca Professor Gilmar Luiz Novaes - CP2 Niterói, 8 min * Biblioteca de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica, 21 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.6 of 1 point * Unidos do Viradouro, 12 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 850 m around the centre of Barreto. 68% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 23, is 750 m to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/niteroi/barreto.svg?v=f7d266b226a3) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#engenhoca) | 1 km | 68 | | [Ilha da Conceição](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/ilha-da-conceicao) | 1.5 km | 49 | | [Fonseca](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#fonseca) | 2.5 km | 56 | | [Cubango](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#cubango) | 2.8 km | 52 | | [Morro do Estado](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#morro-do-estado) | 4.2 km | 95 | | [Caramujo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#caramujo) | 4.2 km | 26 | | [Icaraí](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#icarai) | 4.4 km | 97 | | [Baldeador](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#baldeador) | 4.6 km | 19 | See [all 14 neighbourhoods of Niterói ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Barreto, Niterói?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.