Living among apartment blocks, running in the park and buying groceries at BurJuman, the old mall
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Wikipedia says Al Mankhool is mostly residential. Al Mankhool Park in the neighborhood is about 1 hectare, with a jogging track, two soccer fields, and a kids' play area. For groceries, head east to BurJuman — Wikipedia says it's one of Dubai's oldest malls, and its north wing got a Carrefour hypermarket in 2014.
Bayut says this is one of the most popular areas for renters in Bur Dubai, with apartments of all kinds available. There's also a public library in the neighborhood. D90 runs north-south through the neighborhood, and Khalid Bin Al Waleed Street, which crosses it, is known to expat residents as Bank Street.
Going by our scores, for everyday convenience measured by straight-line distance, this neighborhood ranks 6th out of 20 neighborhoods in Dubai. BurJuman station sits right under the mall, where you can change between the Dubai Metro Red Line and Green Line.
One resident wrote in a review that everything is within reach here, with both buses and the metro. Bayut says the Ambassador School in the area takes students from grade 1 to grade 12, and it's a 5-minute drive to Zabeel Park.
"Quiet" isn't settled yet: Bayut says the neighborhood is calm and peaceful, but resident reviews mention the streets getting somewhat noisy in the evening and always being crowded.
Visitor parking is another complaint — one resident said it's "sometimes nearly impossible," and others noted there are few parks and children's play areas, making it not the best fit for families. Going by our scores, for sidewalks this neighborhood ranks 15th out of 20 neighborhoods in Dubai.
BurJuman's north wing opened in 1991, with the south wing added in spring 2007. BurJuman station opened on September 9, 2009, with the first stretch of the Red Line; it was then called Khalid Bin Al Waleed and only took its current name in 2012.
The RTA's Al Shindagha Corridor improvement project runs along stretches including Sheikh Rashid Road, spanning 13 kilometers in five phases, and Sheikh Rashid Road forms the southwest boundary of this neighborhood. The official goal is to cut travel time along this corridor from 104 minutes to 16 minutes by 2030.
Compared with the 20 Dubai neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
Schools within the area or 1 km of it (KHDA-approved K-12 schools and universities; Dubai has no school catchments), hospitals, metro and tram stations, and parks of 1 hectare or more.
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