It is located immediately east of the University of Cincinnati, southeast of Clifton, south and west of Avondale, northwest of Walnut Hills, and north of Mount Auburn.

[2] The neighborhood's namesake, William Corry, was an early mayor of Cincinnati and himself a prominent landowner in the Corryville area.

German Americans largely settled the village of Corryville, moving north up the hillside from the congested Over-the-Rhine basin.

[1] According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $24,929.

Mecklenburg's Garden, a German restaurant founded in the 1800s, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places;[7] it has operated since at least 1870.