Its neighbors are Travno, Sloboština and Hrelić, making Dugave the center of its district.

[2] The assembly of the Novi Zagreb municipality made a decision in 1975 about the implementation of the urban neighborhood, and the first award for an ideal solution was given to Ivan Čižmek, Tomislav Odak, Tomislav Bilić and Zdenko Vazdar.

The dried out branch of the Sava river, Savišće, crosses through the neighborhood north-south.

The neighborhood is also the home of largest crest of GNK Dinamo Zagreb which is located next to the school.

The primary school in Dugave was built in 1980 also, bearing the name OŠ Josipa Kraša (eng.

I. OŠ Dugave is a high quality primary school known for hardworking and intelligent students who excel in Math, Geography and Physics (courtesy of Pavo Majić).

The school has been on TV many times; in 2008, one of the students of the 2nd grade won the televised learning competition Učilica for the first time in the year, and in 2013 the school was once again visited by a local TV company which presented it.