Castle Road separates East Ridge from the northern neighborhood of Osu.

Originally planned as an extension to the historic Victoriaborg neighborhood, East Ridge is being transformed into a commercial and leisure district of Accra with the siting of the National Theatre and Efua Sutherland Children's Park in the neighborhood.

East Ridge also hosts an entire area of government offices known as the "Ministries."

With the recent plans to redevelop the racecourse into a mixed-used commercial area anchored by the new Kempinski Gold Coast City hotel, provision has been made to relocate ministries to be affected by the development.

In addition, several of Accra's upmarket hotels, and several Ghanaian administrative offices are located in this neighborhood.