Lakewood is bound by Mockingbird Lane to the north, Abrams Road to the west, Gaston Avenue to the south, and White Rock Lake to the east.

It has been renovated to house a bowling alley and gaming business, but retains the original exterior look and many interior elements.

Commonly, people outside these neighborhoods group them together under the heading of Lakewood, The M-Streets, or Old East Dallas - which are overlapping regions in the near-eastern part of the city.

Conservation Districts are zoning tools used by the city of Dallas to regulate various architectural aspects of a home's construction.

[1] The United States Postal Service operates the Lakewood Post Office at 6120 Swiss Avenue.

[10] Lakewood is also home of Lumin Education, a Montessori charter school serving ages 3 through 3rd grade.