Riverside–11th Street Bridge lies north of Brandywine Creek and south off the city line with Edgemoore.

The western border is formed by Northeast Boulevard (U.S. Route 13), the other side of which is Price's Run and East Lake neighborhoods, which include the Brandywine Village Historic District.

The Northeast Corridor (carrying Amtrak and SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line) runs alongs the district's eastern side, separating it from the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Gander Hill, Amtrak's Wilmington Maintenance Facility, and Norfolk Southern's Shellpot Branch.

By 1956, the church space became too small for the program, and with financial help of foundations and local philanthropists the current 12-acre (4.9 ha) site on Bowers Street was purchased.

[17][18] In 2018, Riverside was designated the 19th location to participate in Purpose Built Communities, a public-private initiate to re-invigorate neighborhoods.