1071 Red Oak Road
Lynnwood in Little Neck
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Your vacation trip to California’s Sonoma Valley wine country was terrific and the flight home was long, but safe. Now you’re heading north on Little Neck Road, passing St. Nick’s Catholic Church, Kings Grant Presbyterian Church, the Little Neck Swim & Racquet Club, and VBFD’s Station 20. Winding along the tree lined road, you notice the joggers and bikers on the parallel bike path, young mothers pushing baby strollers.

A right turn on Red Oak Road takes you into peaceful and quiet Lynnwood, a secluded Little Neck neighborhood.

With a sigh of relief, you pull into your driveway and YOU ARE HOME!

The walkway leads you up the path to the front door and into the foyer you go. You notice its gleaming hardwood flooring and open living room to the right, replete with its oak floors which are prevalent throughout. You stroll straight ahead into the dining room, its table elegantly set for your next dinner gala.

Then it’s into the kitchen, the glistening countertops welcome you as does your refrigerator from which you rescue a bottle of cold Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay. The St. Jean winery was a special treat in Sonoma and you look forward to the UPS delivery tomorrow which contains your favorite wines. With glass in hand, you walk through the family room and onto your deck. The private pool beckons. Tranquility at its finest.

Visiting the large master bedroom wing – the master suite at the rear of your home - you quickly scan your surroundings. All is well as you left it. Things are good!

You go back toward the kitchen pausing for a quick refill and then to the front of the house to check on the other bedrooms & baths. Everything is great! Back to the deck and pool, you savor the serenity of Little Neck’s Lynnwood and sip your icy wine. Firing up your grill and reflecting on your amazing & cozy home in Little Neck’s Lynnwood community, you proclaim, “Life is indeed good!”

Now it’s time to enjoy that pool before the charcoal begins its orange-red glow….. Splash!

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LITTLE NECK. It’s a weird name to start with. But let’s look at LITTLE NECK’s history first….

Thousands of years ago, back in 13000BC – 8000BC, Paleo-Indians dwelled in our area. No one knows where they went. Then the Algonquin tribes were here from about 8000BC to 500AD; these too were lost to history. But in the early 17th century, John Smith and the Jamestown settlers wrote about the Chesopeians, members of the lost Algonquians. The tip of Little Neck was referred to as a trading point, where the Indians and setters traded. Thus Trading Point Lane got its name.

An early Jamestowner wrote about the banks of what’s now the Lynnhaven River “that God never fashioned a better place for man’s habitat”. Was he ever right!

As more folks came to the colonies, land grants were given, farms were developed, fishing and oystering began in earnest. Common names then were the Keelings, Woodhouses, Strattons, Wilkinsons. A trip to Norfolk then could be an all day affair!

Then in the 1920s, automobiles and paved roads opened Little Neck to summer visitors from Norfolk. Summer cottages were developed. In the 30s there were oyster houses catering to tourists: off W. Little Neck Rd, on Keeling Cove, at the end of Hurds Rd, and at Poplar Cove. There were potato farms where Sea Breeze is now. Oysters, jonquils, and chickens were harvested near Dix Inlet. Redwood may have housed a dairy farm. Secretive stills were nestled away in the woods. Kids romped through what is now Middle Plantation hunting.

Post World War II, development picked up in earnest with the beginning of Kings Grant. Hundreds and hundreds of affordable homes inched north from Virginia Beach Boulevard. Tree lined Little Neck Road spawned developments like Sea Breeze Farm, Lynnwood, Little Neck Cove, Redwood Farm, Middle Plantation, and Bishopsgate well into the late 80s and early 90s. Little Neck was pretty much built out at that point, with only a few small areas suitable for building. LITTLE NECK had become a magnet attracting professionals, medical care specialists, executives, managers, and military officers and civil servants.

LITTLE NECK today is one of the most popular and sought after neighborhoods in Virginia Beach, and by default in South Hampton Roads. It is a haven from the commercialization that has consumed so much of the rest of the area. Aside from the 7-11, a Little Necker has to drive 3-4 miles to shop. There is no through traffic since we are the LITTLE NECK PENINSULA; this is a destination, not a stop along the way.

A very family oriented community; we are home to six churches representing most of the main line denominations. There are public parks scattered throughout with tennis courts, swings, and so on for all ages. The Little Neck Swim & Racquet Club is a year round tennis facility and a seasonal mecca for swimmers and sunners of all ages. A bike bath & sidewalk combination can take one from the Boulevard all the way to the end of Little Neck Road, nearly 5 miles. Bikers, runners, and walkers are seen constantly. Station 20 – home of our first responders – houses our local firefighters and EMTs right on Little Neck Road.

We are blessed with two top notch elementary schools, Kings Grant which serves southern Little Neck kids, and nationally recognized Kingston which serves the rest. Students matriculate up through Lynnhaven Middle and First Colonial High, both highly ranked members of Virginia Beach’s excellent school system.

While our LITTLE NECK peninsula is quiet, tranquil, non-commercial, family oriented, and safe, we are only minutes from Town Center, the Interstate, the Norfolk airport, the oceanfront, Home Depot, Harris Teeter, and Lynnhaven Mall. A quick retreat back to LITTLE NECK is always welcome after a foray into the busy side of Virginia Beach.

If it’s an urban life style you need, then head to Norfolk or Town Center. If it’s a busy road bounded by strip malls and gas stations, head to Great Neck. If it’s the ocean, beach, tourist traffic, and expensive homes, head to the north end gold coast. If it’s new homes, small lots, few trees, and 9 foot ceilings, head to southern Virginia Beach or Chesapeake.

But if it’s family values, security, serenity, peace, quiet, good neighbors, great quality of life, excellent public schools, and a perfect lifestyle, then LITTLE NECK is fundamentally your best choice….and it could be your only choice.

Become one today. A LITTLE NECKER!

Our thanks to Pete Costenbader for his historical research!