Far North Dallas extends north of the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway and south of the President George Bush Turnpike. The area spans three counties, Dallas, Collin and Denton, and lies within the City of Dallas while bordering the separately incorporated municipalities of Addison, Farmers Branch, Richardson, Carrollton and Plano. It covers Dallas City Council Districts 11 and 12 and the ZIP codes 75240, 75243, 75248, 75252, 75254 and 75287. It was developed in the late twentieth century at a lower density than neighborhoods built earlier in the century, and the automobile is the primary mode of local transport.
The first section of the Dallas North Tollway opened in June 1968 between downtown Dallas and Interstate 635. It was extended north to Briargrove Lane in 1987 and to Legacy Drive in Plano in 1994.
Galleria Dallas opened on October 30, 1982 at 13350 Dallas Parkway, developed by Hines with HOK as architect. It totals 1,700,000 square feet, including 1,400,000 square feet of retail across four levels and more than 10,000 parking spaces. Galleria Towers, a three-building office complex on Noel Road, holds 1.4 million square feet. Valley View Center opened nearby in August 1973 and closed in 2017; its demolition was completed in May 2023.
Schooling is split across the Plano, Richardson and Carrollton-Farmers Branch districts, and Dallas College operates its Brookhaven Campus, opened in 1978, in the area. Fretz Park, 31.1 acres at 6994 Belt Line Road, was established in 1964. Knoll Trail Station, on the Silver Line, opened in October 2025.
16 apartment buildings in Far North Dallas / Galleria, holding 7,187 units between them. This part of the directory takes in Far North Dallas and Galleria. Buildings range from 217 to 662 units. The oldest listed here is Enclave at Prestonwood, completed in 1972; the newest is Hazel by the Galleria, from 2023. Every listing carries the same fields — units, year built, floors, and five amenities you can filter on — and every fact traces to a real source.