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Las Animas & Crestwood, Gilroy Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
North-central Gilroy between Santa Teresa Blvd and Monterey St, north of First St: 1950s-70s ranch tracts, 1990s-2010s two-story streets, condos on Kern Ave and 30-acre Las Animas Veterans Park.
Las Animas & Crestwood by the numbers
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Las Animas & Crestwood
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Las Animas & Crestwood from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Las Animas & Crestwood came to be
The name is older than the city. Gilroy's history page calls Las Animas the earliest land grant in the area, covering much of present-day Gilroy; the same page describes the farmland around town as orchards of prunes, cherries and apricots until the early 1960s. Today the name belongs to Las Animas Veterans Park, 30.80 acres on Mantelli Drive, and to the Las Animas listing area around Ronan Ave and Carla Way.
County build years show the area filling in from First Street northward. Wayland Ln and Arnold Dr date to the late 1950s, La Paloma Way and Diane Ct to the early 1960s, Carla Way, Maria and Ramona Way to 1965-68, Pappani and Swaner near Santa Teresa Blvd to 1968-70, and Loupe Ct, Lilly and Carlyle to 1972. The 1970s and 1980s added Chesbro Way (1975), the condominium and townhome complexes on Kern Ave and Westwood Dr, and the Howard, Hoesch and Culp streets (1983-86).
The 1990s and early 2000s finished the west and north sides: Mantelli Dr and Hirasaki (mid-1990s to early 2000s), Bennett and Farrell (1997-98), Woodcreek Way and Morningside (1998-99), Festa Aglio, Moro and Ferragalli (1999-2001), Del Rio, Taos and Ronan (2000) and Monticelli and Martiri (2001-02). The 2010s and 2020s added Sturla Way (2011-12), the Windsong Way streets with Robin, Hummingbird and Chickadee (2013-15), Baxter, Einstein and Sullivan near Welburn Ave (2018) and Wickham Ct (2024).
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Three streets carry traffic across the area from Santa Teresa Blvd toward Monterey St: First St (Highway 152) on the south, Welburn Ave in the middle and Mantelli Dr to the north. Kern Ave and Wren Ave run north-south through the middle, and Church St angles north beside Monterey St. Nearly everything else is a loop, a crescent or a court.
The age line is easy to read in the house types. In the tracts built before 1980, about 92% of single-family-coded houses are one story; from the 1980s on, two-story houses are the majority. Lots run about 4,200 to 7,000 sq ft for the middle half, with the smaller lots in the 2000s and 2010s tracts. R-1 covers about 2,470 parcels and R-3 about 490, and about 1,430 parcels carry planned-unit-development (PUD) numbers in the city's parcel data, so CC&Rs and HOAs are common.
Two zoning quirks are worth knowing. The 2011-12 houses on Sturla Way near Church St sit on C-1 (neighborhood commercial) zoning in the city's parcel data, and First St, Monterey St and Church St carry C-3, C-1 and CM commercial parcels along the edges. North of the city line, the open land between Santa Teresa Blvd and Wren Ave is unincorporated county land zoned for agriculture (A-20Ac) and outside the city's urban service area, with houses on north Kern Ave, Tatum Ave, Vickery Ave and Day Rd that carry Gilroy addresses.
streets in las animas & crestwood
- Welburn Ave
- Mantelli Dr
- Kern Ave
- Wren Ave
- Church St
- Westwood Dr
- Gaunt Ave
- Ramona Way
- Carla Way
- Gary St
- Ronan Ave
- La Paloma Way
- Arnold Dr
- Wayland Ln
- Loupe Ct
- Chesbro Way
- Howard Ave
- Hirasaki Ave
- Woodcreek Way
- Martiri Dr
- Moro Dr
- Festa Aglio
- Farrell Ave
- Bennett Way
- Sturla Way
- Windsong Way
- Avezan Way
- Wickham Ct
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Las Animas & Crestwood
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Las Animas Veterans Park
30.80 acres at 400 Mantelli Dr with a ball diamond, basketball, handball and tennis courts, a skate area, jogging path, trails, playground, picnic areas and restrooms (city park page).
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Rainbow and Los Arroyos parks
Rainbow Park (1.81 acres, 780 Mantelli Dr) has a ball diamond and playground; Los Arroyos Park (2.25 acres, 801 Moro Dr) has basketball, horseshoes and a playground (city park pages).
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Farrell Avenue and Renz parks
Farrell Avenue Park is 3.64 acres of open turf at 9400 Wren Ave; Renz Park is 1.12 acres with benches at 8140 Hanna St (city park pages).
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First Street and Monterey Street
C-3 commercial parcels line First St along the south edge, with C-1 and CM parcels on Monterey St and Church St (city parcel zoning); downtown's storefront blocks start about a mile southeast, straight-line.
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County land at the north edge
North of Woodcreek Way, Tatum Ave and Windsong Way, the land is unincorporated Santa Clara County (A-20Ac agricultural zoning on the county map), so the city stops at the end of the newer streets.
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Gilroy Unified School District serves this area. Rod Kelley Elementary (8755 Kern Ave) and Mt. Madonna High, the district's continuation high school (8750 Hirasaki Ct), are inside it; Luigi Aprea Elementary (9225 Calle del Rey) is just west across Santa Teresa Blvd and Brownell Middle (7800 Carmel St) just south of First St. Las Animas Elementary, despite the name, is in south Gilroy. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
Getting around
- Caltrain: Gilroy station (7150 Monterey St) is about 1.7 miles southeast of the middle of the area, straight-line; four weekday round trips to San Jose Diridon on the South County Connector.
- Buses: VTA Route 68 runs on Monterey St and Monterey Rd between the Gilroy Transit Center and San Jose Diridon every day; VTA local Route 85 ('via West Gilroy') also starts at the transit center.
- US 101: the Leavesley Rd interchange is about 1.1 miles east of the middle of the area, straight-line, by way of Welburn Ave and Leavesley Rd (Highway 152 follows First St, Monterey St and Leavesley Rd).
- North: Santa Teresa Blvd and Monterey Rd both continue north out of the city toward San Martin and Morgan Hill.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Las Animas & Crestwood: what we check
Buying here
- Check which side of the city line the house is on: north of the city limit, homes on north Kern Ave, Tatum Ave, Vickery Ave and Day Rd are unincorporated county land with Gilroy addresses (county planning and permits; wells and septic may apply). Across Monterey Rd, the Cohansey Ave / Orsetti Rd pocket is a county island inside the city's urban service area.
- PUD tracts: about 1,430 parcels carry planned-unit-development numbers in city records. Read the CC&Rs and check for an HOA and its current dues, especially in the 1990s-2010s tracts and the Kern Ave condos.
- Zoning: the Sturla Way houses sit on C-1 zoning in the city's parcel data, and condos and duplexes sit on R-3 and R-2 lots; ask the city what the zoning means for additions, rebuilding and ADUs.
- Flood and fire maps: about 96% of residential parcels are in FEMA's shaded Zone X (0.2% annual chance); the city's 2025 fire map puts about 80 parcels near Woodcreek Way, Morningside, Hirasaki and the Windsong Way streets in a Moderate zone. Check the address.
- Older houses near First St and Welburn Ave: check the electrical panel, plumbing, roof and sewer lateral; for 1990s-2000s houses, check roof and HVAC age.
Selling here
- State the tract and build year from county records and whether the house is one or two stories; buyers compare the 1960s, 1990s and 2010s streets side by side.
- Have the HOA documents, dues and any CC&R approvals for exterior changes ready.
- If the house is near the north city line, show that it is inside the city (city water and sewer, city permits).
- Give approximate distances to Las Animas Veterans Park, Rod Kelley Elementary and US 101.
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faq
Las Animas & Crestwood questions, answered
Where is Las Animas & Crestwood?
North-central Gilroy, north of First Street between Santa Teresa Boulevard and Monterey Street, up to the north city limit near Woodcreek Way, Tatum Avenue and the Windsong Way streets.
Where does the name Las Animas come from?
Gilroy's history page calls Las Animas the earliest land grant in the area, covering much of present-day Gilroy. The name now belongs to Las Animas Veterans Park and the Las Animas listing area around Ronan Ave and Carla Way.
Is Las Animas Elementary in this neighborhood?
No. Las Animas Elementary is at 6550 Cimino St in south Gilroy. Rod Kelley Elementary on Kern Ave is the district elementary school inside this area; check the assigned school with Gilroy Unified.
Are any homes here outside the city?
Yes, just past the north edge. Homes on north Kern Ave, Tatum Ave, Vickery Ave and Day Rd are unincorporated county land with Gilroy addresses, and the Cohansey Ave / Orsetti Rd pocket across Monterey Rd is a county island. Check the parcel's jurisdiction.
Is the area in a flood or fire zone?
About 96% of residential parcels are in FEMA's shaded Zone X, outside the 1% special flood hazard area, and about 80 parcels near the northwest edge are in the city's 2025 Moderate fire hazard zone. Check the maps for the address.
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