Buffalo Grove · Lake County · IL
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About the community
A 1970s subdivision that has aged into its landscaping.
The Crossings is an established neighborhood in the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove, west of Arlington Heights Road and south and east of Route 83, inside Vernon Township. The homes went up roughly between 1974 and 1979 in a mix of attached townhomes and detached single-family product, laid out on curving loops and courts rather than a through grid. Interior ponds give a surprising number of homes water views for a community this close to a state highway, and a private recreation center on Fremont Way anchors the summer. The practical draw is the school assignment: this is one of the Buffalo Grove pockets that sits in Kildeer Countryside District 96 and Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125.
At a glance
Private recreation center
A clubhouse and outdoor pool on Fremont Way inside the subdivision, with tennis courts.
Stevenson District 125
Confirmed by Lake County GIS and the county tax code record, along with Kildeer Countryside District 96.
Interior ponds
Ponds and open space inside the subdivision, with Crossing Pond Park a few minutes' walk.
Attached and detached homes
Townhomes and single-family houses built roughly 1974 to 1979, two to four bedrooms.
Two carrying-cost tiers
Attached homes carry a monthly assessment; many detached homes carry none. Confirm per home.
Fifty years of canopy
Mature trees over curving lanes and courts, with almost no cut-through traffic.
Buffalo Grove Park District
Mike Rylko Community Park and Willow Stream Park and Pool are both a little over a mile away.
Metra North Central Service
The Buffalo Grove station is roughly two to three miles east, 32 miles from Union Station.
What’s close
The Crossings sits in the Lake County part of Buffalo Grove, with Route 83 along the north and west edge and Arlington Heights Road forming the eastern boundary.
- Amenities on-site
- The recreation center on Fremont Way with its pool and tennis courts, plus interior ponds and open space.
- Shopping
- Buffalo Grove Town Center southeast, Woodman's Market about two miles east, and historic downtown Long Grove roughly two miles northwest.
- Hospital
- No hospital in Buffalo Grove itself. Endeavor Health Northwest Community in Arlington Heights and Advocate Condell in Libertyville are the nearest.
- Highway
- Route 83 and Arlington Heights Road locally, with Route 53 about two miles west and I-294 reached via Lake-Cook Road.
- Train
- Metra North Central Service from the Buffalo Grove station, Fare Zone 4, with seven trains each direction on weekdays.
- Schools
- Kildeer Countryside District 96 and Stevenson District 125. Verify the specific elementary and middle building by address.
What it’s actually like to live here
The Crossings is a 1970s subdivision that has aged into its landscaping. Fifty years of tree growth have turned what were originally open builder lots into a canopied set of curving lanes, and the interior ponds give a surprising number of homes water views or frontage for a community this close to a state highway. The street layout is deliberately introverted, with loops and courts rather than a through grid, so traffic inside the subdivision is almost entirely people who live there. Kids bike between the courts, the recreation center on Fremont Way anchors summer, and the park district's Crossing Pond Park and Children's Park are close enough that neither requires getting in a car.
The practical draw is the school assignment. This is one of the Buffalo Grove pockets that sits in Kildeer Countryside District 96 for elementary and middle school and in Stevenson High School District 125 for high school, both confirmed by Lake County GIS district layers and by the county tax code record for the neighborhood. The attached homes here are among the more attainable ways to buy into that combination, which is exactly why families who want the Stevenson boundary without the price of a newer detached subdivision look at communities like this one. Worth knowing: Ivy Hall Elementary is physically closer to the neighborhood than Kildeer Countryside Elementary, but district records have historically assigned these streets to Kildeer Countryside, which is the kind of thing buyers get wrong.
The honest tradeoffs are worth naming. These are mid-1970s homes, which means aging mechanicals, older windows, and floor plans more compartmentalized than new construction offers. Many have been renovated, but the range of condition inside the subdivision is wide. The association covers a real amenity package for the attached homes, which means a monthly assessment and a set of rules, while many detached owners carry no assessment at all, so two homes on adjacent streets can have very different carrying costs. Route 83 runs along the edge, which is convenient and also means some perimeter homes take on road noise. And the Metra option, while genuinely present, is a limited weekday-frequency line rather than a turn-up-and-go commute, so a daily downtown commuter should test the schedule before assuming it works.
The questions buyers actually ask
The Crossings FAQ
The questions I get most from buyers shopping The Crossings. If yours isn't here, text 224-385-8779, same-day reply.
- How much is the HOA?
- Single-family homes are $350 per month.
- What does the HOA actually cover?
- The association is managed by Foster Premier, Inc., and the Village of Buffalo Grove publishes the manager contact in its official homeowners association directory. Assessments on the attached homes fund the community amenities, including the recreation center, pool, tennis courts and grounds, along with snow removal, landscaping and common insurance. Many of the detached single-family homes in the subdivision carry no monthly assessment at all, so the carrying cost differs sharply from one street to the next. Confirm which category a specific home falls into and request the current budget and association disclosure package.
- What are property taxes like?
- Roughly $8,500 – $13,000 per year, depending on home size and value. Lake County assessor records are the source of truth. Happy to pull a specific bill on any home you're considering.
- What's the typical closing timeline?
- 30 to 60 days from accepted offer to keys. Cash deals can close in two weeks. Conventional financing is usually closer to 60.
- What school district is The Crossings in?
- The Crossings is served by Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 for elementary and middle school and by Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 for high school. Both assignments are confirmed by Lake County GIS district boundaries and by the county tax code record for the neighborhood, which resolves the usual Buffalo Grove ambiguity: this is not District 102, not District 21 and not Township High School District 214. Within District 96, district records have historically assigned these streets to Kildeer Countryside Elementary and Woodlawn Middle School, but the district has revised its boundary maps since, so confirm your specific address with the district locator.
- Is The Crossings in Lake County or Cook County?
- Lake County. Buffalo Grove straddles both counties, and school district, township and tax code all change depending on which side of the line a home sits on. The Crossings is on the Lake County side, in Vernon Township, which is why it lands in District 96 and Stevenson rather than in the Cook County districts.
- Is there an HOA, and what does it cover?
- Yes, and it does not cover every home. The association is managed by Foster Premier, Inc., and the Village of Buffalo Grove publishes the manager contact in its official homeowners association directory. Assessments for the attached homes fund the community amenities, including the recreation center, pool, tennis courts and grounds, along with snow removal, landscaping and common insurance. Many of the detached single-family homes carry no monthly assessment at all. Because the two situations are very different financially, always confirm which category a specific home falls into and request the current budget and association disclosure package.
- What do homes cost here and how fast do they sell?
- Rather than quote a number that goes stale, look at the Market snapshot on this page. It pulls live from the MLS and shows current pricing, inventory and pace for The Crossings specifically. In general terms the attached homes represent one of the more attainable entries into the Stevenson High School attendance area, and the detached homes step up from there.
- What are property taxes like?
- The subdivision falls in a Lake County tax code whose combined levy from the county, Vernon Township, the Village of Buffalo Grove, the park district, the Indian Trails library district, the College of Lake County, District 96 and Stevenson District 125 works out to an effective burden in the range of roughly two and a half to three percent of market value before exemptions. The general homestead and senior exemptions reduce that. Rates are recalculated by the county every year, so pull the current bill on any home you are serious about.
- How is the commute to downtown Chicago?
- There are two Metra North Central Service stations in Buffalo Grove, with the Buffalo Grove station roughly two to three miles east of the subdivision and about 32 miles from Union Station. Be aware that the North Central Service is a limited-frequency line with seven trains in each direction on weekdays, so it works well for a fixed schedule and less well for flexible hours. By car, Route 83 and Lake-Cook Road connect to I-294 for O'Hare, which is about fifteen miles south, and on to the city.
- Who is the real estate agent for The Crossings?
- Joe Keegan is the local licensed Illinois real estate broker who covers The Crossings in Buffalo Grove, IL through Subdiview, a neighborhood-first home search for the Chicago suburbs and collar counties. Joe prices and negotiates from the live MRED sold comps for The Crossings specifically, not national averages, and can help you buy or sell here. Reach Joe at 224-385-8779 or joe@joekeeganhomes.com.
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Market snapshot
The Crossings, by the numbers
Live MRED data, refreshed daily. The numbers below tell you what this market is doing today, not what Zillow's algorithm thinks it might be doing six weeks from now.
Typical sale price · last 90 days
$400,000
Sold in the last year
5
This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 16, 2025 through August 16, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
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