at a glance

some of the main roads in costa barros include estrada de botafogo and camboatá, avenida josé arantes de mello, and rua javatá, all of which provide good public transport connections to neighboring districts - the metrô station eng. rubens paiva, to the east of costa barros further improves connectivity to anywhere in rio.

an important landmark in costa barros is the paulo freire community library which was founded in 2006 - the library was established in honor of brazilian educator, paulo freire, who is globally known for his work in the studies of pedagogy and critical pedagogy more specifically.