at a glance

the bairro has its own samba school - g. r. e. s. vista alegre. all samba schools are identified by the four letters g. r. e. s. - grêmio recreativo escola de samba, which stand for recreational samba school society in english. furthermore, the neighborhood is the location of the praça jardim vista alegre (vista alegre garden square) and the parque josé orlando bernardes (orlando josé bernardes park).

on this page we listed all neighborhoods in rio, including unofficial neighborhoods, divided by city zone - this map shows all neighborhoods in rio de janeiro, grouped by city zone and color coded - zona west in pink, zona north in green, zona sul in light green, and zona central in beige.

rio de janeiro's prefecture, through the instituto pereira passos, makes data and statistics about the district of  vista alegre available on this link, including data on land (território e meio ambiente), population (população) housing (domicílios), health (saúde), education (educação), buildings (imóveis), and infrastructure (infraestrutura).