There are a lot of great restaurants nearby Schoolhouse, like Hanoi Pho Restaurant, Thank You Pizza and Kokomo, just to name a few. Grab your morning coffee at Coffee Bike located at . Groceries can be found at Benny Foods which is a short walk and you'll find yYoung Pharmacy only a 11 minute walk as well. For those days you just want to be indoors, look no further than Vancouver Police Museum & Archives, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver and Rennie Museum to keep you occupied for hours. If you're in the mood for some entertainment, Intersections Film Club and Omnimax Theatre are some of your nearby choices around Schoolhouse. Love being outside? Look no further than MacLean Park, Strathcona Linear Park or Trillium Park, which are only steps away from Schoolhouse.

For those residents of Schoolhouse without a car, you can get around rather easily. The closest transit stop is a BusStop (Eastbound Prior St @ Princess Ave) and is not far, but there is also a Subway stop, Main Street-Science World Station Platform 1, only an 8 minute walk connecting you to the TransLink. It also has (Bus) route 022 Knight/downtown nearby.