Northwood is mostly made up of small stores and Public Housing Projects. Despite the area being considered "Working Class", Playboy X owns his luxury Monaco style penthouse there, which is ironic because in some missions he implied about how much he hated poor people. The Northwood Heights Bridge connects Algonquin with Bohan, starting from the north end of Frankfort Avenue in Northwood. North Holland and East Holland are to the south of Northwood. Many African-Americans reside in Northwood, along with the North Holland Hustlers and the Uptown Riders. Revealed in The Lost and Damned, Northwood is the main turf to Angels of Death's as well. In The Ballad of Gay Tony it is the turf of the Dominican Cartel and they can be seen walking around Northwood.
The Public Housing Projects in Northwood are considered "scary" by most players because of the ghostly apartments, the bloody pillows and matresses, and the hookers and cocaine in all the apartments.