Hastings-Sunrise is a family-oriented neighbourhood, running North-South from the Burrard Inlet to Broadway, and West-East from Nanaimo St. to Boundary Rd (which serves as the boundary between the City of Vancouver and the city of Burnaby).

Hastings Sunrise, one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, was originally intended by developers in the mid-1800's to be a resort town, for vacationers from New Westminster (then BC's capital city) to spend weekends. Though the area never developed into the booming port it was planned to be (that port ended up being Gastown), it did see enjoy a reputation as a resort area up until the turn of the century. New Brighton Park, The New Brighton Hotel (destroyed by fire in 1905) and Hastings Park, a half mile race track, drew many seeking leisure in the area. In 1910, the City began holding an annual fair on the ground, since renamed Exhibition Park, and in 1926, a seasonal amusement park, Happyland, was built into the parkway.

Today, Happyland is known as Playland, and amusements and rides are a permanent feature on the park grounds (open from the end of April to the beginning of September), as it the Hastings Racetrack. There is a stadium and concert hall on the grounds also, which regularly hold sporting events and concerts. The Pacific National Exhibition grounds, as they are, known, are probably the most famous park of Hastings-Sunrise, with the beautiful waterfront New Brighton Park coming a close second.

The area has historically been a working class, family neighbourhood, with many single-family dwellings divided up to include basement and top floor rental suites. Census data has historically shown Hastings Sunrise to be a popular place to live with Italian-Canadians, but recent trends have shown Chinese-Canadians to be highly represented also.

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