1
: located above the ground floor in a building with no elevator
a walk-up apartment
2
: consisting of several stories and having no elevator
a walk-up tenement
3
: designed to allow pedestrians to be served without entering a building
the walk-up window of a bank
: an apartment or office building of several stories that has no elevator
also
: an apartment or office in such a building
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The third-floor walk-up has been renovated, but the old-school charm remains in its hardwood floors, ample windows, and brick façade.
—Gabriela Ulloa, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2025
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
In the walk-up to the storm’s devastating arrival in Jamaica, Riley said disaster experts ran various potential scenarios.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The third-floor walk-up has been renovated, but the old-school charm remains in its hardwood floors, ample windows, and brick façade.
—Gabriela Ulloa, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
The rewarding gallery of characters who pass through the Brusteins’ modest walk-up, authentically rendered by the Dots design collective, go a long way to enriching Hansberry’s construct.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Walk-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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