Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Άγια Παρασκευή) is a suburb in Athens, Greece. It is bounded northeast by Athens, where ERT studios are located. Its distance from Athens is about 5 to 6 km. Its total size is about 600 m by 600 m. Its location is in the southeast. It includes some satellites. Its rest are residential. Its main street is Mesogeiou. Agriculture used to dominate before the 1930s or 1940s by the booming of Athens. The highest elevation is around 800 m in the northern slopes of the Hymettus.
Since 2004, it is bypassed along with Mesogeios Avenue and the historic Marathonos Avenue the Hymettus Ring (route 65) in the southeast which is part of the Attiki Odos privately-owned superhighway network. It has an interchange in the southeast which is the last interchange before Katechaki Avenue. The junction for the westbound lanes of Attiki Odos (route 6) is east of the boundary.
Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή) is a suburb of Athens, Greece.
Today, Agia Paraskevi (like most of the suburbs of Athens) is densly populated and suffers from heavy traffic and air pollution.
In the downtown area is the central Agia Paraskevi Square with a beautiful cathedral dedicated to the Orthodox Saint Agia Paraskevi, after whom the suburb is named.
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