The northern border of Grbavica is Futoška ulica (Futoška Street), the western borders are Ulica Vojvode Knićanina (Vojvoda Knićanin Street) and Ulica Kola srpskih sestara (Kolo srpskih sestara Street), the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara (Tzar Lazar Boulevard), and the eastern border is Bulevar Oslobođenja (Liberation Boulevard).

Grbavica got its name from the Sarajevo settlement with the same name. When Grbavica in Novi Sad was built, the city used the same urbanistic plans, thus keeping the same name as well.

The neighbouring settlements are: Sajmište in the north, Stari Grad in the east, Liman in the south, and Adamovićevo Naselje in the west.

The city's Catholic and Jewish graveyards are located in Grbavica.

• Neighborhoods of Novi Sad

• Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745–2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
• Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.
• 30 godina mesne zajednice "7. Juli" u Novom Sadu 1974–2004, Novi Sad, 2004.

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  Grbavica, Danila Kiša Street
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  Grbavica, Tzar Lazar Boulevard
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  Grbavica, Tolstojeva Street
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  Grbavica, Miše Dimitrijevića Street
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  Puškinova Street
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  Braće Ribnikar Street

• Stiže nova Grbavica, a odlazi stara (in Serbian)
• Detailed map of Novi Sad and Grbavica
• Map of Novi Sad