Frankford, Baltimore
Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. Frankford is the most populous of the city's designated neighborhoods, with over 17,000 residents.[3]
Geography
Frankford is bounded by Belair Road, White Avenue, and Hazelwood Avenue to the north; Moravia Park Drive and I-895 to the south; the eastern city limits, Whitby Road, Arizona Avenue, Moores Run Drive, and Moores Run to the east; and Seidel Avenue and Bowleys Lane to the west. Adjacent neighborhoods are Glenham-Belford (north), Cedmont (northeast), Cedonia (east), Pulaski Industrial Area (south), Armistead Gardens (southwest), Orchard Ridge (southwest), Lower Herring Run Park (southwest), Parkside (west), Belair-Edison (west), Arcadia (northwest), Wilson Heights (northwest), and Waltherson (northwest).[4] The unincorporated communities of Overlea and Rosedale in Baltimore County are also adjacent to Frankford to the east.[5]
History
During the 19th century, the area around Belair Road and Moravia Road was a suburban neighborhood known as Gardenville which was inhabited by first- and second-generation Polish and Italian Americans. The neighborhood's housing stock differed from those south of it, consisting of single-family homes rather than rowhouses which were prevalent throughout the core of the Baltimore City.[6] The Gardenville name is still used for some of the neighborhood's place names, for example, Gardenville Park and Ride is a connecting bus stop on Belair Road served by the Maryland Transit Administration.[7]
Today, Frankford has densified and some of what were once single-family houses have now been converted into multi-family units. The area remains predominantly residential with Belair Road along its edge serving as a retail corridor for the neighborhoods which converge along it.[8]
Notable residents
- Brandon Scott, mayor of Baltimore elected in 2020[9]
References
- ^ "Census - Table Results - Census Block Groups". United States Census Bureau. September 16, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Census - Table Results - Census Blocks". United States Census Bureau. September 16, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Irwin, Nicholas B. (July 18, 2016). Equitable urban revitalization and access to amenities (PDF) (Doctoral). Ohio State University. p. 7. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Baltimore's Neighborhood Statistical Areas (PDF) (Map). City of Baltimore Department of Planning. December 20, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Overview of Baltimore County, Maryland". Statistical Atlas. September 4, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Belfoure, Charles (December 26, 1999). "City area returning to garden roots". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Berinato, Chris (July 23, 2021). "MTA bus route changes intended to make it easier to get to job centers". Fox 45 News Baltimore. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Murray, Murray (May 2011). Multi-family housing at 4410 Frankford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21206 (PDF) (Masters). Johns Hopkins University. p. 6. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ Knezevich, Alison (June 10, 2020). "Get to know Brandon Scott: Here are some fast facts about Baltimore's Democratic nominee for mayor". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
Further reading
- Holcomb, Eric L. (2005). The City as Suburb: A History of Northeast Baltimore Since 1660. Center for American Places. ISBN 9781930066298.
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