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Frankford
Neighborhood of Baltimore
MTA bus passes through intersection of Frankford Avenue and Sinclair Lane in Frankford, Baltimore
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Coordinates: 39°19′42″N 76°32′45″W / 39.32833°N 76.54583°W / 39.32833; -76.54583
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
City Council	District 2
Area
• Total	2.1216 sq mi (5.495 km)
Population
• Total	17,966
• Density	8,468/sq mi (3,270/km)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	21206
Area Codes	410, 443, 667

Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. Frankford is the most populous of the city's designated neighborhoods, with over 17,000 residents.

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). The unincorporated communities of Overlea and Rosedale in Baltimore County are also adjacent to Frankford to the east.

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. 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.

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.

Notable residents

• Brandon Scott, mayor of Baltimore elected in 2020

References

1. "Census - Table Results - Census Block Groups". United States Census Bureau. September 16, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
2. "Census - Table Results - Census Blocks". United States Census Bureau. September 16, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
3. Irwin, Nicholas B. (July 18, 2016). Equitable urban revitalization and access to amenities (PDF) (Doctoral). Ohio State University. p. 7. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
4. Baltimore's Neighborhood Statistical Areas (PDF) (Map). City of Baltimore Department of Planning. December 20, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
5. "Overview of Baltimore County, Maryland". Statistical Atlas. September 4, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
6. Belfoure, Charles (December 26, 1999). "City area returning to garden roots". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.

• Neighborhoods in Baltimore
• Northeast Baltimore