Beechfield is a neighborhood in the Southwest District of Baltimore, located between Yale Heights (east) and the

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line (west). Its population in 2008 was estimated at 3,789.Beechfield neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland detailed profile
City-Data.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04 The community's boundaries form an inverted pyramid shape, with Frederick Avenue (north) drawing a line across the top from Baltimore County (west) to South Beechfield Avenue (east). Frederick Avenue,

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, becomes Frederick Road as it continues west into Baltimore County. Beechfield's eastern boundary begins at the intersection of Beechfield Avenue and Frederick Avenue (north) to the point where the Baltimore County line crosses Beechfield Avenue (south), the apex of the Beechfield pyramid.

Significant landmarks

* Baltimore National Cemetery, 5501 Frederick Avenue. * Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents, 605 S. Chapelgate Lane, a state-operated psychiatric hospital for children.

Public transportation

After passing through Yale Heights on its way from

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, the MTA Citylink Purple line turns north onto Beechfield Avenue from Cedar Garden Road. It turns left onto Frederick Avenue, then heads west along Route 144 into Baltimore County. Quickbus Route 46 stops at Beechfield Avenue and Thornfield Avenue in Beechfield while traveling between the Paradise Avenue loop and the Cedonia loop. It operates only on weekdays, from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. The

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shuttle bus makes five stops along Beechfield's east and north boundaries.Arbutus/Irvington Line.
UMBC Transit (a department of the UMBC Division of Student Affairs). Retrieved 2010-08-04

References

External links

*
Beechfield Community and Improvement Association
{{Baltimore Neighborhoods in Baltimore Southwest Baltimore