Bon Air is a
neighborhood
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in the south portion of
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. Its two zip codes are 15226 and 15210, and it is represented in the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).
Bon Air is small in geographic size compared to the other communities in District 4. It is on a mountaintop, surrounded almost entirely by steep forested mountainsides. Road access to Bon Air is limited by only two connecting streets to the Knoxville neighborhood to the east. North of Bon Air is McKinley Park, with a 120-foot drop down to Bausman Avenue, to the west another drop down to Route 51. South is a precipitous drop down to a low forested valley and east a drop down into a large cemetery. Bon Air is served by
its own "T" (light-rail) stop from which residents can be in Downtown Pittsburgh in minutes and is also the terminus of the 54 Bus that travels directly to the Oakland neighborhood.
The neighborhood is a balanced mix of families, single persons, and senior citizens. There is no commercial zoning on the Bon Air mountaintop, and all the residences are single-family homes. There is a small park on the mountaintop.
Surrounding neighborhoods
Bon Air has six Pittsburgh neighborhood borders, including
Beltzhoover to the north,
Knoxville
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
to the upper east,
Carrick to the east and south,
Brookline
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to the south and west, and
Beechview and
Mount Washington
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934 ...
to the northwest. With the exception of two streets that connect Bon Air to Knoxville, there is no direct road or trail connection between the Bon Air mountaintop and any other neighborhoods.
See also
*
List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
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References
Further reading
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External links
Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map{{Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh