Edgecomb, also known as Parklane, is a neighborhood in the North District of
Baltimore
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, located between the neighborhoods of
Cylburn (north) and
Greenspring (south). Its boundaries are marked by Dupont Avenue (north),
Coldspring Lane
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Pimlico Road
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Greenspring Avenue
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(east).
Central Park Heights, is located on the opposite side of Pimlico Road in the Northwest District. The neighborhood of
Coldspring is located to Edgecomb's east, across Greenspring Avenue.
Public services
Parks and recreation
* Edgecombe Park, located within Edgecombe Circle
* Pall Mall Playground, located between Pimlico Avenue (west) and Pall Mall Road (east)
* James D. Gross Recreation Center, located at 4600 Lanier Avenue, was originally the Edgecombe Circle Recreation Center when it was built in 1969. The recreation center was renamed in memory of James D. Gross on April 15, 1976.
Public schools
Edgecombe Circle Elementary School, located at 2835 Virginia Avenue, had 513 students enrolled in Pre-K through 5th grade, with 37 teachers, during 2010.
Public transportation
Route 1 (MTA Maryland)
CityLink Navy is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore. It replaced Route 1 in 2017. The bus route is the successor to the 1 Gilmor Street, 2 Carey Street, and 2 Fort Avenue streetcar lines.
History
The Citizens ...
, providing bus service between
Sinai Hospital (north) and
Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack ...
(south), stops along Greenspring Avenue, the east boundary of Edgecomb. The route's course to
Downtown Baltimore includes a stop at the
Mondawmin Metro station.
Route 33 (MTA Maryland)
LocalLink 28 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore. The line currently runs from the Rogers Avenue Metro Subway Station in Northwest Baltimore to a loop in Moravia in Northeast Baltimore. Service is provide ...
, traveling between the
Rogers Avenue Metro station (west) and the neighborhood of Moravia (east) in Baltimore County, serves Edgecomb along Cold Spring Lane.
Demographics
The neighborhood's population, estimated at 2,099 in 2009, was almost exclusively black. Median household income for Edgecomb was $35,091 in 2009, somewhat below the citywide median of $38,772. Residents living below the poverty level were 22.0 percent of Edgewood's population, only slightly better than the city ratio of 22.9 percent.
See also
List of Baltimore neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in the City of Baltimore are officially divided into nine geographical regions: North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, and Central, with each district patrolled by a respective precinct of the Baltim ...
References
External links
North District Maps Baltimore City Neighborhoods Portal
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Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Northern Baltimore