Regent Square is a
neighborhood
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in the
East End
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of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. According to its civic association, it "includes portions of the municipalities of Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg".
It is also the name of one of the
90 neighborhoods within the City of Pittsburgh's limits, which leads to some confusion among residents. In 2017, it was named the #1 neighborhood to live in Pittsburgh and the #17 best neighborhood in the United States by
Niche.com
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.
The neighborhood is split between ZIP codes 15218 and 15221; the part of the neighborhood within the City of Pittsburgh is represented on the City Council by the council seat for District 5 (Southeast Neighborhoods). The neighborhood is a roughly rectangular plateau bounded on three sides by the steep valleys of Fern Hollow Creek to the west and
Nine Mile Run to the south and east.
The tree-lined neighborhood is situated along both sides of Braddock Avenue between the Parkway East (
I-376) and Forbes Avenue. The area of the present neighborhood was owned by a series of local landowners, including Col. Dunning McNair in the late 18th and Judge
William Wilkins in the late 19th century. The name Regent Square was apparently bestowed by William E. Harmon of Harmon Realty, who in 1919 acquired most of the present neighborhood, then known as the Devon Plan. First calling it Regent Place, he later changed the name to Regent Square.
Surrounding neighborhoods
Regent Square is bordered by the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of
Point Breeze to the north,
Squirrel Hill South to the west, and
Swisshelm Park
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to the south; and by the boroughs of
Swissvale
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to the southeast,
Edgewood to the east, and
Wilkinsburg
Wilkinsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The borough has a population of 15,930 as of the 2010 census. Wilkinsburg is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The borough was named for John Wilkins Jr., a United States Army ...
to the northeast.
See also
List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
References
External links
Locally owned RegentSquare.com{{Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh