Gentilly Terrace is a neighborhood of the city of

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. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Filmore Avenue to the north, People's Avenue to the east, Dahlia Walk and Benefit Street to the south and

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to the west. Gentilly Terrace may be further divided into Gentilly Terrace & Gardens, Edgewood Park and Fairmont Park, all three of which possess organized, distinct, and active neighborhood associations.

Geography

Gentilly Terrace is located at and has an elevation of . According to the

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, the district has a total area of . of which is land and (0.0%) of which is water.

Adjacent Neighborhoods

* Milneburg (north) * Gentilly Woods (east) *

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(east) * St. Roch (south) * Dillard (west) * St. Anthony (west) * Edgewood Park (south)

Boundaries

Orleans Parish defines the boundaries of Gentilly Terrace as these streets: Filmore Avenue, People's Avenue, Gentilly Boulevard and Elysian Fields Avenue.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 10,542 people, 4,258 households, and 2,783 families residing in the neighborhood. The

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was 8,712 /mi² (3,401 /km²). As of the

of 2010, there were 8,210 people, 3,351 households, and 2,158 families residing in the neighborhood.

Education

New Orleans Public Schools The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) governs the public school system that serves New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes the entirety of Orleans Parish, coterminous with New Orleans. The OPSB directly administers 6 schools and has granted charter ...

supervises the two public elementary schools within the neighborhood, while Brother Martin High School offers an all-boys, Catholic education for grades 8–12. There are no public high schools within Gentilly Terrace. Schools within Gentilly Terrace: * Audubon Gentilly Elementary School (operated by Audubon Charter Schools/FAME, Inc.) * Mary McLeod Bethune at Stuart Bradley Elementary School *

Brother Martin High School Brother Martin High School is a private, Catholic, all-male college preparatory school run by the United States Province of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established by the brothers in 1869 as St. Aloysius Col ...

(operated by the Catholic Brothers of the Sacred Heart) Nearby public high schools: * Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans) (operated by Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education, Inc.) * The Delores Taylor Arthur School For Young Men (operated by Lyceum Schools, Inc.) * John F. Kennedy High School at Lake Area (operated by New Beginnings School Foundation) * McDonogh 35 College Preparatory High School Nearby private schools: *

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