Frankford, Baltimore
Neighborhood in Baltimore
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Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. Frankford is the most populous of the city's designated neighborhoods, with over 17,000 residents.[3]
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MTA bus passes through intersection of Frankford Avenue and Sinclair Lane in Frankford, Baltimore | |
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| Coordinates: 39°19′42″N 76°32′45″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Maryland |
| City |  Baltimore |
| City Council | District 2 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.1216 sq mi (5.495 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 17,966 |
| • Density | 8,468/sq mi (3,270/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 21206 |
| Area Codes | 410, 443, 667 |
Geography
Frankford is bounded by Belair Road, White Avenue, and Hazelwood Avenue to the north; Moravia Park Drive and I-895 to the south; the eastern city limits, Whitby Road, Arizona Avenue, Moores Run Drive, and Moores Run to the east; and Seidel Avenue and Bowleys Lane to the west. Adjacent neighborhoods are Glenham-Belford (north), Cedmont (northeast), Cedonia (east), Pulaski Industrial Area (south), Armistead Gardens (southwest), Orchard Ridge (southwest), Lower Herring Run Park (southwest), Parkside (west), Belair-Edison (west), Arcadia (northwest), Wilson Heights (northwest), and Waltherson (northwest).[4] The unincorporated communities of Overlea and Rosedale in Baltimore County are also adjacent to Frankford to the east.[5]
History
During the 19th century, the area around Belair Road and Moravia Road was a suburban neighborhood known as Gardenville which was inhabited by first- and second-generation Polish and Italian Americans. The neighborhood's housing stock differed from those south of it, consisting of single-family homes rather than rowhouses which were prevalent throughout the core of the Baltimore City.[6] The Gardenville name is still used for some of the neighborhood's place names, for example, Gardenville Park and Ride is a connecting bus stop on Belair Road served by the Maryland Transit Administration.[7]
Today, Frankford has densified and some of what were once single-family houses have now been converted into multi-family units. The area remains predominantly residential with Belair Road along its edge serving as a retail corridor for the neighborhoods which converge along it.[8]
Notable residents
- Brandon Scott, mayor of Baltimore since 2020[9]