Edgecomb, Baltimore

Edgecomb
neighborhood statistical area
Coordinates: 39°20′34″N 76°39′47″W / 39.342662°N 76.663156°W / 39.342662; -76.663156Coordinates: 39°20′34″N 76°39′47″W / 39.342662°N 76.663156°W / 39.342662; -76.663156
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Area^[1]
• Total	.16 sq mi (0.4 km²)
• Land	.16 sq mi (0.4 km²)
Population (2009)^[1]
• Total	2,099
• Density	13,000/sq mi (5,100/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	21215
Area code	410, 443, and 667

Edgecomb, also known as Parklane, is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Cylburn (north) and Greenspring (south). Its boundaries are marked by Dupont Avenue (north), Coldspring Lane (south), Pimlico Road (west) and Greenspring Avenue (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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Public transportation

Route 1 (MTA Maryland), providing bus service between Sinai Hospital (north) and Fort McHenry (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), 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.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Parklane neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland". City-data.com. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
↑ "Discover Your Neighborhood". Live Baltimore. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
↑ "Recreation and Parks / Recreation Centers / James D. Gross". City of Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
↑ "Edgecombe Circle Elementary Profile". Neighborhood Link. Retrieved June 2, 2011.

External links

North District Maps, Baltimore City Neighborhoods Portal

Neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland

Northwest	Arlington Ashburton Cheswolde Dorchester Fallstaff Forest Park Glen Howard Park Heights Pimlico Reisterstown Station Television Hill

North	Abell Barclay Bellona-Gittings Better Waverly Cameron Charles Village Cedarcroft Chinquapin Park-Belvedere Cylburn Edgecomb Evergreen Govans Guilford Hampden Harwood Homeland Homewood Keswick Koreatown Lake Evesham Lake Walker Loyola-Notre Dame Little Korea Town Medfield Mount Washington Oakenshawe Pen Lucy Poplar Hill Radnor-Winston Remington Roland Park Sabina Mattefeldt Tuscany-Canterbury Village of Cross Keys Waverly Woodberry Wyman Park Wyndhurst

Northeast	Belair-Edison Cedonia Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Ednor Gardens-Lakeside Frankford Gardenville Hamilton Hillen Lauraville Loch Raven Mayfield Mid-Govans Northwood Ramblewood Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston Wilson Park Woodbourne Heights

West	Bridgeview/Greenlawn Coppin Heights Edmondson Franklin Square Harlem Park Lexington Midtown-Edmondson Mondawmin Mosher Poppleton Rosemont Sandtown - Winchester Upton Walbrook Windsor Hills

Central	Barre Circle Bolton Hill Charles Center Chinatown Downtown Inner Harbor Madison Park Mount Vernon Otterbein Reservoir Hill Ridgely's Delight Seton Hill Station North Westside

East	Barclay Berea Broadway East Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello East Baltimore Midway Ellwood Park Four By Four Greenmount West Latrobe Homes Madison-Eastend McElderry Park Middle East Old Town Oliver Orangeville

Southwest	Beechfield Carrollton Ridge Dickeyville Franklintown Gwynn's Falls Hollins Market Irvington Morrell Park Pigtown Sowebo Ten Hills Union Square Violetville Wakefield Washington Village Yale Heights

South	Brooklyn Cherry Hill Curtis Bay Fairfield Federal Hill Harborview Lakeland Locust Point Mount Winans Port Covington Pratt Monroe South Baltimore Wagner's Point Westport

Southeast	Bayview Brewer's Hill Butchers Hill Canton Fell's Point Graceland Park Greektown Harbor East Highlandtown Jonestown Joseph Lee Kresson Linwood Little Italy Patterson Park St Helena Upper Fells Point Washington Hill

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Parks	Clifton Park Cylburn Arboretum Druid Hill Park Gwynns Falls Park Leakin Park Patterson Park Sherwood Gardens Wyman Park

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