Bon Air (Pittsburgh)

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Bon Air
Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Pgh locator bon air.svg
Coordinates: 40°24′29″N80°00′00″W / 40.408°N 80.000°W / 40.408; -80.000
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny County
City Pittsburgh
Area
[1]
 • Total0.313 sq mi (0.81 km2)
Population
 (2010) [2]
 • Total808
 • Density2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2)
ZIP Code
15226, 15210

Bon Air is a neighborhood in the south portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Its two zip codes are 15226 and 15210, and it is represented in the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).

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Bon Air is small in geographic size compared to the other communities in District 4. It is on a mountaintop, surrounded almost entirely by steep forested mountainsides. Road access to Bon Air is limited by only two connecting streets to the Knoxville neighborhood to the east. North of Bon Air is McKinley Park, with a 120-foot drop down to Bausman Avenue, to the west another drop down to Route 51. South is a precipitous drop down to a low forested valley and east a drop down into a large cemetery. Bon Air is served by its own "T" (light-rail) stop from which residents can be in Downtown Pittsburgh in minutes and is also the terminus of the 54 Bus that travels directly to the Oakland neighborhood.

The neighborhood is a balanced mix of families, single persons, and senior citizens. There is no commercial zoning on the Bon Air mountaintop, and all the residences are single-family homes. There is a small park on the mountaintop.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1940 814—    
1950 1,330+63.4%
1960 1,500+12.8%
1970 1,428−4.8%
1980 1,144−19.9%
1990 1,006−12.1%
2000 889−11.6%
2010 808−9.1%
[3] [4]
Source: University of Pittsburgh [5]

Surrounding neighborhoods

Bon Air has six Pittsburgh neighborhood borders, including Beltzhoover to the north, Knoxville to the upper east, Carrick to the east and south, Brookline to the south and west, and Beechview and Mount Washington to the northwest. With the exception of two streets that connect Bon Air to Knoxville, there is no direct road or trail connection between the Bon Air mountaintop and any other neighborhoods.

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References

  1. ↑ "PGHSNAP 2010 Raw Census Data by Neighborhood". Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Census: Pittsburgh" (PDF). Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  3. ↑ "PGHSNAP - Neighborhoods: All Raw Data".
  4. ↑ "Census:Pittsburgh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2012.[ better source needed ]
  5. ↑ "Pittsburgh Census Tracts". pitt.libguides.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.

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