Cylburn | |
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neighborhood statistical area | |
Coordinates: 39°20′53″N76°39′50″W / 39.348104°N 76.663799°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Maryland |
City | Baltimore |
Area | |
• Total | 0.284 sq mi (0.74 km2) |
• Land | 0.284 sq mi (0.74 km2) |
Population (2009) [1] | |
• Total | 2,639 |
• Density | 9,300/sq mi (3,600/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 21209, 21215 |
Area code | 410, 443, and 667 |
Cylburn is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Levindale (north) and Edgecomb (south). Its boundaries are marked by Cylburn Avenue (north), Dupont Avenue (south), Pimlico Road (west) and Greenspring Avenue (east). Central Park Heights, is located on the opposite side of Pimlico Road in the Northwest area of Baltimore City. Cylburn Arboretum (old Elisha Tyson mansion and estate off Greenspring Avenue) and the neighborhood of Cold Spring are located to Cylburn's east, across Greenspring Avenue. The heavily wooded property with its historic mansion and grounds, walking trails, famous collections and gardens overlook the Jones Falls Valley with the Jones Falls Expressway (Interstate 83) further to the east. [2]
Pimlico Elementary School, located at 4849 Pimlico Road, had 657 students enrolled in Pre-K through 5th grade, with 44 teachers during 2010. Its students were almost exclusively black, with a single white child enrolled in the third grade and no children from other ethnic groups. Free and reduced price lunches were provided by the National School Lunch Program for 585 of the school's students. [3]
MTA CityLink Navy), providing bus service between Sinai Hospital (northwest) and Fort McHenry (south), stops along Greenspring Avenue, the east boundary of Cylburn. The route's course to Downtown Baltimore includes a stop at the Mondawmin Metro/subway station.
MTA LocalLink 80, travels along Cylburn Avenue as it loops around Sinai Hospital at the northern edge of Cylburn on its way south toward City Hall in Downtown Baltimore. It stops at the Rogers Avenue Metro/subway station along the way to City Hall.
The neighborhood's population, estimated at 2,639 in 2009, was almost exclusively black. Cylburn's residents fared somewhat better economically than the rest of the City in 2009, with a median household income of $40,668 compared with the citywide median of $38,772. Residents living below the poverty level were 18.8 percent of Cylburn's population, compared with the city ratio of 22.9 percent. [1]
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. There are 80 bus lines serving the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, along with rail services that include the Light Rail, Metro Subway, and MARC Train. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 52,922,000, or about 219,600 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
Mount Washington is an area of northwest Baltimore, Maryland. It is a designated city historic district and divided into two sections: South Road/Sulgrave to the southeast and Dixon's Hill to the north. The Mount Washington Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 with a boundary increase in 2001, with five contributing buildings and four contributing structures.
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Park Heights is an area of Baltimore, Maryland, that lies approximately 5 miles northwest of downtown Baltimore and within two miles of the Baltimore County line. A 1,500-acre community, Park Heights comprises 12 smaller neighborhoods that together contain approximately 30,000 residents. It is bounded on the south by Druid Park Drive, on the west by Wabash Avenue, on the east by Greenspring Avenue, and on the north by Northern Parkway. Interstate-83 is less than a half mile to the east.
Greenspring Avenue is a road in Baltimore, Maryland and its northwestern suburbs. At one time, Greenspring Avenue was Maryland Route 519 from Worthington Road to Dover Road, but the road has since been decommissioned and no longer has any numerical designation.
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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.
Greenspring is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Woodberry (east) and Central Park Heights (west). Its boundaries are marked by West Cold Spring Lane (north), Greenspring Avenue (east), and Springhill Avenue (south). The western edge of the neighborhood runs along Pimlico Road from West Cold Spring Lane to Park Heights Avenue, then along Park Heights Avenue to Springhill Avenue.
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Coldspring, also known as Cold Spring, is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore, located between Cylburn (west) and the Village of Cross Keys (east). Its boundaries are drawn by West Northern Parkway (north), Greenspring Avenue (west), Jones Falls Expressway (east) and West Cold Spring Lane (south). Cold Spring Park covers about two-thirds of the neighborhood, running from Cold Spring's northern tip, where the Jones Falls Expressway crosses over West Northern Parkway, and overlapping the neighborhood's southern edge at West Cold Spring Lane.
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