Frankford, Baltimore

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MTA bus passes through intersection of Frankford Avenue and Sinclair Lane in Frankford, Baltimore
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Frankford
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Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°19′42″N76°32′45″W / 39.32833°N 76.54583°W / 39.32833; -76.54583
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland
City Flag of Baltimore, Maryland.svg Baltimore
City Council District 2
Area
  Total2.1216 sq mi (5.495 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total17,966
  Density8,468/sq mi (3,270/km2)
  [1] [2]
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
21206
Area Codes 410, 443, 667

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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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]

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Sign for Parkside Shopping Center near Moravia Road & Sinclair Lane in Frankford, Baltimore

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

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