Frankford is a neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. Frankford is the most populous of the city's designated neighborhoods, with over 17,000 residents.[3]

Frankford
Neighborhood of Baltimore
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)
	[1][2]
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 elected in 2020[9]

References

Further reading

• Holcomb, Eric L. (2005). The City as Suburb: A History of Northeast Baltimore Since 1660. Center for American Places. ISBN 9781930066298.