Carrick | |
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 Wigman House, built in 1888, on Brownsville Road in Carrick | |
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| Coordinates:40°23′49″N79°59′13″W / 40.397°N 79.987°W /40.397; -79.987 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny County |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Incorporated | 1904[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.673 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 10,113 |
| • Density | 6,045/sq mi (2,334/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 15227, 15210 |
Carrick is a southneighborhood ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania in theUnited States. It is served by two zip codes, 15210 and 15227, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).[3]
Located between the suburbs of theSouth Hills and downtown, Carrick is well-served bypublic transportation. Once home to prominent mansions and wealthy families, the neighborhood currently has an affordable, solid housing stock and remains family-oriented. The neighborhood has, since the early 2000's, become the epicenter of Pittsburgh's burgeoning Nepali and Bhutanese communities.[4]
Carrick is located on the southeastern edge of the City of Pittsburgh. It is situated atop a crest west of theMonongahela River.Brownsville Road runs across the top of the crest and is the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood. The Carrick section of Brownsville Road is approximately 2.2 miles (3.5 km) long; it generally comprises three discrete business districts with residential areas in between.
Carrick has nine borders, including the Pittsburgh neighborhoods ofKnoxville andMt. Oliver to the north,St. Clair to the northeast,Overbrook to the southwest,Brookline to the west, andBon Air to the northwest. The remaining borders are with the boroughs ofMt. Oliver to the north (between Knoxville and its Pittsburgh neighborhood namesake),Baldwin to the east, andBrentwood to the south and southeast.
Carrick was originally part of the land grant to MajorJohn Ormsby fromKing George III in 1763 for his service during theFrench and Indian War. Carrick and Mt. Oliver were once known as the Ormsby Tract or simply Ormsby.[5] The city of Birmingham was organized on this land by Ormsby's son in lawNathanial Bedford.[6]It became known for coal mines and a glassworks in the Crailo area, also known as Spiketown, near the Presbyterian Church and Volunteers Field.
In 1853,Dr. John H. O'Brien received permission from theUnited States Postal Service to establish a post office in the area; for his hard work he was given the honor of naming it, and he chose "Carrick" after his home town,Carrick-on-Suir,Ireland. Carrick became a Borough in 1904 and in 1926 voted to become part of the City of Pittsburgh. In 1927 it officially became known as the 29th Ward.
The neighborhood boasts of numerous parklet playgrounds, theCarnegie Library of Carrick, historicPhillips Park (comprising walking paths, adisc golf course, a recreation center andswimming pool) and Volunteers Field (comprising abaseball-only field and a multipurposeathletic field). Carrick is also the home to Emma Lazarus Sensory Garden, where theColumbia of Carrick mural by Brian Gonnella is located.
In 1997, Carrick was named the first "Cool Community" in the northern United States by theU.S. Department of Energy. "Cool Community" is a national recognition program for strategictreeplanting forenergy conservation purposes. Partnering with conservation organizations, community groups worked toweatherize homes and businesses, plant trees and flowers, and add elements of "green building" to the renovation of Carrick High School.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire houses Engine 23 in Carrick. Engine 23 is a 2000 gal (7570 L)SpartanMetro-Starengine. It also houses Command Unit 200, which is a combination 2007Pierce /LDV command unit.
Carrick includesHindu,Roman Catholic,Protestant,Evangelical,Jehovah's Witness,Lutheran, andByzantine Catholic places of worship.[7]