Broadway East | |
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neighborhood statistical area | |
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  Broadway East | |
| Coordinates:39°18′30″N76°35′21″W / 39.30833°N 76.58917°W /39.30833; -76.58917 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| City | Baltimore |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.440 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
| • Land | 0.440 sq mi (1.14 km2) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
• Total | 6,629 |
| • Density | 15,100/sq mi (5,820/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 21213 |
| Area code | 410, 443, and 667 |
Broadway East is aneighborhood in the East District ofBaltimore. Its boundaries are the south side ofNorth Avenue, the west side ofMilton Street, the east side ofBroadway, and the north side ofBiddle Street. The neighborhood lies east ofOliver, north ofMiddle East, south of Lake Clifton, and west ofBerea.[1][2]
Though the area was once considered middle-class, it has in the 20th century experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, and increased crime. The neighborhood was affected by theBaltimore riot of 1968. Its residents are largely poor and working-classAfrican Americans. A filming location forThe Wire (TV series), a Baltimore-based HBO drama. The Broadway East community is undergoing a resurgence which includes the Mary Harvin Transformation Center and Senior Housing, the renovation of theAmerican Brewery (building), the Baltimore Food Hub, and the Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center and Southern Views Multi-family Housing which is currently under construction and the development of affordable housing and mixed use property development cited in the East Baltimore Revitalization Plan adopted by the Baltimore City Planning Department in September 2018.
List of Baltimore neighborhoods
