Hanlon Longwood, Baltimore

Hanlon Park - Longwood
neighborhood statistical area
Hanlon Park - Longwood
Coordinates: 39°19′17″N 76°40′31″W / 39.32139°N 76.67528°WCoordinates: 39°19′17″N 76°40′31″W / 39.32139°N 76.67528°W
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Area[1]
• Total	.537 sq mi (1.39 km^2)
• Land	.537 sq mi (1.39 km^2)
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	2,608
• Density	4,900/sq mi (1,900/km^2)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	21216
Area code	410, 443, and 667

Hanlon Longwood is a neighborhood in the Northwest District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Garwyn Oaks (west) and Burleigh-Leighton (east).^[2] It is bounded by North Dukeland Street (east), Garrison Boulevard (west) and the Gwynns Falls Parkway (south). The neighborhood's north boundary is marked by North Longwood Street, North Hilton Street and Liberty Heights Avenue.^[1]

Demographics

Hanlon Park - Longwood is a predominantly black neighborhood, with a population estimated at 2,608 in 2009. At $43,466 in 2009, the neighborhood's median household income was higher than the city median of $38,772. However, the average price of a single family home was $234,837, compared with the city-wide average of $274,562. Families living below the poverty line in 2009 comprised 22.3 percent of the population in Hanlon Park - Longwood, compared with the city-wide average of 22.9 percent.^[1]

Public transportation

Route 91 (MTA Maryland) provides local bus service along Garrison Boulevard, traveling between Sinai Hospital and Downtown Baltimore.^[3]

Route 51 (MTA Maryland) provides local bus service along Hilton Street, traveling between the Rogers Avenue Metro station (north) and the southwest Baltimore neighborhoods of Cherry Hill and Lakeland (south).^[4]

Significant landmarks

Hanlon Park dominates the eastern side of the neighborhood. It includes the neighborhood and the similarly named city park. It is named for famous Baltimore Orioles baseball player, manager and owner Ned Hanlon, who led the team in the National League to three championships in 1894, 1895, 1896 for the "Temple Cup" in the pre-World Series era and before the 1901 formation of the American League. He later became a civic and political leader in the Baltimore City government, serving as president of the Board of Commissioners of Parks in the 1920s.

Lake Ashburton, a 25-acre reservoir inside Hanlon Park, was created in 1910 with the construction of Lake Ashburton Dam along the Gwynns Run stream. The lake is part of an elaborate, expensive and then "state-of-the-art" system of reservoirs built during the 1910s under the direction of famed city engineer Abel Wolman, which included larger substantial reservoirs with surrounding forested watershed areas north of the city in the surrounding suburban Baltimore County: Loch Raven, Prettyboy, and Liberty serving the water filtration system of the Baltimore metropolitan area (including Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and northern portions of Anne Arundel County at the Ashburton Filtration Plant (for the westside) and Montebello Filtration Plant (for the eastside) and were constructed by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works. The frequently tested quality of the Baltimore metropolitan water system is unparalleled in the nation and often wins annual "taste test" competitions by water quality associations and is comparable to expensive bottled mineral water. ^[5]

See also

List of Baltimore neighborhoods

References

1. "Hanlon (Hanlon-Longwood) neighborhood in Baltimore". City-data.com. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
2. "Northwest District Maps". Baltimore City Neighborhoods Portal. City of Baltimore. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
3. "Route 91 Local Bus Schedule" (PDF). MTA Maryland. August 29, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
4. "Route 51 Local Bus Schedule" (PDF). MTA Maryland. July 3, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
5. "Lake Ashburton". FindLakes. Retrieved May 2, 2012.