Mondawmin is perhaps the most diverse square mile in Baltimore. It is a mixed community community composed of young professionals, retirees and just good hard working folks, where each block has its own character. Some streets are lined with trees and/or marble steps, front porches and gardens. The neighborhood clusters around Mondawmin Mall, the Rouse Company's pioneer urban shopping mall and features schools ranging from elementary to four-year college, green residential areas on wide boulevards and small streets, convenient small businesses, many active churches and dedicated neighborhood associations. Mondawmin is a community rich in character and history.

Mondawmin Mall
Mondawmin Transit Hub and DMV
Easterwood Park and Recreation Center
Hanlon Park
Parkwood Recreation Center
Bon Secours Liberty Village, a comprehensive health care center with residential complex for senior citizens
Within walking distance of Druid Hill Park (basketball and tennis courts), Druid Hill Conservatory and Baltimore Zoo as well as Lafayette Market.
Nearby professional/college institutions include: Urban Medical Institute, Coppin State College and Baltimore Community College
Five minutes by car to the Light Rail station and the area is also exploring a regional shuttle system

Most of the neighborhood's residential areas consist of brick rowhouses. Those built before World War II have large front porches and in some cases Victorian styling. Those built after the war tend to be two-story brick structures on wider lots than found in the inner city. A few single dwellings near the Walbrook area reflect their origins as summer homes in the early 20th century.

This was estate countryside in the 19th century, characterized by large homes built by prominent city residents on the hilly countryside several hundred feet above the Inner Harbor area. Mondawmin takes its name from the estate owned by Dr. Patrick Macaulay (1795-1849), physician, city councilman, B&O Railroad director and patron of the arts. Tradition relates that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited Dr. Macaulay, who asked him what to name his home, then surrounded by corn fields. The poet allegedly looked around and replied, "Why not Mondamin, after the Indian corn god?" (Mapmakers later added a "w" to the name, and it stuck.)
The area known as Southern Mondawmin prides itself on a long history of stable homeownership. Many residents moved into the community in the late forties and early fifties as the area developed as the cultural and education center for African Americans. Robert W. Coleman, one of the community's renowned residents, established the first school of the blind for African Americans. Because of those early pioneers and the stability of the community, Southern Mondawmin was never designated as an urban renewal area. While the community has changed over the past 15 years, residents, churches, businesses, and community associations are diligently working to return the area to its early luster. Recently, Southern Mondawmin was chosen as one of six Healthy Neighborhoods. Parts of the community are included as part of the empowerment zone.

Coppin State College
Baltimore City Community College
Frederick Douglass High School
William H. Lemmel Middle School
Gwynns Falls Elementary
Robert W. Coleman Elementary
William S. Baer Elementary
Mathew Henson Elementary School
Carver High School
Walbrook High School
Western High School
Polytechnic Institute