Belair-Edison: A Great Choice Neighborhood
Belair-Edison is a diverse neighborhood where everyone is welcomed. Original residents still call Belair-Edison home in addition to families and singles, blue- and white-color workers, and people from all backgrounds. You can find neighbors chatting while sitting on the front porch or over the back yard fences. Children playing catch and riding their bikes through the alleys and at the parks and school lots. There are approximately 7,500 homes and 13,000 people residing in Belair-Edison.

• Herring Run Park
• Clifton Park Golf Course
• Short Walk, Run, or Bike Ride to Lake Montebello
• Minutes to Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Close to I-95 and I-895
• Convenient shopping in the Belair-Edison Marketplace including the acclaimed Saigon Restaurant.
• Annual Belair-Edison Spring Festival Community Picnic and Flea Market
• Annual Community Open House

Belair-Edison is a community of Novak- and Welsh-built red brick rowhomes situated on delightful tree-lined streets with azaleas adding color throughout the spring. Along with the rowhomes, there are two blocks of semi-detached and single homes.The rowhomes vary from 17 ft. to 22 ft. wide and offer a variety of architectural characteristics from block to block. Houses vary from two to four bedroom, and some have garages. All of our homes have front lawns. Some backyards have grass, while others have been converted to patios and parking pads. Lots of brick porches and porches with metal awnings to keep you protected from the rain.

Residents are proud of their vintage Baltimore architecture. Row after row of red brick townhomes with green grass and lots of trees line the streets of Belair-Edison.

The community of Belair-Edison was established in 1940. Prior to the establishment of Belair-Edison, the Brehms Brewery occupied 624 acres around what is now Erdman Avenue and Brehms Lane. Breweries were one of the main industries in this area of northeast Baltimore during the mid-1800s and underground tunnels have been found where the brewery stored its wares. Later, a village named Georgetown was thriving at the intersection of Belair Turnpike (now Belair Road) and Erdman Avenue. The homes west of Brehms Lane are the oldest homes dating back to the early 1930s and the homes to the east were built in the early 1950s. The last homes to be built were at the northeast corner of the community, where prior to the homes, residents maintained victory gardens. At the site of Sinclair Lane Elementary School was a horse farm where residents could rent horses to ride through Herring Run Park. Erdman Avenue, near Sinclair Lane, was called "lover's lane" in earlier days.