Belair-Edison

Location

Belair-Edison is located in Northeast Baltimore City. The neighborhood borders a large portion of Herring Run Park with its bike trails, tot lots, and running stream. To the south of the community is the Clifton Park Golf Course, an 18-hole course maintained by the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corp. The neighborhood is situated around Belair Road and Erdman Avenue, with boundaries of Woodstock Avenue to the west, Sinclair Lane to the east and south, and Seidel Avenue to the north.

Zip Code: 21213

Description

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 6,900 homes and 18,000 people residing in Belair-Edison.

History

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.