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Westgate, Baltimore

Field	Value
name	Westgate
native_name_lang
settlement_type	neighborhood statistical area
image_skyline	File:2016-05-11 16 27 47 View east along Frederick Avenue (Maryland State Route 144) near Taylor Avenue in Baltimore City, Maryland.jpg
image_alt	View east along 5500 block of Frederick Avenue in Baltimore, with rowhouses in Westgate to the left
image_caption	The 5500 block of Frederick Avenue and its rowhouses (on the left) in the Westgate section of Baltimore
pushpin_map	United States Baltimore
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Maryland
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Baltimore
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_sq_mi	.433
area_land_sq_mi	.433
area_note
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	480
population_total	2,841
population_as_of	2009
population_density_sq_mi	auto
population_note
timezone1	Eastern
utc_offset1	-5
timezone1_DST	EDT
utc_offset1_DST	-4
postal_code_type	ZIP Code
postal_code	21229
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	410, 443, and 667

Westgate is a neighborhood in the Southwest District of Baltimore, located between Baltimore County (west) and the city neighborhood of Ten Hills (east). Its boundaries are marked by Baltimore National Pike (north), Frederick Avenue (south), Rock Glen Avenue and Edmondson Avenue (east) and the city line (west).

Before the start of trolley service between Ellicott City and Baltimore along Edmondson Avenue in 1899, this area was mostly undeveloped. A stream feeding the Maiden Choice Run flowed along the course where Rock Glen Road was eventually built. With easy access created by the trolley, construction of houses began in the northern portion of the neighborhood in 1913. Most of the neighborhoods homes, a mix of bungalows, colonials, Cape Cods and Tudor-style houses, were completed in the 1920s and 1930s.

The community popularly known as Westgate overlaps the city line, covering a portion of Baltimore County. Homeowners in the Baltimore County neighborhood formerly known as Meridale Farms voted, in the 1930s, to become part of a single community association by the name of Westgate. However, the neighborhood drawn by official city maps ends at the limit of the last annexation of the city in 1918, near the intersection of North Bend Road and Edmondson Avenue.

Demographics

The population of Westgate is approximately 2/3 black and 1/3 white. Its residents enjoy a median family income estimated in 2009 at $58,376, significantly higher than the citywide median of $38,772. Only 8.6 percent of Westgate families lived on incomes below the poverty level, compared with a citywide average of 22.8 percent.

Public transportation

Three local transit buses provide service in the Westgate neighborhood.

CityLink Purple (BaltimoreLink) operates along Frederick Avenue at the southern boundary of Westgate, providing service between Catonsville and Downtown Baltimore.
CityLink Orange (BaltimoreLink) runs along Edmondson Avenue, at the northern edge of the neighborhood, providing service between Catonsville, to the west of the city in Baltimore County, and Essex, Maryland, to the east of the city.
CityLink Blue (BaltimoreLink) runs from the North Bend loop in Westgate on Edmondson Avenue to Cold Spring Lane in the Northeast District of Baltimore.

References

"Westgate neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland". City-Data.com.
"History". Westgate Community Association.
(February 6, 2011). "Route 10 Local Bus schedule". MTA Maryland.
(February 6, 2011). "Route 23 Local Bus schedule". MTA Maryland.
(February 7, 2011). "Route 38 Local Bus schedule". MTA Maryland.

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