Country United States City Baltimore ZIP code 21239 and 21212 Area 91 ha | State Maryland Time zone Eastern (UTC-5) Area code 410, 443, and 667 Population 3,012 (2009) | |
Restaurants Alameda Carryout, Ro's Soul Kitchen, Chung Mee Restaurant, Subway | ||
Glen Oaks is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore. Its boundaries form a slender, inverted triangle, with the city line as the neighborhood's northern base and Belvedere Shopping Center as its southern apex. Chinquapin Parkway (west) and The Alameda (east) draw the triangle's sides and cross at the neighborhood's southern tip.
Map of Glen Oaks, Baltimore, MD, USA
Most of the homes in Glen Oaks are brick row houses, built in 1948 by Elba Construction, Inc.
The neighborhoods of Chinquapin Park-Belevedere, Lake Walker and Cameron Village are located to the west of Glen Oaks, on the opposite side Chinquapin Park. Idlewood, Ramblewood and Woodbourne Heights are located to the east, across The Alameda in the Northeast District.
Route 36 (MTA Maryland) provides bus service along The Alameda, connecting Glen Oaks residents with Downtown Baltimore. Route 44 (MTA Maryland) provides cross-town service along Belvedere Avenue.
Median household income for Glen Oaks in 2009 was estimated at $44,821, while the city-wide median was only $38,772. Residents living below the poverty level were 12.5 percent of the Glen Oaks population and 22.9 percent of the Baltimore population. About 3/4 of the Glen Oaks population of 3,012 (census estimate for 2009) were black and almost 1/4 were white.