East Baltimore Midway, Baltimore facts for kids

Quick facts for kids East Baltimore Midway
Neighborhood of Baltimore
Rowhouses on the 600 block of E. 21st Street in East Baltimore Midway, Baltimore
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area Codes	410, 443, 667

East Baltimore Midway is a neighborhood in the Eastern district of Baltimore, Maryland. Its boundaries are the south side of 25th Street, the east side of Greenmount Avenue, the west side of Harford Road, and the north side of North Avenue.

The neighborhood lies East of Barclay, North of Oliver, South of Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, and West of Clifton Park. Though the area was once considered middle-class, it has in the last century experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, and increased crime. The neighborhood was effected by the Baltimore riot of 1968. Its residents are largely poor and working-class African Americans.