Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes is a neighborhood in the Northwest District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Central Park Heights and Woodmere. Its roughly pentagonal boundaries are marked by West Belvedere Avenue, Litchfield Avenue, Reisterstown Road and Oakmont Avenue.

Type: Neighborhood with 741 residents
Description: neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Langston Hughes, Baltimore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Cold Spring station and The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

West Cold Spring station

Metro station

Photo: Onore Baka Sama, Public domain.

West Cold Spring station is a Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located at the intersection of Wabash Avenue and Cold Spring Lane in the Arlington neighborhood, adjacent to the Towanda-Grantley neighborhood.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore

Zoo

The Maryland Zoo—also known as The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and formerly as The Baltimore City Zoo or the Baltimore Zoo—is a 135-acre park located in historic Druid Hill Park in the northwestern area of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, with the postal address of 1876 Mansion House Drive. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is situated 2½ miles southeast of Langston Hughes.

Forest Park High School

School

Forest Park High School is a public secondary school in the Dorchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Forest Park was established in 1924 as the Forest Park Junior-Senior High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Woodmere.

Arlington

Neighborhood

Photo: Baltimore Heritage, CC0.

Arlington is a neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore, Maryland. Major streets running through the area include Wabash Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Dolfield Avenue, and West Belvedere Avenue.