East Baltimore

East Baltimore is a sparsely populated, mostly residential district covering about a third of the entire city in the very rough east of downtown and the more suburban-feeling northeast.

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Type: region
Description: region of Baltimore, Maryland
Also known as: “Over East”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Johns Hopkins Hospital and Church Home and Hospital.

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Hospital

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Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Incorporated in 1867 and opened in 1889, Johns Hopkins Hospital and its school of medicine are considered to be the…

Church Home and Hospital

Church Home and Hospital was a hospital in Baltimore, located on Broadway, between East Fayette and East Baltimore Streets, on Washington Hill, several blocks south of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, that also operated a long-term care facility.

Collington Square

Park

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Collington Square is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fells Point and Downtown Baltimore.

Fells Point

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Fells Point is a historic maritime neighborhood east of Baltimore's Inner Harbor area that contains the city's densest collection of pubs, bars, and restaurants.

Downtown Baltimore

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Downtown Baltimore is Baltimore's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.