Fells Point

Fells Point is a historic maritime neighborhood east of 's Inner Harbor area that contains the city's densest collection of pubs, bars, and restaurants.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 5,060 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: Fell’s Point”, “Fell’s Point, Baltimore”, and “Fells Point, Baltimore

Places of Interest

Highlights include Johns Hopkins Hospital and National Slavic Museum.

Hospital
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is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in , Maryland. Founded in 1889, and its school of medicine are considered to be the founding institutions of modern American medicine and the birthplace of numerous famed medical traditions, including rounds, residents, and house staff.

Museum
The in Fell's Point, is a museum dedicated to the documentation of the Polish and Slavic heritage of Baltimore, including Baltimore's Belarusian, Bulgarian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Croatian, Czech, Lemko, Moravian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Ukrainian heritage.

Museum
Photo: KudzuVine, Public domain.
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, formerly the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, is a museum located in the and adjacent to neighborhoods of eastern downtown , Maryland, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner Harbor and East Baltimore.

The is the heart of , and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.

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

is '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.

Fells Point

Latitude
39.28352° or 39° 17′ 1″ north
Longitude
-76.59329° or 76° 35′ 36″ west
Population
5,060
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87F57CM4+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157562330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4354797
Wiki­data ID
Q764664
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Fells Point” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Fell’s Point (Baltimore)
  • Basque: Fell’s Point
  • Cebuano: Fells Point
  • Chinese: 坠落点
  • Dutch: Fell’s Point
  • French: Fells Point
  • German: Fell’s Point
  • Hebrew: בולטימור/פלס פוינט
  • Hebrew: פלס פוינט
  • Italian: Fell’s Point
  • Spanish: Fell’s Point

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