The Block

The Block is a group of buildings on the 400 block of East Baltimore Street in , , containing several strip clubs, sex shops, and other adult entertainment merchants.
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  • Type: Recreation area
  • Description: ‘red light district’ along 400 block of East Baltimore Street in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “The Block, Baltimore”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baltimore City Hall and Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore.

Town hall
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is the official seat of government of the City of Baltimore, in the State of . The City Hall houses the offices of the Mayor and those of the City Council of Baltimore. is situated 520 feet northwest of The Block.

Museum
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The Peale is a community museum in , , which reopened in 2017 after 20 years of vacancy and was fully renovated by 2022. It occupies the first building in the Americas to be designed and built specifically as a museum. is situated 770 feet north of The Block.

Park
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is a public square, small park and space in between and the War Memorial Building, between Holliday Street on the west, East Fayette Street on the south, North Gay Street on the east, and East Lexington Street on the north.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Baltimore and Inner Harbor.

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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.

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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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the southeastern district of . Established in 1732, three years after Baltimore was incorporated in 1729, it is one of the oldest places in the city.

The Block

Latitude
39.28976° or 39° 17′ 23″ north
Longitude
-76.60956° or 76° 36′ 34″ west
Open location code
87F579QR+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 195422978
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­red_light_district
Wiki­data ID
Q7718624
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In Other Languages

“The Block” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巴爾的摩街區”

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