Arlington Heights (Pittsburgh) Explained

Arlington Heights
Settlement Type:Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Allegheny County
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Pittsburgh
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.132
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:244
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Coordinates:40.415°N -79.97°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:15210

Arlington Heights is a neighborhood in the southern portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and this neighborhood is represented on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods). This neighborhood is home to five government housing projects.

Twenty Second Street Incline

Arlington Heights was once connected to the mills along the Monongahela River by the Twenty Second Street Incline, which ran from Josephine Street to Salisbury Street, near the location of Fort McKinley. [3] [4] [5]

Surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Arlington Heights has only two borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of the South Side Slopes to the northwest and Arlington to the northeast, south and southwest.

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  1. News: Census: Pittsburgh . Pittsburgh Department of City Planning . January 2006 . 2007-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070810193148/http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/census/2000_census_pgh_jan06.pdf . 2007-08-10 .
  2. Web site: Census: Pittsburgh . Pittsburgh Department of City Planning . April 2013 . 2013-04-26 .
  3. Book: Fleming. George T . History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution ... . 1922 . American Historical Society. New York, Chicago . 169, 219 .
  4. Book: Pittsburgh's South Side . 978-0-7385-3939-3. 115 . 2009-05-12 . Boehmig, Stuart P . 2006-04-19. Arcadia.
  5. News: With New Engineers . Pittsburgh Post . 1889-04-22 . May 13, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528034305/http://www.pennhighlands.edu/library/digital/Pittsburgh%20Post%20Gazette/1889-04-22/0003.pdf . May 28, 2010 . dead . Pittsburgh Post