Bon Air (Pittsburgh) Explained

Bon Air
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:0.313
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:808
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Coordinates:40.408°N -80°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:15226, 15210

Bon Air is a neighborhood in the south portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Its two zip codes are 15226 and 15210, and it is represented in the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).

Bon Air is small in geographic size compared to the other communities in District 4. It is on a mountaintop, surrounded almost entirely by steep forested mountainsides. Road access to Bon Air is limited by only two connecting streets to the Knoxville neighborhood to the east. North of Bon Air is McKinley Park, with a 120-foot drop down to Bausman Avenue, to the west another drop down to Route 51. South is a precipitous drop down to a low forested valley and east a drop down into a large cemetery. Bon Air is served by its own "T" (light-rail) stop from which residents can be in Downtown Pittsburgh in minutes and is also the terminus of the 54 Bus that travels directly to the Oakland neighborhood.

The neighborhood is a balanced mix of families, single persons, and senior citizens. There is no commercial zoning on the Bon Air mountaintop, and all the residences are single-family homes. There is a small park on the mountaintop.

Surrounding neighborhoods

Bon Air has six Pittsburgh neighborhood borders, including Beltzhoover to the north, Knoxville to the upper east, Carrick to the east and south, Brookline to the south and west, and Beechview and Mount Washington to the northwest. With the exception of two streets that connect Bon Air to Knoxville, there is no direct road or trail connection between the Bon Air mountaintop and any other neighborhoods.

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  1. News: PGHSNAP 2010 Raw Census Data by Neighborhood . Pittsburgh Department of City Planning . 2012 . 21 June 2013 .
  2. 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 .