Brighton Heights (Pittsburgh)

Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood
name = Brighton Heights


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population1990 = 8580
population2000 = 8050
latd = 40.484
longd = 80.037
area_sqmi = 1.117
zip = 15212

Brighton Heights is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside area. It has a zip code of 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 1 (North Neighborhoods). Located on a hilltop overlooking the Ohio River, Brighton Heights is adjacent to the suburban communities of Bellevue and Ross Township to the north, and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Perry North, to the East, and Marshall-Shadeland to the South. The Western gateway to the neighborhood, Brighton Heights Boulevard, is opposite the McKees Rocks Bridge and accessible via Route 65/Ohio River Boulevard.

Once a predominantly German area, Brighton Heights now has a varied ethnic mix. The community is notable for its solid stately architecture, with many fine early 20th Century homes and churches built of stone and brick, featuring stained glass windows and ornamental woodwork and fireplaces. Because of the high quality and variety of the architecture of the neighborhood, Brighton Heights is one of the regularly featured neighborhoods of Pittsburgh's annual house tours. [cite news | url = http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05134/504262.stm | title = Brighton Heights House Tour: Residents will show off scenic, historic neighborhood | date = 2005-05-05 | accessdate = 2007-08-12 | last = McKay | first = Gretchen | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]

Brighton Heights was featured in the July 2006 issue of Pittsburgh magazine article entitled "No Place Like Home: 10 Neighborhoods you need to know about." Many of Brighton Heights' streets are lined with large maple trees, maintained by the City of Pittsburgh. Recreational opportunities include the adjacent Riverview Park and the Jack Stack pool.

Places of interest

* Riverview Park Pittsburgh in adjacent Perry North
* The Vault coffee shop. As cited in Pittsburgh Magazine, July 2006 "The Vault, a bank turned coffee and tea bar and performance space that opened last year. It's become a destination for parents en route to Rooney Middle School, commuters grabbing the Bellevue-downtown bus outside or art lovers checking out exhibits in the tiny upper-level gallery while chomping on The Vault's famous open-faced PB&J sandwiches. One recent show: tattoo art."
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks/html/swimming_pools.html Jack Stack Swimming Pool] Part of the Pittsburgh Parks & Recreation Department pool system.

Transportation

Brighton Heights is within the city of Pittsburgh, and is in "zone 1" of the public transit system. Bus lines serving Brighton Heights include the [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/500.gif500] , [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/16A.gif16A] , [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/16B.gif16B] , [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/17B.gif17B, 18B] and [http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/apps/maps/18C.gif18C] .

References

Further reading

*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1986, 1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6

External links

* [http://www.brightonheights.org/ BHCF, the Brighton Heights Citizen's Federation]
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/maps/flash.html Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map]
* [http://www.wqed.org/mag/features/0706/neighborhoods1.shtml Pittsburgh Magazine article, July 2006: "No Place Like Home: 10 Neighborhoods you need to know about"]
* [http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05134/504262.stm Pittsburgh Post Gazette article on Brighton Heights house tour 2005]
* [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/homegarden/openhouse/s_453636.html Pittsburgh Tribune article on Brighton Heights house tour 2006]
* [http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/pittsburghtrib/living/homegarden/openhouse/s_508226.html Pittsburgh Tribune article on Brighton Heights house tour 2007]

ee also

*List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods