Johnston Square, Baltimore

Johnston Square is a neighborhood in central Baltimore, Maryland located east of the Fallsway and west of the Oliver neighborhood, bordered by Greenmount Cemetery at the north and Eager Street at the south.

Johnston Square
Neighborhood of Baltimore
Johnston Square gateway sign at the corner of Greenmount Avenue and E. Biddle Street in Baltimore
Country	United States
State	Maryland
City	Baltimore
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area Codes	410, 443, 667

The neighborhood contains Johnston Square Elementary School, and two parks: Johnston Square Park and Ambrose Kennedy Park. It is one of five neighborhoods whose Urban Renewal Plans are included in the East Baltimore Revitalization Plan.^[1] The neighborhood contains portions of the Baltimore City Correctional Facilities and its residents are mostly low income African-American families. It has been used as a filming location on the HBO drama The Wire.