Neighborhoods in the City of Baltimore are officially divided into nine geographical regions: North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, and Central, with each district patrolled by a respective precinct of the Baltimore Police Department. Charles Street down to Hanover Street and Ritchie Highway serve as the east-west dividing line and Eastern Avenue to Route 40 as the north-south dividing line. However, Baltimore Street is north-south dividing line for the U.S. Postal Service. It is not uncommon for locals to divide the city simply by East or West Baltimore, using Charles Street or I-83 as a dividing line. The following is a list of major neighborhoods in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, organized by broad geographical location within the city. See below for a list of maps published by the City of Baltimore Department of Planning. Baltimore City neighborhoods Listed by planning district. Northwest North Northeast East & Downtown Baltimore Highlands Berea Biddle Street Brewers Hill Broadway East Butcher's Hill Canton Canton Industrial Area CARE Darley Park Downtown Downtown West Dundalk Marine Terminal East Baltimore Midway Ellwood Park/Monument Greenmount Cemetery Highlandtown Inner Harbor Johnston Square Madison-Eastend McElderry Park Milton-Montford Oliver Patterson Park Neighborhood Patterson Place South Clifton Park University of Maryland Central Southeast South Southwest West Maps Baltimore City iMap See also Chinatown in Baltimore References External links Baltimore's Neighborhood Statistical Areas (As of December 2016) Baltimore City Planning Districts (As of June 2016) The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance Patterson Park Neighborhood Association Website Live Baltimore Website Neighborhoods Baltimore