behind the Amazing Grace Lutheran Church (founded/merged 1996 from several earlier Lutheran churches), located at 2424 McElderry Street. The space currently used by the Commons was previously occupied by abandoned, dilapidated houses. It was purchased and developed by the church as open green space with a grant from the TKF Foundation. The Commons is open to the public, of all faiths, as required by the grant. Produce from the garden is distributed by the church's food pantry, the "Center for Grace-full Living". Public services Schools Tench Tilghman Elementary and Middle School (Pre-K to 8), located at 600 North Patterson Park Avenue, enrollment: 360. William Paca Elementary School (Pre-K to 5), located at 200 North Lakewood Avenue, enrollment: 624. Enoch Pratt Free Library Patterson Park Branch Library, 158 North Linwood Avenue. Parks Patterson Park, one of the City's largest and oldest "green oasises" between Eastern Avenue on the south, Patterson Park Avenue on the west, Ellwood Street on the east, and East Baltimore Street and East Pratt Street on the north. Transportation Route 35 (MTA Maryland) provides bus service between Downtown Baltimore and White Marsh, with stops along East Monument Street and East Madison Street. The Route 40 Quickbus stops at East Fayette Street and Linwood Avenue along its crosstown course between Woodlawn in the west and Essex in the east of suburban Baltimore County. Route 13 passes through the neighborhood along Milton Avenue, McElderry Street and Linwood Avenue. Route 20 and Route 23 provide crosstown bus service along East Fayette Street. See also List of Baltimore neighborhoods References External links HUD Helps McElderry Park Restore Vacant Lands Monument-McElderry-Fayette Area Plan, September 2006 Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc. Southeast District Maps, Baltimore City Neighborhoods Portal African-American history in Baltimore Czech-American culture in Baltimore East Baltimore Neighborhoods in Baltimore Poverty in Maryland Working-class culture in Baltimore