Near Northside, Houston

[3] Development of the Near Northside neighborhood began in the 1880s-1890s with the expansion of the nearby Hardy Rail Yards.

Immigrants from Europe, primarily Italians, Germans, Poles, and Czechs, moved into the area and it became a working-class neighborhood.

With the decrease of railroad traffic and increase in suburban development in Houston, the neighborhood began to decline following World War II.

The protests turned to riot and led to more than forty arrests, a dozen hospitalizations, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of property damage to businesses and police vehicles.

By 2015, with major gentrification of inner Houston neighborhoods, some residents of one subdivision, Glen Park, advocated for minimum lot size rules in order to prevent large townhouses from being built in Near Northside.

[5] Before the development of the interstate system in the mid-20th century, there was an area at the intersection of Hill Street and Lyons Avenue named "Pearl Harbor."

Elementary schools serving sections of the community within the Near North Side include Ketelsen,[7] Looscan,[8] C. Martinez,[9] and Sherman.

[20] The City of Houston Health Department also operates the Nueva Casa de Amigos ("New House of Friends") Clinic.