It is roughly triangular in shape, bounded on the south by the Borman Expressway, on the west by Maryland Street, and on the northeast by the Norfolk Southern railway.
[1] It is separated by an industrial corridor from Aetna to its east and Emerson to its north; it directly adjoins the neighborhoods of Midtown and Glen Park.
[2] It was one of the first neighborhoods in Gary to be integrated, as upwardly-mobile African-American families moved in from neighboring Midtown in the 1950s.
[7] The housing stock consists primarily of single-family homes, although there are also several apartment complexes.
[8] The neighborhood includes a portion of the Little Calumet River floodplain in its southeastern corner, where there is significant open space.