Rosemont is a neighborhood in the western part of Baltimore, Maryland. Located below North Avenue, above Franklintown Road, East of Hilton Parkway, and West of Bloomingdale Avenue it is a working class African-American neighborhood.
It is immediately adjacent to Walbrook Junction and Leakin Park. Though the area was once considered middle-class, it has in the 20th century experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, and increased crime. The neighborhood was affected by the Baltimore riot of 1968.
Further reading
Emily Lieb. 2025. Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore. University of Chicago Press.
External links Rosement demographic profile Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth