Wagner's Point

Wagner’s Point is a neighborhood located in the south region of Baltimore. I-895, Chesapeake Avenue, East Patapsco Avenue and Curtis Bay generally form the borders of this industrial neighborhood. The neighborhood is a combination of industrial and commercial uses including a number of docks. This must have been a beautiful area at one time before the area was industrialized.

There are no homes, schools, churches, restaurants or shopping centers located within the neighborhood. Dedicated green space does not exist although you will find nice view of the water along the shoreline. One of the things that you will notice here are the very large number of petroleum tanks, as well as the odors from the Patepsco Waster Water Treatment plant. There is a large rail complex here that is used to transport coal to awaiting barges and ships. If you drive an import car, your automobile may have been unloaded from the ship and staged here before being shipped to your dealer.

Like many neighborhoods in large cities, crimes against people and property can occur at any time and crime rates can vary from street to street and day to day. As always, check recent crime statistics to make an informed decision on any neighborhood you are considering living in or visiting.

This is another neighborhood that I am definitely going to pass on. Might have been a great place to live 100 years ago but not now.

Primarily an industrial center, Wagner’s Point is one place the no one wants to live anymore. While 50 years it was a pleasant water front neighborhood with a predominately African-American population, the pollution given off by the large industrial complexes is thought to have killed many of its lifelong residents. During the late 20th century, resident concerns over their high incidence of cancer combined with the city’s desire for harbor front industrial expansion to spell the destruction of every home in the community.
While many opposed the city’s offers to buy them out, all those who lived in Wagner’s Point eventually came to see the hand writing on the wall. Most left before the wrecking balls raised their formerly tidy row homes, clearing the land for new factories and waterfront industry. Others simply stood and mourned what has once been a nice place to live.
The bottom line is that there is no place to live in Wagner’s Point anymore. And that’s a good thing, because you probably wouldn’t want to anyway. It’s not even a very interesting ghost town, according to Ghosttowns.com, since pretty much all of the original structures have been torn down and replaced with modern activity.