Hazelwood, Residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, United States
Hazelwood is a residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh that runs along the Monongahela River and borders Greenfield, Oakland, Squirrel Hill, and Glen Hazel. The area contains a mix of residential streets and green spaces throughout its hilly terrain.
Scottish settlers established the area as Scotch Bottom, and John Woods built his estate 'Hazel Hill' in 1784, one of Pittsburgh's oldest stone buildings. The neighborhood later became a major center for steel and coke production.
The neighborhood became home to Hungarian, Italian, Slovak, Carpatho-Rusin, Polish, and Irish communities starting in the late 1800s. You can still see traces of this diversity reflected in the local streets and buildings today.
The neighborhood connects to public transportation through 18 flights of city steps that help navigate the steep hills. These stairs serve as important landmarks and routes for visitors exploring the hilly terrain.
The former Hazelwood Coke Works, Pittsburgh's last operating steel mill until 1998, occupied 178 acres along the river. Today this site is being transformed into Hazelwood Green, a major development project reshaping the area's industrial past.
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