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    • 2023 Porch Crawl
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    • 2023 Fall Festival
    • 2023 PERENNIAL SWAP
    • 2023 Light Up Point Breeze
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      • Scavenger Hunt 3
      • Scavenger Hunt 4
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  • ACTIVITIES AROUND POINT BREEZE
    • 2021 Love Your Block - Mellon Park Herb Garden
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NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES

Additional Point Breeze news and information can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor, or you can join the PBO email list.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Call 911 for police, fire, or medical emergencies and incidents that cannot wait for a formal report, such as cars parked illegally, suspicious activity of any type, or incidents that could escalate into a problem.

Use 311 for non-emergencies (potholes, snow and ice control, animal control, abandoned vehicles, parking/meter issues, graffiti, etc.). Call 311, fill out the online form, or tweet @pgh311.


For water or sewer emergencies, call PWSA Dispatch 24/7 at 412-255-2423 or tweet @pgh2o. 

Pittsburgh Public Safety Facebook page 
Pittsburgh Public Safety Twitter: @pghpublicsafety

PITTSBURGH ZONE 4 COMMUNITY safety

Zone 4 Community Relations Officers: Shannon Leshen and David Shifren, www.pittsburghpa.gov/police/zone4

Zone 4 Pittsburgh Community Safety Website

Zone 4 Pittsburgh Facebook page

LOCAL GOVERNMENT representatives

Allegheny County Website
City of Pittsburgh Website

City of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (Twitter, Facebook) 

City Councilperson
Erika Strassberger, District 8
City Councilperson Reverend Ricky Burgess, District 9
Allegheny County Councilperson, ​Paul Klein, District 11, Ward 14

Magistrate Daniel Butler, Wards 7 and 14, 412-521-9288
Representative Dan Frankel, 23rd Legislative District
Representative www.pahouse.com/gainey/Ed Gainey, 24th Legislative District
Senator Jay Costa, 43rd Senatorial District
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Linden Avenue School
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Homewood Cemetery
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St. Bede School
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Pittsburgh New Church

SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP

Visit the City of Pittsburgh website for a list of schools and places of worship in Point Breeze.

TRASH, RECYCLING, YARD DEBRIS PICKUP

Visit City of Pittsburgh Public Works or www.pgh.st to find out your home's schedule.

Additional recycling and donation available at Construction Junction and Center for Creative Reuse, 214 North Lexington Street.


CITY OF PITTSBURGH PAVING SCHEDULE

Visit City of Pittsburgh Public Works to find out which Point Breeze streets will be affected.

SNOW AND ICE CONTROL

City of Pittsburgh Snow Plow Tracker

Snow Removal Ordinance 419.03 specifies sidewalk clearing within 24 hours after snowfall or freezing rain.

ARTS & CULTURE

The Frick Pittsburgh, Reynolds St. & S. Homewood Ave.

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Shady & Fifth avenues

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The Frick Pittsburgh museum

PARKS & RECREATION

Citiparks (sports/recreational activities, concerts & events, farmers' markets, off-leash dog areas, facility/shelter reservations)

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (includes Frick Park, Mellon Park, Frick Environmental Center, Nine Mile Run)

Off-leash dog areas: Frick Park
  • Upper Frick, 1/2 mile past Blue Slide playground on Riverview Trail (enter Beechwood Blvd. & Nicholson St.)
  • Lower Frick, Hot Dog Dam along Lower Tranquil Trail (enter S. Braddock Ave. & W. Hutchinson St.)
Frick Park Lawn Bowling Club
Frick Park Clay Court Tennis Club
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Mellon Park
Nearby playgrounds:
  • Point Breeze: Sterrett Middle School playground (Edgerton Ave. & S. Homewood Ave.)
  • Point Breeze: St. Bede School playground (Edgerton Ave. & Bucknell St.)
  • Point Breeze: Linden Elementary School (Wilkins Ave.)
  • Point Breeze: Westinghouse Park (Thomas Blvd. & N. Murtland St.)
  • Point Breeze: Mellon Park playground and spray park (Beechwood Blvd. & Fifth Ave.)
  • Squirrel Hill: Blue Slide Park, Upper Frick Park (Beechwood Blvd. & Nicholson St.)
  • Squirrel Hill: Frick Park playground  (Forbes Ave. & S. Braddock Ave.) 
  • Squirrel Hill: The Children's Institute (Denniston St. & Northumberland Ave.; open to public outside school hours)
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  • About
    • Board Members & Chairs
    • Neighborhood Resources
  • Community Meetings
    • Registered Community Organization
    • Zone 4 Public Safety Council Meeting
    • Community Meetings
  • PBO Events
    • 2023 Marathon Festival
    • 2023 Volunteer & New Resident Party
    • 2023 Wine and Cheese at Hankin Gallery
    • 2023 Porch Crawl
    • 2023 Point Breeze Yard Sale
    • 2023 Fall Festival
    • 2023 PERENNIAL SWAP
    • 2023 Light Up Point Breeze
    • Family Fun
    • Scavenger Hunt >
      • Scavenger Hunt 1
      • Scavenger Hunt 2
      • Scavenger Hunt 3
      • Scavenger Hunt 4
  • Donate
    • 2022 Donors
    • 2021 Donors
    • 2020 Donors
  • Business Listing
    • Join the Business Listing
  • Block Parties
  • ACTIVITIES AROUND POINT BREEZE
    • 2021 Love Your Block - Mellon Park Herb Garden
  • Contact US