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Quiet former streetcar suburb in the South Hills
The gentility evoked in the antiquated word “bonair” inspired the name and mission of the Bon Air Land Company at the turn of the 20th century. Over the next half century, the company dropped the French pronunciation and kickstarted the development of Bon Air, a sloping, strictly residential streetcar suburb rising among the forested hills south of Pittsburgh. “It’s very small. Bon Air is one of those areas of the city where you go one street over and end up in a different neighborhood but don’t even realize it,” says Christina Robertson, a Realtor at Howard Hanna with 6 years of experience selling around Pittsburgh. Bon Air’s understated reputation and limited access points keep the neighborhood quiet and as peaceful as its name suggests, drawing in a modern generation of residents to maintain era-spanning streets of single-family homes and take long-established public transit routes directly into downtown Pittsburgh.
"Country living in the city" is the nickname given to Bon Air for its spacious land.
Beautiful Cape Cods with Dormer windows outline the streets of Bon Air overlooking Pittsburgh.
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Prewar single-family homes, midcentury homes
Bon Air’s oldest single-family homes take forms found in many Pittsburgh neighborhoods, lining hilly roads with a blend of prewar Dutch Colonial, Victorian-inspired and simpler Minimal Traditional designs which sell for $105,000 to $165,000, occasionally popping into the mid-$200,000s for exceptionally renovated homes on larger corner lots. Ranch-style homes are some of the more popular vernacular homes that entered the streetscape in the 1940s through 1950s, selling for $145,000 to $215,000. “Some of the price difference between neighborhoods has to do with the types of homes. In Bon Air, there’s ranch-style homes built in the 1950s, while some of the surrounding areas’ homes were only built in the 1900s or 1920s. And because they’re ranches, some of them have attached garages and off-street parking,” Robertson says. The median age of homes in Bon Air is about four decades younger than the median age of homes in nearby Knoxville and Beltzhoover.
Occasional trees shade small, grassy front yards and divide blocks of homes in back yards, but are densest on Bon Air’s surrounding hillsides. Narrow sidewalks line at least one side of some streets, as do a couple sets of city steps, but disappear into private lawns along others.
Vernacular Ranch style homes are perfect for many residents in Bon Air.
This Cape Cod in Bon Air sits perched on a hill with a side deck and lower level garage.
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Shopping and dining throughout the hilltop
While Bon Air is entirely residential, nearby hilltop neighborhoods provide shopping and dining destinations. Brownsville Road in Carrick is lined by a few stops for essentials like Shop ‘n Save and Rite Aid, each within a mile of home. Streetcar wires hang over East Warrington Avenue, Allentown’s main commercial thoroughfare, connecting cozy diners like Breakfast at Shelly’s to the upscale Italian eatery of Alla Famiglia by sidewalks and window-shopping destinations like Slayd Apparel and the creepy-cool knickknack shop, The Weeping Glass. For a night or a weekend out, late-night revelers can head a few miles away and descend from the hills to the active bar scene in the South Side.
Bon Air residents typically head to the local Shop N' Save for their groceries.
Breakfast at Shelly's is a local diner known for their great breakfast and friendly staff.
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Fireworks in the hills, Carrick Farmers Market
As one of the hilltop neighborhoods sprawling south of the Monongahela River, Bon Air is minutes from major viewing areas of Pittsburgh’s fireworks displays. Mt. Washington’s overlooks are among the busiest during the annual Independence Day display, but locals can find their own favorite side streets, bridges, riverfront vantage points and elevated backyards to take in the big show or look out for smaller displays echoing throughout the South Hills. Neighboring Carrick hosts community events throughout the year, including the Carrick Farmers Market which takes over the historic Carrick Dairy District on Wednesdays from June through November.
100 years at Carrick High School
Pittsburgh Roosevelt PreK-5 earns a C from Niche as does Pittsburgh South Brook 6-8. Carrick High School earns a B-minus and celebrated its 100 Year Anniversary in 2024. High school students can opt into Career and Technical Education Programs to gain skills in career paths like carpentry, finance technology and healthcare.
Pittsburgh Roosevelt K-5 is a nice neighborhood school.
Carrick High School is a public school in Pittsburgh and offers a Business Technology program.
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Bon Air Parklet and McKinley Park
Bon Air Parklet sits at the corner of Conniston and Calle avenues, giving kids a tree-shaded place to hit the playground, swing or relax under a green-domed gazebo in their own neighborhood. A brief 2-mile drive away but just north as the crow flies, the upper level of McKinley Park connects a small playground to a walking path which snakes through the woods atop ridges in Beltzhoover, meandering down to the lower-lying skatepark, larger playground and basketball courts that line Bausman Street.
Families around Pittsburgh love the Mckinley Park playground for a fun environment.
Kids love to swing at Bon Air Parklet in the heart of Bon Air.
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PRT buses and the T into Pittsburgh
The PRT 54 bus starts its route in Bon Air, taking riders on a winding path through the South Side and East End neighborhoods like Oakland toward the North Shore. Down a narrow access road off Institute Street, Bon Air Station provides access to the T’s silver and blue lines and a 12-minute light rail ride into downtown Pittsburgh. Drivers cut through the hilltop and avoid the Liberty Tunnels along the 4-mile drive into the city.
Catch the T to Downtown Pittsburgh from Bon Air.
Catch a bus out on Brownsville Road any time of the day in Bon Air.
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On average, homes in Bon Air, Pittsburgh sell after 59 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in Bon Air, Pittsburgh over the last 12 months is $181,960, up 14% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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