East Pittsburgh is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately southeast of the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh. The population in 1900 stood at 2,883, and in 1910, at 5,615. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,927, having fallen from 6,079 in 1940. George Westinghouse erected large works there which supplied equipment to the great power plants at Niagara Falls and for the elevated and rapid-transit systems of New York City. Nearby, the George Westinghouse Bridge over Turtle Creek is a prominent fixture in the area, which is very near the borough of Braddock.

History

The first transmission from pioneering radio station KDKA (AM) was made from East Pittsburgh on November 2, 1920.

In 1928, an early demonstration of a new broadcast medium was conducted at the Westinghouse laboratories in East Pittsburgh. Eventually, the new medium became known as television. Vladimir Zworykin worked for Westinghouse Electric Corporation at that time. He lived in the borough of Wilkinsburg. The Westinghouse Works became the Research and Business Park "Keystone Commons" in 1989.

The East Pittsburgh School District included Bessemer Avenue Elementary School and East Pittsburgh Junior/Senior High School on Howard Street. East Pittsburgh's school colors were green and white, and its athletic teams were called the Shamrocks.

During the 1970–71 school year, the East Pittsburgh School District was merged, by court order, with the neighboring Turtle Creek School District for the following year. In the final basketball game between the two rivals, the Shamrocks defeated Turtle Creek, 65–63.

Government and politics

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| style="text-align:center; |2024

| style="text-align:center; |21% 140

| style="text-align:center; |77% 510

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% 9

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| style="text-align:center; |2020

| style="text-align:center; |20% 152

| style="text-align:center; |78% 581

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% 9

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| style="text-align:center; |2016

| style="text-align:center; |21% 155

| style="text-align:center; |77% 578

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2% 14

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| style="text-align:center; |2012

| style="text-align:center; |20% 147

| style="text-align:center; |79% 597

| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% 8

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Geography

East Pittsburgh is located at (40.396969, -79.839869). The borough is about outside of the easternmost city limits of Pittsburgh and about from city hall in Pittsburgh.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods

East Pittsburgh has four borders, including Chalfant to the north, Turtle Creek to the northeast, North Versailles Township (via the Westinghouse Bridge or East Pittsburgh–McKeesport Blvd. Bridge) from the east to the southwest, and North Braddock to the west and northwest.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census,

  • Joseph Wambaugh (1937-2025), novelist

See also

  • Shooting of Antwon Rose Jr.

References

  • Historic pictures and schematics of the area's rail service