The Bay neighborhood is located in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

, near the city's geographic center, approximately two miles east of Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts

Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts

Metro Center is the original colonial settlement of Springfield, Massachusetts, located beside a bend in the Connecticut River. As of 2011, Metro Center features a majority of Western Massachusetts' most important cultural, business, and civic venues...

. It contains 556 acres of land, plus streets and railroads. Bay is one of the smallest of the city's seventeen neighborhoods. Its boundaries are well defined: the Boston & Albany Railroad to the north; State Street to the south; Roosevelt Avenue to the east; and the former Highland Division Railroad and part of St. James Avenue to the west.

Bay is one of the most racially diverse Springfield neighborhoods, featuring large numbers of African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites. Bay's housing stock features Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

and attractive, brick apartment buildings.