Disston Heights (St. Petersburg, Florida)

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Disston Heights is a neighborhood of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Disston Heights is largely residiential, with some mixed use areas, and includes St. Petersburg General Hospital. The area was first developed in the 1950's and many of the buildings in the neighborhood are concrete-block structures from that era, most of which remain well kept with nicely manicured lawns. The Disston Heights Civic Association was officially founded in 1955 and remains active today.

Disston Heights is the largest neighborhood by land area in the city, and contains over 5,000 homes. It borders the neighborhoods of Jungle Terrace, Holiday Park, Garden Manor Lake, Live Oak, Central Oak Park, North Kenwood, Ponce de Leon, Ridgecrest, and Highland Grove. Neighborhood boundaries are 34th - 49th Streets North between 13th - 40th Avenues North and 49th - 58th Streets North between 5th - 40th Avenues North. Plus the area from 58th - 66th Streets North between 38th - 40th Avenues North.

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