Pontchartrain Park is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Leon C. Simon Drive to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, Dreux Avenue to the south and Peoples Avenue to the west.GeographyPontchartrain Park is located at and has an elevation of 0ft. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.00sqmi. 0.93sqmi of which is land and 0.07sqmi (7.0%) of which is water.Pontchartrain Park includes a golf course and the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy located at Wesley Barrow Stadium. Adjacent to the Pontchartrain Park golf course is the campus of Southern University at New Orleans.Adjacent Neighborhoods Gentilly Woods (south) Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks (north) Milneburg (west) Pines Village (east)BoundariesThe City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Pontchartrain Park as these streets: Leon C. Simon Drive, the Industrial Canal, Dreux Avenue and Peoples Avenue.
