Barros Filho is a lower-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

. It is one of the poorest areas in the city. Its name honours the farmer's son who gave land from his farm Boa Esperança (what is now the neighbourhoods of Barros Filho, Costa Barros

Costa Barros

Costa Barros is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro....

 and part of Guadalupe

Guadalupe (Rio de Janeiro)

Guadalupe is a neighbourhood located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is surrounded by Barros Filho, Honório Gurgel, Marechal Hermes, Deodoro, Ricardo de Albuquerque, Costa Barros and Anchieta. Its designation is a homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe which main church in Rio de Janeiro...

 and Honório Gurgel

Honório Gurgel

Honorio Gurgel is a neighborhood middle-class area north of Rio de Janeiro. Rocha Miranda's neighbor, Marechal Hermes, Bento Ribeiro, Coelho Neto and Barros Filho, also being cut by railroads....

), Antônio da Costa Barros for the construction of the railway which was inaugurated in 1908.