List of streets in Baltimore

This is a list of notable streets in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

A

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
The AlamedaHarford Road north to Limit Avenue at city line (continues south as St. Lo Drive; continues north as Sherwood Road)Ramblewood
Wilson Park
Pen Lucy
Baltimore City CollegePlanned as a road through a park when constructed.[1] Carries MD 542 from south end to Loch Raven Boulevard. Served by bus routes 3 and 36.
Aliceanna StreetBoston Street west to dead end at Inner HarborInner Harbor East, Fells Point, CantonNational Katyn Massacre MemorialSite of house where Frederick Douglass once lived as slave (not known by that name then).[2] Furniture store that was seed to Hecht's department store first opened on this street in the 1850s. Has a traffic circle with President Street.

B

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Biddle StreetPark Biddle Avenue to East Chase StreetBereaOne-way pair (eastbound) with Preston Street. Named after Elizabeth Gordon Biddle.[3] Once viewed as home of gentlemen, but now considered to be a run-down area.[4] Former home of a railway station known as Biddle Street Station.[5] Part of route of Bus Route 5.
Broadway
Broening HighwayO'Donnell Street to Baltimore BeltwayO'Donnell HeightsRiverside Generating StationFormer location of General Motors plant that closed in 2005[6] and the old Western Electric "Point Breeze" plant. In the county, it is maintained by the state as MD 695A.

D

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Druid Park Lake DriveDruid Hill Avenue to I-83 (continues as 28th/29th Streets)Reservoir HillDruid Hill Park (southern border)I-83 exit 7. Built in the 1940s as a barrier between Druid Hill Park and the neighborhoods to the south.[7] Part of what was once planned as an interstate.

E

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Eager StreetThree discontinuous streets:
Park Avenue to Guilford Avenue
Fallsway to dead end east of Collington Avenue
Madeira Street to alley between Linwood Avenue and Curley Street
Collington SquareOne of three streets in Baltimore named after John Eager Howard. Had the only bridge not destroyed in the flood of 1854.[8] Part of route of Bus Route 15.

F

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
FallswayI-83 north to Guilford AvenueJonestownCarries northbound traffic for part of Guilford Avenue that is one way. Built originally to accommodate railroad and subway lines.[9] Construction later seen as a "mistake" by urban planners.[10]
Federal StreetAisquith Street to Orville Avenue (shortly past Erdman Avenue)Collington SquareBus routes 5 and 6 operate on part of Federal Street
Another small section of Federal Street exists west of Green Mount Cemetery
Fleet StreetPresident Street to Haven Street
Lehigh Street to Umbra Street
Inner Harbor East
Fells Point
Highlandtown
Brewer's Hill
Greektown
Formerly known as Canton Avenue.[11] Part of route of Bus Route 31
Split by railroad and factory between Haven and Lehigh Sts.
Fremont AvenuePennsylvania Avenue to Booth StreetUpton
Sandtown-Winchester
Interrupted by US 40, where there is no crossing over the former I-170 freeway. Former route of the Fremont Avenue Streetcar Line and Bus Route 102 (both now defunct).[12]

G

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Garrison BoulevardGreenspring Avenue to Clifton AvenuePimlico
Forest Park
Garrison Middle School
Langston Hughes Elementary School
Part of route of Bus Route 91, formerly Garrison Boulevard Streetcar.[13] Was original location of Beth Tfiloh Congregation.[14]
Guilford AvenueUniversity Parkway to Baltimore Street
(continues as South Street)
Charles VillageCopycat BuildingExit 3 off southbound Jones Falls Expressway. Served by bus route 36. Major rail center from the 1850s to 1950s.[15] Former location of the Guilford Avenue Elevated Streetcar Trestle Line.[16]

K

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Keith AvenueHaven Street to Broening HighwayI-95 exit 56[17]
Kelly AvenueCross Country Boulevard to Falls RoadMt. WashingtonMount Washington ArboretumPart of route of Bus Route 27. Prior to 1950, was not a road, but a streetcar track path. Was modified then in order to accommodate a change from streetcars to buses.[18][19]

M

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardHoward Street south to I-395Bolton HillOnce part of a planned interstate. Originally called "Harbor City Boulevard." Is the route of the annual Martin Luther King's Day Parade in Baltimore.[20]

P

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Patterson Park AvenueSinclair Lane to Essex StreetCollington Square
Butcher's Hill
Canton
McElderry Park
Patterson ParkWestern boundary of Patterson Park.[21] Part of route of bus routes 5, 7, and 13

R

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
Redwood Streetvarious discontinuous sections between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South StreetDowntown BaltimoreOld Saint Paul's Cemetery
University of Maryland at Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical Center
There are three discontinuous sections of Redwood Street: one from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to a dead end just east of Penn Street, one from Greene Street to a dead end just east of Eutaw Street, and one from Charles Street to South Street. Formerly known as German Street, and before that Lovely Lane. Named after George Redwood, the first officer killed in France in World War I.[22][23]

Numbered streets

StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes
25th StreetHoward Street to Wolfe StreetRemingtonThis street serves as a two way east–west large thoroughfare into lower/southern Charles Village. Formerly known as Huntingdon Avenue (for the old village named along the Greenmount Avenue/Old York Road in the now Waverly residential neighborhood and commercial strip.[24] A part of Huntingdon Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets in Remington still exists under that name.

See also

References

  1. ^ Clayton Coleman Hall, ed. (1912). Baltimore: its history and its people, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York. p. 446. the alamedabaltimore.
  2. ^ Frederick Douglass (1845). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. p. 1050. ISBN 0-940450-79-8. Retrieved August 12, 2011. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ^ Madison Smartt Bell (2007). Charm City: a walk through Baltimore. Random House, Inc. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-307-34206-5.
  4. ^ Letitia Stockett (1997). Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281. ISBN 0-8018-5670-1.
  5. ^ Public Service Commission (1911). Report of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, Volume 2. Baltimore Sun Job Printing Office. p. 371. Retrieved August 12, 2011. Biddle Streetbaltimore.
  6. ^ Stacey Hirsh (May 14, 2005). "Plant makes its final run". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Eden Unger Bowditch and Anne Draddy (2008). Druid Hill Park: the heart of historic Baltimore. The History Press, Charleston, SC. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-59629-209-3.
  8. ^ John Thomas Scharf (1881). History of Baltimore City and County. Luis H. Everts, Philadelphia. p. 213. Eager Streetbaltimore.
  9. ^ Christiane Crasemann Collins (2005). Werner Hegemann and the search for universal urbanism. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. p. 95. ISBN 0-393-73156-1.
  10. ^ Collins, p. 378
  11. ^ Elizabeth Fee and Linda Shopes (1993). The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History. Temple University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9781566391849.
  12. ^ Harwood, p. 40.
  13. ^ Harwood, p. 58.
  14. ^ Lauren R. Silberman (2008). The Jewish Community of Baltimore. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7385-5397-9.
  15. ^ Charles Duff and Tracey Clark (2006). Baltimore Architecture. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 89. ISBN 0-7385-4281-4.
  16. ^ Harwood, p. 14.
  17. ^ Tom Gilligan (2008). The I-95 Exit Information Guide. Starsystems. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9719857-1-1.
  18. ^ Harwood, p. 82.
  19. ^ "A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line". Baltimore Transit Company Archives. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  20. ^ Elizabeth A. Evitts and Nancy Jones-Bonbrest (November 2004). Insiders' Guide to Baltimore, 4th edition. Morris Book Publishing, LLC. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-7627-3499-3.
  21. ^ Scharf, p. 276.
  22. ^ Stockett, p. 35.
  23. ^ "Fourth Hotel Statler". Hotel monthly, volume 26. John Willy. January 1918. p. 63. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  24. ^ Stockett, p. 12.
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