List of streets in Baltimore

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

A

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes

The Alameda	Harford 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 College	Planned 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 Street	Boston Street west to dead end at Inner Harbor	Inner Harbor East, Fells Point, Canton	National Katyn Massacre Memorial	Site 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Biddle Street	Park Biddle Avenue to East Chase Street	Berea		One-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.
Broening Highway	O'Donnell Street to Baltimore Beltway	O'Donnell Heights	Riverside Generating Station	Former 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Druid Park Lake Drive	Druid Hill Avenue to I-83 (continues as 28th/29th Streets)	Reservoir Hill	Druid 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Eager Street	Three 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 Square	One 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

Street	Route	Communities	Notes
Fallsway	I-83 north to Guilford Avenue	Jonestown	Carries 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 Street	Aisquith Street to Orville Avenue (shortly past Erdman Avenue)	Collington Square	Bus routes 5 and 6 operate on part of Federal Street Another small section of Federal Street exists west of Green Mount Cemetery
Fleet Street	President 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 Avenue	Pennsylvania Avenue to Booth Street	Upton 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Garrison Boulevard	Greenspring Avenue to Clifton Avenue	Pimlico 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 Avenue	University Parkway to Baltimore Street (continues as South Street)	Charles Village	Copycat Building	Exit 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Keith Avenue	Haven Street to Broening Highway			I-95 exit 56^[17]
Kelly Avenue	Cross Country Boulevard to Falls Road	Mt. Washington	Mount Washington Arboretum	Part 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard	Howard Street south to I-395	Bolton Hill		Once 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Patterson Park Avenue	Sinclair Lane to Essex Street	Collington Square Butcher's Hill Canton McElderry Park	Patterson Park	Western boundary of Patterson Park.^[21] Part of route of bus routes 5, 7, and 13

R

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
Redwood Street	various discontinuous sections between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Street	Downtown Baltimore	Old 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

Street	Route	Communities	Landmarks	Notes
25th Street	Howard Street to Wolfe Street	Remington		This 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.

References

^ Clayton Coleman Hall, ed. (1912). Baltimore: its history and its people, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York. p. 446. the alamedabaltimore.
^ Frederick Douglass (1845). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. p. 1050. ISBN 0-940450-79-8. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
^ Madison Smartt Bell (2007). Charm City: a walk through Baltimore. Random House, Inc. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-307-34206-5.
^ Letitia Stockett (1997). Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281. ISBN 0-8018-5670-1.
^ 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.
^ Stacey Hirsh (May 14, 2005). "Plant makes its final run". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
^ 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.
^ John Thomas Scharf (1881). History of Baltimore City and County. Luis H. Everts, Philadelphia. p. 213. Eager Streetbaltimore.
^ 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.
^ Collins, p. 378
^ Elizabeth Fee and Linda Shopes (1993). The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History. Temple University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9781566391849.
^ Harwood, p. 40.
^ Harwood, p. 58.
^ Lauren R. Silberman (2008). The Jewish Community of Baltimore. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7385-5397-9.
^ Charles Duff and Tracey Clark (2006). Baltimore Architecture. Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 89. ISBN 0-7385-4281-4.
^ Harwood, p. 14.
^ Tom Gilligan (2008). The I-95 Exit Information Guide. Starsystems. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-9719857-1-1.
^ Harwood, p. 82.
^ "A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line". Baltimore Transit Company Archives. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
^ 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.
^ Scharf, p. 276.
^ Stockett, p. 35.
^ "Fourth Hotel Statler". Hotel monthly, volume 26. John Willy. January 1918. p. 63. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
^ Stockett, p. 12.

[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.

[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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v t e Streets in Baltimore
North–south	Annapolis Road Art Museum Drive Bellona Avenue Broadway Calvert Street Carey Street Cathedral Street Caton Avenue Central Avenue Charles Street Cooks Lane Druid Hill Avenue Eutaw Street Falls Road Fallsway Fulton Avenue Garrison Boulevard Gay Street Greene Street Greenmount Avenue Greene Street Greenspring Avenue Guilford Avenue Greenmount Avenue Hanover Street Harford Road Hawkins Point Road Hillen Road Hilton Street/Hilton Parkway Highland Avenue Howard Street Key Highway Liberty Heights Avenue Light Street Loch Raven Boulevard Madison Street Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Maryland Avenue McCulloh Street Old Harford Road Paca Street Park Heights Avenue Paca Street Park Avenue Pennington Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue Perring Parkway Reisterstown Road Roland Avenue Russell Street St. Paul Street South Street The Alameda University Parkway Wabash Avenue Washington Street Washington Boulevard York Road
East–west	25th Street 28th Street 33rd Street 36th Street 41st Street Aliceanna Street Baltimore Street Biddle Street Boston Street Broening Highway Centre Street Chase Street Church Street Coldspring Lane–Moravia Road Conway Street Cross Country Boulevard Eager Street Eastern Avenue Erdman Avenue Fayette Street Fleet Street Forest Park Avenue Fort Avenue Franklin Street Frederick Avenue Gwynns Falls Parkway Lexington Street Lombard Street Monument Street Mt. Royal Avenue Mulberry Street North Avenue Northern Parkway Orleans Street Patapsco Avenue Pratt Street Preston Street Saratoga Street Sinclair Lane Smith Avenue Swann Drive Waterview Avenue Wilkens Avenue
Circles & squares	Battle Monument Square Franklin Square Johnston Square Lafayette Square McKeldin Square Mount Vernon Place National Katyń Memorial Circle Park Circle Saint Paul Place Union Square Walbrook Junction Washington Monument Circle War Memorial Plaza Wilkens Avenue Circle
Expressways	Baltimore Beltway (I-695) Baltimore–Washington Parkway Cal Ripken Way (I-395) Harbor Tunnel Thruway (I-895) Interstate 95 Jones Falls Expressway (I-83)

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Numbered streets

See also

References