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This is a list of notable streets in the city ofBaltimore,Maryland,United States.
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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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 routes3 and36. |
Aliceanna Street | Boston Street west to dead end at Inner Harbor | Inner Harbor East,Fells Point,Canton | National Katyn Massacre Memorial | Site of house whereFrederick Douglass once lived as slave (not known by that name then).[2] Furniture store that was seed toHecht's department store first opened on this street in the 1850s. Has atraffic circle withPresident Street. |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Biddle Street | Park Biddle Avenue toEast Chase Street | Berea | One-way pair (eastbound) withPreston 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 asBiddle Street Station.[5] Part of route ofBus Route 5. | |
Broening Highway | O'Donnell Street toBaltimore Beltway | O'Donnell Heights | Riverside Generating Station | Former location ofGeneral Motors plant that closed in 2005[6] and the oldWestern Electric "Point Breeze" plant. In the county, it is maintained by the state as MD 695A. |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Druid Park Lake Drive | Druid Hill Avenue to I-83 (continues as28th/29th Streets) | Reservoir Hill | Druid Hill Park (southern border) | I-83 exit 7. Built in the 1940s as a barrier betweenDruid Hill Park and the neighborhoods to the south.[7] Part of what was once planned as an interstate. |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Eager Street | Three discontinuous streets: Park Avenue toGuilford 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 afterJohn Eager Howard. Had the only bridge not destroyed in the flood of 1854.[8] Part of route ofBus Route 15. |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Fallsway | I-83 north toGuilford Avenue | Jonestown | Carries northbound traffic for part ofGuilford 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 pastErdman Avenue) | Collington Square | Bus routes5 and6 operate on part of Federal Street Another small section of Federal Street exists west ofGreen Mount Cemetery | |
Fleet Street | President Street toHaven Street Lehigh Street to Umbra Street | Inner Harbor East Fells Point Highlandtown Brewer's Hill Greektown | Formerly known asCanton Avenue.[11] Part of route ofBus Route 31 Split by railroad and factory between Haven and Lehigh Sts. | |
Fremont Avenue | Pennsylvania Avenue to Booth Street | Upton Sandtown-Winchester | Interrupted byUS 40, where there is no crossing overthe former I-170 freeway. Former route of theFremont Avenue Streetcar Line andBus Route 102 (both now defunct).[12] |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Garrison Boulevard | Greenspring Avenue to Clifton Avenue | Pimlico Forest Park | Garrison Middle School Langston Hughes Elementary School | Part of route ofBus Route 91, formerly Garrison Boulevard Streetcar.[13] Was original location ofBeth Tfiloh Congregation.[14] |
Guilford Avenue | University Parkway toBaltimore Street (continues asSouth Street) | Charles Village | Copycat Building | Exit 3 off southboundJones Falls Expressway. Served by bus route36. Major rail center from the 1850s to 1950s.[15] Former location of the Guilford Avenue Elevated Streetcar Trestle Line.[16] |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Keith Avenue | Haven Street toBroening Highway | I-95 exit 56[17] | ||
Kelly Avenue | Cross Country Boulevard toFalls Road | Mt. Washington | Mount Washington Arboretum | Part of route ofBus 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] |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | Howard Street south toI-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] |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Patterson Park Avenue | Sinclair Lane to Essex Street | Collington Square Butcher's Hill Canton McElderry Park | Patterson Park | Western boundary ofPatterson Park.[21] Part of route of bus routes5,7, and13 |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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Redwood Street | various discontinuous sections betweenMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard andSouth 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 fromMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to a dead end just east of Penn Street, one fromGreene Street to a dead end just east ofEutaw Street, and one fromCharles Street toSouth Street. Formerly known as German Street, and before that Lovely Lane. Named afterGeorge Redwood, the first officer killed inFrance inWorld War I.[22][23] |
Street | Route | Communities | Landmarks | Notes |
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25th Street | Howard Street toWolfe Street | Remington | This street serves as a two way east–west large thoroughfare into lower/southernCharles Village. Formerly known as Huntingdon Avenue (for the old village named along the Greenmount Avenue/Old York Road in the nowWaverly residential neighborhood and commercial strip.[24] A part of Huntingdon Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets in Remington still exists under that name. |
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