This is a list of notable streets in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
A StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesThe AlamedaHarford Road north to Limit Avenue at city line (continues south as St. Lo Drive; continues north as Sherwood Road)RamblewoodWilson ParkPen LucyBaltimore City CollegePlanned as a road through a park when constructed. 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). 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 StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesBiddle StreetPark Biddle Avenue to East Chase StreetBereaOne-way pair (eastbound) with Preston Street. Named after Elizabeth Gordon Biddle. Once viewed as home of gentlemen, but now considered to be a run-down area. Former home of a railway station known as Biddle Street Station. Part of route of Bus Route 5.BroadwayBroening HighwayO'Donnell Street to Baltimore BeltwayO'Donnell HeightsRiverside Generating StationFormer location of General Motors plant that closed in 2005 and the old Western Electric "Point Breeze" plant. In the county, it is maintained by the state as MD 695A.
D StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesDruid 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. Part of what was once planned as an interstate.
E StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesEager StreetThree discontinuous streets:Park Avenue to Guilford AvenueFallsway to dead end east of Collington AvenueMadeira Street to alley between Linwood Avenue and Curley StreetCollington SquareOne of three streets in Baltimore named after John Eager Howard. Had the only bridge not destroyed in the flood of 1854. Part of route of Bus Route 15.
F StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesFallswayI-83 north to Guilford AvenueJonestownCarries northbound traffic for part of Guilford Avenue that is one way. Built originally to accommodate railroad and subway lines. Construction later seen as a "mistake" by urban planners.Collins, p. 378Federal StreetAisquith Street to Orville Avenue (shortly past Erdman Avenue)Collington SquareBus routes 5 and 6 operate on part of Federal StreetAnother small section of Federal Street exists west of Green Mount CemeteryFleet StreetPresident Street to Haven StreetLehigh Street to Umbra StreetInner Harbor EastFells PointHighlandtownBrewer's HillGreektownFormerly known as Canton Avenue. Part of route of Bus Route 31Split by railroad and factory between Haven and Lehigh Sts.Fremont AvenuePennsylvania Avenue to Booth StreetUptonSandtown-WinchesterInterrupted 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).Harwood, p. 40.
G StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesGarrison BoulevardGreenspring Avenue to Clifton AvenuePimlicoForest ParkGarrison Middle SchoolLangston Hughes Elementary SchoolPart of route of Bus Route 91, formerly Garrison Boulevard Streetcar.Harwood, p. 58. Was original location of Beth Tfiloh Congregation.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. Former location of the Guilford Avenue Elevated Streetcar Trestle Line.Harwood, p. 14.
K StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesKeith AvenueHaven Street to Broening HighwayI-95 exit 56Kelly 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.Harwood, p. 82.
M StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesMartin 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.
P StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesPatterson Park AvenueSinclair Lane to Essex StreetCollington SquareButcher's HillCantonMcElderry ParkPatterson ParkWestern boundary of Patterson Park. Scharf, p. 276. Part of route of bus routes 5, 7, and 13
R StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotesRedwood Streetvarious discontinuous sections between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South StreetDowntown BaltimoreOld Saint Paul's CemeteryUniversity of Maryland at BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland Medical CenterThere 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.Stockett, p. 35.
Numbered streets
StreetRouteCommunitiesLandmarksNotes25th StreetHoward Street to Wolfe StreetRemington 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.Stockett, p. 12. A part of Huntingdon Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets in Remington still exists under that name.
See also List of roads in Baltimore County, Maryland
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