11th Avenue South

Eleventh Avenue South (originally Avenue K) is an east-west avenue‎ in Birmingham's Southside, with its main section stretching through the Five Points South neighborhood (including the UAB Campus) from 11th Street South to 22nd Street South. The 5-way intersection of 11th, 20th Street South, and Magnolia Avenue, give Five Points South its name. Additional sections of 11th Avenue South can be found in the residential sections of Highland Park, Forest Park, and Crestwood South.

One of the residential sections of 11th forms the eastern half of the northern border of the Highland Park Golf Course, from 38th Street South to almost Glen View Road.

MAX Transit Routes 14, 39, and 42 have stops on 11th Avenue.

History

What is now 11th Court South from 21st Street South to the road's terminus at Highland Avenue was originally 11th Avenue. The current section of 11th Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets was originally named Rose Avenue. The two roads appear to have been renamed in the 1900s or early 1910s.

The section of 11th between a short segment of 24th and 26th Streets was originally Bay Avenue. It originally extended west of 24th, connecting to Highland, but that part is now an alley with stairs at the end leading up to Highland. The next section, between 26th and 28th Streets, was originally Madison Avenue. Both appear to have been renamed as 11th Avenue in the 1910s.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 11th Avenue South category.

Five Points South neighborhood

• 10th Avenue South intersection (road terminus)
  • 1101: University Flats
  • 1115: Glen Iris Elementary School (former site of Snoozy's College Bookstore)
• 11th Place South intersection (south only)
  • 1142: BB's Above & Beyond Barber Shop
  • 1146: former location of 205 Flava store
  • 1150: 11th Avenue Package Store
  • 1161: Serig
  • 1169: University Laundromat
• Cullom Street intersection (south only)
  • St Andrew's Episcopal Church
• 12th Street South intersection
  • 1201: UAB Highlands
  • Parking lot, former site of 11th Avenue United Methodist Church
• 13th Street South intersection
  • 1324: Highland Manor Apartments
  • former site of Tower Court Apartments
• 14th Street South intersection
  • 1413: Grant's
  • 1429: Papa John's Pizza
  • 1431: CVS Pharmacy (formerly Big B Drugs)
• 15th Street South intersection (south only)
  • 1501: Hungry Howie's
  • 1509: Legacy Community Federal Credit Union branch
  • 1530: Rast Hall
• 16th Street South intersection
  • UAB tennis courts
• 17th Street South intersection
  • 1714: formerly Robert Turner Optical
  • Medical Towers Building
    • 1717: Pier Eleven
• 18th Street South intersection
  • 1814: Southside Library (former site of Thomas Parke residence)
  • 1821: South Highland Station post office
  • Southside Baptist Church
• 10th Court South (northwest only)/19th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 1904: Raymond's Five Points Market
    • 1908: Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q (formerly 11th Avenue Grill)
    • 1912: formerly Five Points Theatre, Melons Restaurant
    • 1914: formerly Clyde Houston's, Taco Mac
    • 1918: Surin West
    • 1924½: Charlemagne Record Exchange
    • Studio Arts Building
      • 1920: Eleven20
      • 1928: Bacchus
      • Waffle House (former location of Johnny Rockets, Schaeffer Eye Center, Studio (upstairs))
      • former site of 5-Points Bootery, Little Bomber's Lounge, Joe (bar), Poor Willie's
  • South side
    • 1901½: Birmingham Festival Theatre
    • 1905: Golden Temple Natural Grocery (formerly Five Points Bowling Center)
    • Munger Building
      • 1915: formerly Apple Books, Lion & Unicorn
      • 1917: formerly Joe (bookstore), Snap & Back
      • 1919: Jimmy John's
      • 1921: formerly Little Forest
      • 1923: formerly McNolia's
      • 1925: formerly iii's
      • 1927: Starbucks (formerly Madame Husted)
      • 1931: Original Pancake House
• 20th Street South/Magnolia Avenue (northeast only) intersection (Five Points South)
  • North side
    • Highlands United Methodist Church (formerly Five Points Methodist Episcopal Church; former site of Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market)
    • 2018: Kempis Press
    • 2020: Renaissance Records
    • 2030: Formerly Agnes, Studio 2030
  • South side
    • Spanish Stores
      • 2005: Chez Fonfon (formerly Simonton's)
      • 2011: Highlands Bar and Grill
    • 2031: Presley Burton & Collier (formerly 1st Church of Christ, Scientist, Giattina Fisher Aycock, and Slaughter Hanson & Associates; former site of Five Points Chapel)
• Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South (21st Street South)/11th Court South (east only) intersection
  • 2112: Plaza Building
• 21st Place South intersection (north only)
  • 2140: Park Building
  • Ridge Park (formerly Rust Engineering)
• 22nd Street South intersection (road continues northeast at 10th Court South)

Highland Park

• 24th Street South intersection (northwest only; road terminus)
• 26th Street South intersection (road does not align)
  • 2601–2603: Southside Townhouses
  • Claridge Manor Apartments
• 27th Street South intersection
• 28th Street South intersection (road does not align)
• 28th Place South intersection
• Rhodes Circle intersection (road terminus)

References

• Schoel, H. (1892). Map of the City of Birmingham, Alabama and Suburbs. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.
• Cram, George F. (1898). "Birmingham" from Cram's Universal Atlas, Geographical, Astronomical and Historical. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on April 8, 2010.
• Kelley's Map of Birmingham, Alabama. (1911). Kelley Company. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.
• Grefenkamp's Map of Birmingham, Alabama. (1914). A.J. Grefenkamp & Co. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.