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, former location of Bill Smith's Tailors & Dry Cleaning (1983)
  • 1146: former location of 205 Flava store
  • 1148: former location of Chris' Famous Hot Dogs (1983)
  • 1150: 11th Avenue Package Store
  • 1154: Fat Sam's Sub Station (opened March 1990)
  • 1161: Serig
  • 1169: University Laundromat
• Cullom Street intersection (south only)
  • St Andrew's Episcopal Church
• 12th Street South intersection
  • 1201: UAB Highlands, former location of South Highlands Infirmary
  • 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: Podiatry Associates, former location of Pier Eleven seafood
• 18th Street South intersection
  • 1801: The Shoe Clinic
  • 1803: former location of Good Times Video (1989)
  • 1814: Southside Branch Library (built 1996), former site of Thomas Parke residence (-1955), Parke Memorial Branch Library (1955-1996)
  • 1815: Penn Properties
  • 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 (1971-)
    • 1908: Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q (formerly 11th Avenue Grill)
    • 1912-1918: Surin West restaurant
      • 1912: former location of Melons Restaurant
      • 1914: former location of Five Points Theatre (1941), Clyde Houston's, Taco Mac
    • 1920-1934: Studio Arts Building (1910-1987, rebuilt 1994)
      • 1920: Eleven20, former location of Five Points Record Bar (1946)
      • 1924: Little Italy's Pies & Pints
        • 1924½: Charlemagne Record Exchange
      • 1926: former location of Five Points Paint & Hardware (1949), Five Points South Speedwash (1971)
      • 1928: Bacchus
      • 1930: former location of Five Points Jewelers & News (1941)
      • 1932: former location of Grand Shoe Repairing (1949)
      • 1934: former location of Bon Ton Sandwich Shop, Five Points Steak House (1971)
      • 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
    • 1901-1905: Golden Temple Natural Grocery
      • 1901: former location of Fred S. Jones & Co. caterers (1949)
      • 1901½: Birmingham Festival Theatre
      • 1905: former location of Five Points Bowling Center (1941)
    • 1915-1931: Munger Building (built 1928)
      • 1915: formerly Five Points Beauty Salon (1941), Apple Books (1980-1984), Lion & Unicorn (1985–1990)
      • 1917: former location of Joe (bookstore) (1974-1977), The Darkroom (1980s), Snap & Back
      • 1919: Jimmy John's, Insomnia Cookies
      • 1921: former location of Little Forest (2013)
      • 1923: former location of [[Five Points Paint & Hardware (1941-), McNolia's (2016)
      • 1925: former location of iii's
      • 1927: Starbucks (2001-), former location of Madame Husted boutique (1950s), Lawrence Hi-Fi Center (1950s-1960s)
      • 1931: Original Pancake House, former location of Martin Flowers (-1980s), Southpointe Restaurant (1980s), Edgar's Grill (1989)
• 20th Street South/Magnolia Avenue (northeast only) intersection (Five Points South)
  • North side
    • Storyteller fountain
    • Highlands United Methodist Church (formerly Five Points Methodist Episcopal Church; former site of Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market)
    • 2018: Alexander Eton clothier (2014-), former location of Kempis Press
    • 2020: LaSalle Apartments, Renaissance Records, former location of Jinx gift shop, Lodestar Books
    • 2030: Dulion Apartments, former location of Agnes art gallery, Studio 2030
  • South side
    • Spanish Stores (built 1926)
      • 2005: Chez Fonfon, former location of 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, former location of Volkert & Associates
• 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.