27th Street North

27th Street North is a north-south street in Birmingham's Norwood, Evergreen and North Birmingham neighborhoods.

Some blocks of 27th Street North in downtown Birmingham, alongside the Georgia Pacific Railroad corridor, were addressed in the 1880s, but never improved. The current street begins at 11th Avenue North.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 34th Street North category.

• 200: former location of Georgia Pacific Saloon (1884)

Norwood

• street begins at 11th Avenue North
  • 1131: Boosh Quick Stop

• 12th Avenue North intersects (east only)
  • 1200: former location of Birmingham Awning & Tent Works
  • 1217: McDowell Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  • 1220-1228: Birmingham Fire Station No. 9 (1960)

• 13th Avenue North intersects (east only)
  • street ends at Kirby Middle School / Norwood Park / Norwood Community Center

• street resumes at 15th Avenue North
  • 1501: former location of Robert Nygren residence (burned 2015), Norwood Resource Center (2009-2015)

• 16th Avenue North intersects (east only)
• 16th Court North intersects (east only)
• 17th Avenue North intersects, street jogs east
• 18th Avenue North intersects
• 19th Avenue North intersects

Evergreen

• 20th Avenue North intersects
• 21st Avenue North intersects
  • former location of 21st Avenue Baptist Church
• 22nd Avenue North intersects
• 23rd Avenue North intersects

North Birmingham

• street crosses Village Creek
  • 2400: Pioneer Trucks
  • 2413: Birmingham Sanitation Department
• Finley Boulevard intersects (west only)
  • 2501: Oxylance Corporation
• 25th Court North intersects (west only)
• 26th Avenue North intersects
• 27th Avenue North intersects
  • 2700: New Todd's Auto Parts
  • 2712: Advantage Waste
• 28th Avenue North intersects
  • 2820: former location of Bargain Town USA, Family Dollar, Super 10 (2008), The Mansion nightclub (2012-2015)
  • 2829: former location of North Birmingham Carpet
  • 2831: former location of Long-Huffstuttler Furniture Co. (1924), D & D Billiards (2011)
• 29th Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • 2900-2904: former location of North Birmingham Seafood
      • 2900: former location of Westgate Apparel (2008)
    • 2906: former location of D & D Billiards (2008)
    • 2908: T & T Package Store
    • 2910: Soul Ville Beauty Supply
    • 2912-2914: A Better You, former location of Hair So Unique Style Shop (2015)
    • 2918: former location of A & P supermarket
    • 2920: former location of McEachern Furniture Co. (1924)
    • 2930: Regarding Architecture (2011), former location of North Birmingham Trust & Savings Bank, North Birmingham First National Bank Branch, AmSouth Bank, Regions Bank. Location of North Birmingham EcoScape Mural (2016)
  • east side:
    • 2901: former location of Esquire Style Center barber shop (1974)
    • 2905: G-Waynes' Place (2018), former location of The Gentlemen's Bar & Grill (2011)
    • 2907: former location of W. G. Gill jeweler
    • 2911:
    • 2913: Birmingham Mattress Furniture & More, former location of Kate's Lunch Room (1938), Ebony Beauty Supply (2011)
    • 2921: Avery's Event Center (2011-)
    • 2927: Fashion Shoe Center
    • 2931: Bryant Fountain Of Love Baptist Church, former location of We Walk By Faith

• 30th Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • 3000: Kelly's Style Center (2011-)
    • 3006: Dot's Total Hair Care (2011-)
    • 3008: Sonny Boy Products
    • 3020: North Birmingham Kress building, York Pharmacy
  • east side:
    • 3001: North Birmingham Business Center, former location of Levy's Fine Jewelry, Carraway Family Medicine Center / Carraway Industrial Medicine Clinic
    • 3007: DaVita Dialysis Clinic (2011-)
    • 3011: former location of Gus's Hot Dogs (North Birmingham)
    • 3013: former location of North Birmingham Theatre (1923-1927), Trianon Theatre (1934-)
    • 3015: MetroPCS
    • 3017: former location of H & R Block
    • 3021: former location of The Fair dry goods, millinery, shoes & clothing (1924)
    • 3029-3031: former location of W. J. Sanders groceries (1924)

• 31st Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • 3100-3104: former location of Braswell Furniture
    • 3106: Greater Joy Deliverance Church
    • 3108-3110: Long Furniture Co.
    • 3114: Birmingham Free Store, former location of Platinum Tax & Business Solutions (2017)
    • 3116: G & G Barber & Style Shop (2015-)
  • east side:
    • 3101-3131: Birmingham Tower apartments
      • 3105: former location of Johnson Real Estate & Insurance Co. (1924)
      • 3109-3111: former location of Scholze & Hammill plumbing, gas & steam fitters, furniture, stoves & rugs

• 32nd Avenue North intersects
  • • 3200: The Williams Building, Healthy Concepts / North Birmingham Dental Care, former location of North Birmingham Church of God (1945-1947)

• 33rd Street North intersects
  • east side:
    • 3301: Melvin Elliot's Auto Repair
    • 3311: former location of Ship Ahoy Cafe (1941)
    • 3329: former location of Salon Hollywood

• 34th Street North intersects
  • east side:
    • 3401: M's Retail Cars
    • 3413: Wayne's Paint & Body Shop, former location of Birmingham Auto Painting & Collision Repair
    • 3415: former location of What U Need
    • 3419: former location of M. E. Dean shoe repair, cleaning, pressing & dying (1924)
    • 3421: former location of Birmingham Custom Cabinets (1977-)
  • west side:
    • 3420: Greater Works Baptist Church

• 35th Street North intersects
  • west side:
    • 3500: North Birmingham Elementary School (built 1908, closed 2012)

• 37th Street North intersects
  • 3700: Northside Health Center, former location of Barclay Tourist Home (1950s)

• street ends at U.S. Highway 31