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** 300: [[Tax Plus]]
** 300: [[Tax Plus]]
** 341: [[Heavenly Hands Construction]]
** 341: [[Heavenly Hands Construction]]
* [[Avenue D Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue D Ensley]] intersects
** [[Ensley Auto]]
** [[Ensley Auto]]
** [[Antonio Auto Sales]]
** [[Antonio Auto Sales]]
** 405: former location of [[Colonial Stores]]
** 405: former location of [[Colonial Stores]]
** 420: offices of [[Amy K. Jordan]]
** 420: offices of [[Amy K. Jordan]]
* [[Avenue E Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue E Ensley]] intersects
** 500: [[Princeton BMC Women's Center]], formerly the [[Ensley Theatre]] (1927-) and a pharmacy
** 500: [[Princeton BMC Women's Center]], formerly the [[Ensley Theatre]] (1927-) and a pharmacy
** 501: [[Arctic Ice]]
** 501: [[Arctic Ice]]
* [[Avenue F Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue F Ensley]] intersects
** [[Family Dollar]]
** [[Family Dollar]]
** [[Wavaho Gas Station]]
** [[Wavaho Gas Station]]
* [[Avenue G Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue G Ensley]] intersection
** [[Soul's Harbor Deliverance Center]], formerly [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]]
** [[Soul's Harbor Deliverance Center]], formerly [[Ensley First United Methodist Church]]
* [[Avenue H Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue H Ensley]] intersects
** 706: [[Pearson Brother's Tire Center]]
** 706: [[Pearson Brother's Tire Center]]
** 707: former location of [[AmSouth Bank]]
** [[Dollar General]]
** [[Dollar General]]
** [[Food Mart]]
** [[Food Mart]]
* [[Avenue I Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue I Ensley]] intersects
** 900: [[Smart Food Mart]]
** 900: [[Smart Food Mart]]
** [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 16]]
** [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 16]]
** 913: [[Green Acres Cafe]]
** 913: [[Green Acres Cafe]]
* [[Avenue J Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue J Ensley]] intersects
* [[Avenue O Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue O Ensley]] intersects
* [[Avenue P Ensley]] intersection
* [[Avenue P Ensley]] intersects
** former location of [[Councill Elementary School]]
** former location of [[Councill Elementary School]]
** 1723: former location of [[Atlas Lunch Room]] (1928)
** 1723: former location of [[Atlas Lunch Room]] (1928)

Revision as of 17:11, 12 October 2023

20th Street Ensley is a the main street running southeast-northwest through the Ensley business district.

It enters the neighborhood as a continuation of Birmingport Road (Alabama State Highway 269) from Sherman Heights, crossing over U. S. Steel's former Ensley Works on the Don Drennen Overpass.

The divided road proceeds southeast to Avenue I, then bends to the east and intersects Ensley-Five Points West Avenue at what was once a major streetcar stop nicknamed Tuxedo Junction. The junction was a lively entertainment district at the height of the jazz age and its name is preserved in Erskine Hawkins' composition, now a standard of the jazz repertoire.

20th Street continues southeast for another block before its interchange with I-20/59. The surface street continues underneath the interstate as 21st Street Ensley.

Four shorter sections of 20th appear south of the interstate. One runs between 21st Street and Bush Boulevard. Another branches off to the east and ends at Avenue Z. Another section picks up from there and bends around, connecting again to Bush Boulevard at 17th Street. A fourth runs between 20th Place and Border Street a block south of Bush Boulevard.

MAX Transit Route 38 stops at several points along 20th Street in downtown Ensley.

Notable addresses

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