56th Street South
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56th Street South is a north-south street which runs from 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn to 12th Avenue South in Crestwood South. Though predominantly residential, the street serves as a connector across two sets of railroad tracks and Crestwood Boulevard, which each have a limited number of crossings.
Notable addresses
Woodlawn neighborhood
- street begins at 1st Avenue North as a continuation of Georgia Road
- west side:
- 2–4: Magic City Motors
- 6: South Woodlawn Law Center
- 10–18 (5544 1st Avenue South): AT&T (side), formerly Southern Bell Woodlawn Exchange, South Central Bell
- east side:
- 1–5 (5601 1st Avenue North): Ken Del Building (side)
- 7-9: vacant lot
- 11-19 (5600 1st Avenue South): former location of Spivey's Gulf Service Station (1941), Woodlawn Gulf Service Station (1964-1970), Mays Auto & Tire (Dwight & Edna Mays 1980s–2021)
- west side:
- 1st Avenue South intersects, street jogs west
- west side:
- 100–120 (5529 1st Avenue South): SocialVenture non-profit incubator and conference center (side), former location of Ebbitt House hotel (1887), Garrison Van & Warehouse (1964–1970)
- 124: Small Box Company, former location of Great Bear Wax Co. (side)
- east side:
- 101–109 (5601 1st Avenue South): vacant lot, former location of Newman Cleaners & Dyers (1941), Hendrix Super Texaco (1964–1970), Stinnett Transmission Inc. (2007)
- 113–121: 117 56th Street South apartment building (built 1968) / "The Sky's the Limit" mural (2017–)
- 125–131: vacant lot
- west side:
- street crosses Norfolk-Southern Railroad tracks (signaled crossing)
Crestwood North
- 5th Avenue South intersects. Street jogs one block west as continuation of 55th Place South. Path continues straight as 57th Street South
- west side:
- 500: residence
- 504: residence
- 506: apartment building
- 516: 4-unit apartment building (built 1940)
- 520: residence
- 522: residence
- 524: Glenn Messer residence (built 1917)
- east side:
- 501–505 (5601 5th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 511–525 (5600 5th Court South): vacant lot
- west side:
- 5th Court South intersects (east only)
- west side:
- 528: residence
- 532: fenced vacant lot
- 526: residence
- 540: residence
- 544: residence
- 548: residence
- 552: residence
- east side:
- 525–531 (5601 5th Court South): residence (side)
- 539–545 (5600 5th Terrace South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 5th Court South intersects (east only)
- east side:
- 547 (5600 6th Avenue South): residence
- east side:
- 6th Avenue South intersects (east only)
- west side:
- 556: residence
- 560: residence
- 564: residence
- 568: vacant lot
- 574: residence
- 580: residence
- 584: residence
- 588: residence
- east side:
- 565–575 (5601 6th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 579 (5629 6th Avenue South): residence (rear)
- 617: residence
- 621: duplex residence
- west side:
- street crosses Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad track
- west side:
- 580–586 (5524 6th Court South): residence (side)
- east side:
- 579–585 (5600 7th Court South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 6th Court South intersects
- west side:
- 600–610 (5525 6th Court South): residence (side)
- east side:
- 601–611 (5601 6th Court South): residence (side)
- west side:
- former division between Woodlawn Heights and Crestwood subdivisions (marked by Clair de Lune Garden Club piers)
- west side:
- 612–620 (5444 7th Avenue South): residence (side)
- east side:
- 613–621 (5600 7th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 7th Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 700: residence
- 704: residence
- 708: residence
- 712–718: vacant lot
- east side:
- 701–703 (5601 7th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 705: residence
- 709: residence
- 713: residence
- west side:
- 7th Court South intersects (west only)
- west side:
- 722: residence
- 728: residence
- 732: residence
- east side:
- 717: residence
- 721: residence
- 725–731 (5600 8th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 8th Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 800: residence
- 804: residence
- 808: residence
- 820–828 (5412 9th Avenue South): residence (side)
- east side:
- 801–807 (5601 8th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 811: residence
- 813: residence
- 817: residence
- 821–829 (5600 9th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 9th Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 900: residence
- 904–916: Crestwood Village shopping center (built 1957 as Crestwood Shopping Center)
- 920 (5524 Crestwood Boulevard): The Filling Station restaurant (2015-), former location of Crestwood Auto
- east side:
- 901–905 (5601 9th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 909: residence
- 913: residence
- 917–929 (5600 Crestwood Boulevard): residence (side)
- west side:
Crestwood South
- Crestwood Boulevard intersects
- west side:
- 924–928 (5521 Crestwood Boulevard): residence (side)
- 930–934 (5532 10th Avenue South): residence (side)
- east side:
- 925: residence
- 929–933 (5600 10th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 10th Avenue South intersects
- west side:
- 1000–1004 (5533 10th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 1008: residence
- 1016: residence
- east side:
- 1001–1005 (5601 10th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 1007–1011 (5600 11th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- 11th Avenue South intersects (east only)
- west side:
- 1100: residence
- 1004: residence
- east side:
- 1101–1003 (5601 11th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 1105: residence
- west side:
- 11th Avenue South intersects (west only)
- west side:
- 1108–1112 (5529 11th Avenue South): residence (side)
- 1016: residence
- 1120: residence
- east side:
- 1109: residence
- 1113: residence
- 1117: residence
- 1121–1125 (5600 12th Avenue South): residence (side)
- west side:
- street ends at 12th Avenue South