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'''Ensley Five Points West Avenue''', also called '''Ensley Avenue''', is a road which connects [[Five Points West]] at [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]) in [[Central Park neighborhood|Central Park]], northwest through [[Ensley Highlands]] and [[Tuxedo]] to [[15th Street Ensley]] near the former [[Councill Elementary School]] in the eastern part of [[Ensley neighborhood|Ensley]].
[[File:Hunt-Ensley Ave.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Ensley Avenue, looking north at Avenue U. Photograph by [[O. V. Hunt]].]]
'''Ensley Five Points West Avenue''', formerly '''Ensley Avenue''', is a road which connects [[Five Points West]] at [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]) in [[Central Park neighborhood|Central Park]], northwest through [[Ensley Highlands]] and [[Tuxedo]] to [[15th Street Ensley]] near the former [[Councill Elementary School]] in the eastern part of [[Ensley neighborhood|Ensley]].


==Notable addresses==
Before the late 1940s, the avenue was divided with a streetcar track in the median. Where the avenue crested two hills, the tracks ran through cuts supported by retaining walls on either side. During the 1950s those areas were leveled and the entire median paved to create more lanes for traffic.
* Avenue begins at [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]). Road continues south as [[Avenue W]]
 
==Notable addresses (north to south) ==
===[[Ensley neighborhood|Ensley]]===
* avenue begins at [[15th Street Ensley]]
* [[18th Street Ensley]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
*** [[Mobil]] gas station
*** former location of [[Rainbow Gardens Cafe]] ([[Robert Nix]] –1961)
*** [[Hollywood Laundry]]
** east side:
*** 1829: [[Trinity AME Zion Church]]
* [[19th Street Ensley]] intersects
** west side:
*** 1900–1910: [[Erskine Hawkins Park]]
*** 1912: [[Oumi's African Hair Braiding]]
*** 1914: former location of [[Silver Moon Barber Shop]] (1964)
*** 1920: [[Belcher-Nixon building]]
** east side:
** east side:
*** office building (built 2021), former location of [[Five Points West Exchange Security Bank branch]] (built 1960, demolished 2020), [[First National Bank]] (1971–1983), [[AmSouth Bank]] (1983–2006), [[Regions Bank]] (2006–), [[Schaeffer Eye Center]] (unbuilt 2011)
*** [[J & J Appliances]]
*** [[Applebee's]] restaurant
*** [[KFC]] restaurant
* [[Warrior Road]] intersects
* [[20th Street Ensley]] ([[Alabama State Highway 269]]) intersects ("[[Tuxedo Junction]]")
** west side:
** west side:
*** [[AAA Between Pay]]
*** [[Tuxedo Terrace]] public housing project (no access)
*** 3112: [[The Beauty Zone]]
*** 3100: [[Chevron]] gas station / [[Ensley Seafood]]
** east side:
** east side:
*** 3103: [[Lena's East of the Mississippi]] diner
*** 2001–2029 (addressed as 1813): [[Carlock Honda]], former location of [[Carlock Honda|Serra Honda]] (built 2008), [[Carlock Honda|Freeway Honda]]
* [[31st Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[20th Place Ensley]] / [[Avenue R Ensley]] formerly intersected
* [[21st Street Ensley]] formerly intersected
* [[22nd Street Ensley]] formerly intersected
** west side:
** west side:
*** 3040: [[Florist & Gift Shop]]
*** 2220: former location of [[Magic City Laundromat]] (1964)
** east side:
** east side:
*** [[2200 31st Street Ensley]] shopping center
*** 2217: former location of [[Cann's Souse Co.]] (1964)
*** 3041: [[Moore's Pharmacy]]
* avenue crosses over {{I-59/20}}
* [[Avenue V Ensley]] intersects (east only)
 
===[[Ensley Highlands]]===
* [[Pike Road]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
*** 2300–2330 (addressed at 2500): former location of [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke Chevrolet]]
**** 2304: former location of [[Bay Standard Service Station]] (1964)
**** 2310: former location of [[Pate Barber Shop]] (1964)
**** 2312: former location of [[Ensley Avenue Beauty Shop]] (1964)
**** 2318: former location of [[E. R. Maynord]] general contractor (1923)
** east side:
** east side:
*** 3025: [[WATV-AM]] / [[V 94.9 FM]]
*** 2303: former location of [[Purity Market]] (1964)
* [[30th Place West]] intersects
*** 2307: former location of [[Birmingham Weatherstripping Co.]] (1964)
* [[30th Street Ensley]] (west) / [[Avenue U Ensley]] (east) intersect
* [[25th Street Ensley]] formerly intersected
* [[29th Street Ensley]] (east) / [[Avenue T Ensley]] (north & south) intersect
** west side:
*** 2516: former location of [[Jefferson Apartments]] (1964)
** east side:
** east side:
*** 2805: [[John's Tax Services]]
*** 2505: former location of [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke Hyundai]]
* [[28th Street Ensley]] intersects (east only)
*** 2509: [[Enterprise Rent-A-Car]]
* [[Avenue S Ensley]] intersects
*** 2521–2531: former location of [[Waldrop Leland Gordon Apartments]] (1964)
* [[26th Street Ensley]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
** east side:
** east side:
*** 2725: [[Ensley Highlands Methodist Church]]
*** 2619 (addressed as 2631): former location of [[Ensley High­lands Presbyterian Church]] [[Frank Moore Cross Educational Building]]
*** 2717: [[Aletheia House]] apartments
*** 2631 (addressed as 2633): [[Aletheia House]] employment training center, former location of [[Ensley High­lands Presbyterian Church]]
* [[Court R Ensley]] intersects
* [[Court R Ensley]] intersects
* [[27th Street Ensley]] intersects (west only)
* [[27th Street Ensley]] intersects (west only)
** west side:
*** 2720: former location of [[M & M Apartments]] (1964)
*** 2730: former location of [[Little Pre-School Kindergarten & Nursery]] ([[Eunice Little]] 1964)
** east side:
** east side:
*** 2631: [[Aletheia House]] employment training center
*** 2701: [[Tabernacle of the Word Church]], former location of [[St John's Episcopal Church (Ensley)]] (1964, 1985)
* [[26th Street Ensley]] intersects
*** 2715–2717: [[Aletheia House]] apartments, former location of [[Enslean Apartments]] (1964)
**** 2717: former location of [[H. O. Wray Construction Co.]] (1927)
*** 2725: former location of [[Ensley Highlands Methodist Church]] (built 1952, demolished 2023)
* [[28th Street Ensley]] intersects (east only)
* [[Avenue S Ensley]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
*** 2500: former location of [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke Chevrolet]]
*** 2804–2806: former location of [[Highland Apartments]] (1964)
** east side:
** east side:
*** 2509: [[Enterprise Rent-A-Car]]
*** 2805: [[John's Tax Services]], former location of [[Thomas Winslett]] (1964)
*** 2505: former location of [[Jim Burke Automotive Group|Jim Burke Hyundai]]
* [[29th Street Ensley]] (east) / [[Avenue T Ensley]] (north & south) intersect
* [[Pike Road]] intersects
* Avenue crosses over {{I-59/20}}
** west side:
** west side:
*** [[Tuxedo Terrace]] public housing project (no access)
*** 2900: former location of [[Mortgage Financing]] (2000)
*** 2908: former location of [[Hair N More]] hairdressers (2000)
** east side:
** east side:
*** 1813: [[Freeway Honda]]
*** 2901: former location of [[29th Street Service Station]] (1927)
* [[20th Street Ensley]] ([[Alabama State Highway 269]]) intersects
*** 2925: former location of [[Ensley Highlands Beauty Shop]] (1964)
*** 2927: former location of [[Bethea Electric Co.]] (1964)
*** 2931: former location of [[Segrest Television Rentals]] (1964)
* [[30th Place West]] intersects
* [[30th Street Ensley]] (west) / [[Avenue U Ensley]] (east) intersect
* [[Avenue V Ensley]] intersects (east only)
** west side:
** west side:
*** 1920: [[Nixon Building]]
*** 3026: former location of [[Fisher Realty]] / [[Merchants Mortgage Association]] / [[Victor Spencer]] attorney (2000)
*** 1900–1910: [[Erskine Hawkins Park]]
*** 3040: [[Florist & Gift Shop]], former location of [[Paris Beauty Salon]] (1971), [[JCCEO]] Community Service / [[Jefferson County Alcoholism Rehabilitation Hospital]] (2000)
*** 3050–3076: former location of [[Ensley Highland Court Apartments]] (1964)
** east side:
*** 3025: [[WATV-AM]] / [[V 94.9 FM]] (2000–)
*** 3041: [[Moore's Pharmacy]], former location of [[Richard Morgan]] / [[William Morgan]] dentists (2000)
*** 3075: [[2200 31st Street Ensley]] shopping center
* [[31st Street Ensley]] intersects
** west side:
*** 3100–3106: [[Chevron]] gas station / [[Ensley Seafood]], former location of [[Halcyon Apartments]] (1964), [[D. W. Fryers]] / [[Wing Out]] restaurant (2000)
*** 3112: [[The Beauty Zone]], former location of [[Thom McAn Shoes]] (1964), [[Saultis]] furniture / [[Homestead House]] (2000)
*** 3128: [[AAA Between Pay]]
** east side:
** east side:
*** [[KFC]] restaurant
*** 3101: former location of [[Canant Quality Cleaners]] (1964)
*** [[J & J Appliances]]
*** 3103: [[East of the Mississippi Diner]], former location of [[Crumly's Hickory BBQ]] (1964–1986), [[Lena's Ole Hickory Restaurant]] ([[Lena Jones-Hollock]] 1986–2008), [[Lena's East of the Mississippi]] ([[Walter Thomas]] 2008–)
* [[19th Street Ensley]] intersects
 
===[[Central Park neighborhood|Central Park]]===
* [[Warrior Road]] intersects
** west side:
** west side:
*** [[Hollywood Laundry]]
*** [[Mobil]] gas station
** east side:
** east side:
*** 1829: [[Trinity AME Zion Church]]
*** 3209: [[ArchWell Health]] (2023–), former location of [[A & P]] supermarket (1964), [[Rite-Aid]] pharmacy (2000)
* [[18th Street Ensley]] intersects
*** [[Applebee's]] restaurant
* avenue ends at [[15th Street Ensley]]
*** [[2250 Bessemer Road]], former location of [[Exchange Security Bank]] (1960–1971), [[First National Bank]] (1971–1992), [[Regions Bank]] (1992–2000s), [[Schaeffer Eye Center]] (2000–)
* avenue ends at [[Bessemer Road]] ([[U.S. Highway 11]]). Road continues south as [[Avenue W Ensley]]
 
==References==
* "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/717/rec/4 Ensley Avenue in 1949. Same Spot in 1960]" (1960) {{BN}}


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Latest revision as of 17:07, 8 January 2024

Ensley Avenue, looking north at Avenue U. Photograph by O. V. Hunt.

Ensley Five Points West Avenue, formerly Ensley Avenue, is a road which connects Five Points West at Bessemer Road (U.S. Highway 11) in Central Park, northwest through Ensley Highlands and Tuxedo to 15th Street Ensley near the former Councill Elementary School in the eastern part of Ensley.

Before the late 1940s, the avenue was divided with a streetcar track in the median. Where the avenue crested two hills, the tracks ran through cuts supported by retaining walls on either side. During the 1950s those areas were leveled and the entire median paved to create more lanes for traffic.

Notable addresses (north to south)

Ensley

Ensley Highlands

Central Park

References

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