2nd Avenue South

Second Avenue South (originally Avenue B) is a two-way, east-west avenue in Birmingham. The main section runs from 10th Street South, just west of Interstate 65, to 34th Street South in the east. In 2012, the two blocks between 14th and 16th Streets were closed and removed, to become part the site of Regions Field. The road actually begins as a two-lane residential street at Center Street in North Titusville and runs to the intersection of 3rd Place and Kappa Avenue. West of Center Street, it continues as 2nd Avenue Southwest and runs through Loveman Village, ending just short of Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

Additional sections of 2nd Avenue South exist to the east in Woodlawn and East Lake. One section starts at 38th Street South and extends to just past 44th Street South. Another runs for two blocks between 47th and 49th Street. The final sections are two-lane residential roads. One runs from 62nd to 63rd Streets where it is interrupted by the Interstate 20 right of way. It then resumes in a final long section from 64th Place to 88th Street.

In East Lake, the road was originally known as Underwood Avenue.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 2nd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

• Bolin Street (road ends)
  • Loveman Village
• Center Street South intersection (road to west is 2nd Avenue Southwest)
• 3rd Street South (road ends)
  • Southland International Trucks
• 10th Street South intersection (south only and east only)
• Interstate 65 underpass

Five Points South neighborhood

• 11th Street South intersection
• 12th Street South intersection
  • 1200: HESCO
  • 1201-1233: University Park Business Center One
    • 1213: former location of Naia Corporation
    • 1223: former location of Alex Computer Services (1990)
• 13th Street South intersection
  • 1304: Southpoint Automotive
  • 1305:
    • Suite 103: Hackney Literary Awards
  • Good People Brewing Company
• 14th Street South intersection (road ends)
  • Former location of University Stores Warehouse
  • Regions Field
• 16th Street South intersection (road begins)
  • 1600-1604: Smile-A-Mile Place (2017-), former location of Jones SportsWear
    • 1600: former location of General Machinery Co.) (1934)
    • 1602: former location of Hazzard Wire Rope Co. (1927)
  • 1608: Venue at the Ballpark (2016-)
  • 1616: Affordable Office Furniture
• 17th Street South intersection
  • 1713: former location of James W. Clary Company radio equipment (1965)
  • 1720: Business Liquidators
  • 1729: Brookside Apartments
  • Railroad Square
• 18th Street South intersection
  • former location of Henry Burner building mover (1887)
  • former location of Windsor Castle Restaurant (1937-1980s)
• 19th Street South intersection
  • 1905-1907: former location of Hahn-Foreman Roofing & Heating Co. (c. 1934)
  • 1911: former location of Lyle Motor Co. / Lancaster Electric Garage (1927)
  • 1922: Retail and apartment project. Former site of Adamson Ford
• 20th Street South intersection
  • North side (Block 121)
    • Cityville Block 121
    • 2000: Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association
    • 2008: former site of Auto Body Builders (1923), Express Oil Change
    • 2012-2018: former location of Max Rigsby Body Shop (1990)
      • 2012: built c. 1916
      • 2016: built c. 1905
      • 2018: built c. 1908
  • South side:
    • 2009: former location of Davis Electric & Carburetor (1990), built c. 1922-1923
    • 2011-2017: former location of Birmingham Spring Service
      • 2011: built c. 1915
      • 2015: former location of Garlock Packaging Co. (built c. 1915)
      • 2017: built c. 1940

• 21st Street South (Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South) intersection
  • 2100: Davis Transmission (built 1929)
  • 2105: Farris-Armstrong Chrysler/Plymouth (1941)
  • 2107: Super Glass Windshield Repair (built 1925), former location of Slick Finish Auto Parts
  • 2108: former location of Birmingham Nu-Grape Bottling Co. (1925)
  • 2114: Advanced Automotive (built 1920-1921), former location of Deacon Jones & Son (1990)
  • 2118: former location of Bates Automotive Service (built 1916)
  • 2121: Mike Trammell Body Shop (built 1929), former location of City Transmission (1990)
  • 2125-2127: former location of White Auto Parts built 1928 (1990)
  • 2130: Birmingham Chapter of the American Red Cross headquarters (2008-) built 1900, former site of James Bouloukas restaurant (1928), the Screening Room (1982–2007)

Southside neighborhood

• 22nd Street South intersection
  • 2200: Birmingham Wholesale Furniture (built 1930)
  • 2201: Birmingham Electric Battery Company warehouse, former location of Phelco Automotive
  • 2212-2218: Birmingham Wholesale Furniture annexes (built 1910)
  • 2230: BEBCO building (built 1930), former location of Perfection Laundry (1949), Birmingham Electric Battery Co. (1934-1990)

• 23rd Street South intersection
  • 2301: former location of Tom Williams Automotive detail shop, J. K. Terry & Co. landscape design (2009-), AutoMotivs auto dealer, Birmingham Broker auto dealer
  • 2317: former location of Radio Service (1956)
  • 2320: Central Restaurant Equipment (built 1928)
  • 2324: built 1919-1920, former location of Apex Woodwork / W. W. Automotive (1990)
  • 2328: Heirloom Ironworks
  • 2330: former location of Central Restaurant Equipment (built 1907)

• 24th Street South intersection
  • 2431: former location of Jack Daniel Distributing Company

• 25th Street South intersection
  • 2500: Kenny & Company and White Bros Auto Supply

• Elton B. Stephens Expressway underpass
  • 2613: Sunbelt Rentals

• 27th Street South intersection
  • 2717: Pheonix Building (Lakeview)
    • Clark Antiques Gallery
    • Tina Newton Asian Art Gallery
    • former location of Bear Creek Glass
    • Architectural Heritage

• 28th Street South intersection
  • North side
    • 2800: Ferguson
  • South side (Pepper Place)
    • 2801-2807: former Dr Pepper Bottling Plant (built 1928)
      • 2801: LIVE Design Group
      • 2801 Suite C: Ona's Music Room, former location of The Winery at Pepper Place (2010-)
      • 2805 Suite 100: Aero Joe
      • 2805: Charlie Thigpen's Garden Gallery
    • 2809: Bain Roofing building (built 1927), King's House Oriental Rugs, former location of C. A. Bain Roofing Co. (1927), Architectural Heritage
    • 2821: Illuminations Lighting Showroom
    • 2825: Lite Box Gallery
    • 2829: Dr Pepper Syrup Plant (built 1931), former syrup plant for the Dr Pepper Company (1931-1982)
      • ActionSportsArt
      • Click Salon
      • Mental Floss
      • former location of Agnes (199?–1998)

• 29th Street South intersection (south only)
  • South side (Pepper Place)
  • 2901-2907: Martin Biscuit Building
    • Cantina
    • Bettola
    • former location of Bodine
  • 2921: Cruse-Crawford building (built 1928)
    • 2921B: Cruse-Crawford annex (built 1935), Zoe's Kitchen home office (2009-)

• • 3001: J Rag
  • 3003: Ion 247
  • 3013-3029: Confederate Motors, former location of Geo. F. Wheelock Co.
    • 3013-3015: 1928 George Wheelock building (built 1928)
    • 3017-3021: 1948 George Wheelock building (built 1948)
    • 3025-3029: 1963 George Wheelock building (built 1963)

• 31st Street South intersection (south only)
  • 3100: Marx Brothers
  • 3107: Arnold-Brown Warehouse (built 1968)
  • 3117: Jarrell Distributing building (built 1940)

Forest Park-South Avondale

• 32nd Street South intersection
  • 3205-3211: Pool Company building (built 1929), former location of Alabama Vinegar
    • 3205: Birmingham Art Association gallery
  • 3301: Lensco
  • 3320: V & W Supply
• 34th Street South intersection (road ends)

• 38th Street South intersection (south & east only)
  • 3801: Hardy Services Division and Hardy Plumbing Services
• 39th Street South intersection
  • 3912: HGH Hardware
  • 3925: DACCO Detroit of Alabama
  • 4001: Masterprint
• 41st Street South intersection
  • Avondale Lodge No. 476
  • 4120: Birmingham Fire Station No. 10 (closed)
  • 4132: NelBran Glass

East Avondale

• 42nd Street South intersection
  • 4288: Scoopies Auto Repair Clinic
• 43rd Street South intersection (south only)
• 43rd Street South intersection (north only)

South Woodlawn

• Residential
• 6128: former location of Moore & Tiller restaurant (1910)
• 6200: former location of W. F. Barrett restaurant (1910)
• 6213: Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

East Lake neighborhood

• 68th Street South intersection
  • 6815: Cascade Plunge
  • 7331: former location of Fabric Jungle (1983)
  • 7634: former location of Lawson Cleaners (1983)

South East Lake

• Oporto Madrid Boulevard intersection
  • North side:
    • East Lake Chevron
    • 7712: R & S Fashions, R & S Auto Sales
    • East Lake United Methodist Church parking lot
  • South side (former Howard College campus):
    • former location of Renfroe Hall
    • 7705-7737: Eastlake Plaza Shopping Center
      • 7713: Beauty Masters
      • 7721: EZ Comm communications, former location of Pizza Inn (1971)
      • 7729: C & R Laundromat
      • 7737: The Village Market
    • 7741-7745: Twin Gates Apartments
    • 7765: Ruby's Cafe
    • 7767: Coin Laundry
    • 7769: former location of The Church Across The Street (2008), One Way Ministries (2012), Lake Cottage Books (2015-)
• 78th Street South intersection
  • 7901: Greater Emmanuel Temple Holiness Church (formerly Ruhama Baptist Church)
  • 7916: Lovelady Center (formerly East End Memorial Hospital)
  • 8002: Eastern Area Christian Ministries, former location of Zeste Deli (1983)