18th Street South Homewood
18th Street South (originally Park Avenue) in Homewood is a southern extension of Birmingham's 18th Street South. The approximately 0.8-mile, north-south road runs from where the Homewood and Birmingham city limits meet at Valley Avenue through the Homewood Central Business District to Oxmoor Road.
The road was renamed from Park Avenue during the 1940s when Homewood renamed several streets to continue Birmingham's street numbering system.
18th Street was originally part of Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31) and featured a curve at 29th Avenue South to direct southbound traffic over to what is now Independence Drive. Highway 31 was rerouted to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, once it was completed in 1970. The curve was converted to a standard T-intersection in the 1990s.
MAX Transit Routes 39 and 42 include the street in their routes. It is also often part of the route for the Homewood Christmas parade and Homewood High School homecoming parade. In addition, the Homewood Christmas Star is hung over the street at the top of the hill, just north of Oxmoor Road, each year in December.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street Homewood category.
- Valley Avenue/21st Avenue South intersection (continues north as Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South)
- 2100: Jefferson County Board of Education
- 2510: Farm House of Homewood (former site of The Gold Nugget)
- 2512: former location of Vulcan Restaurant
- 2518: Bloom
- Rosedale Drive intersection
- 26th Avenue South intersection
- 2630: Rob'e Mans
- 27th Avenue South (east) intersection
- 2701: Mike's Hot Dogs
- 2707: Devinci's Pizza
- 27th Avenue South (west) intersection
- 2700: former location of Homewood Gulf Service Station
- 2710: Homewood Post Office
- 2717: Little Professor Book Center
- 2721: Crape Myrtle's Cafe (behind and attached to Little Professor)
- 2727: Hatfield Auto Parts
- 2730: Ed's Pet World
- 2731: former location of Shades Valley Cleaners
- 28th Avenue South intersection
- West side:
- 2800: Daedalus Candles (former location of Shades Valley Times and Dunn Drug Co.)
- 2804: former location of Homewood Bakery & Delicatessen
- 2806: former location of a Hill's Food Store and Homewood A&P Store
- 2808: Hill Crest Furniture (former location of The Royal Standard)
- 2812: Sam's Super Samwiches
- 2814: Doree, former location of Shaia Drygoods Store
- 2816: former location of Marshall Durbin retail store
- 2820: Soca Clothing, former location of Homewood Hardware Store
- 2822: former location of Zipper Cafe
- 2824: former location of Loop Market
- 2826: Pure Barre (formerly Anchorage Restaurant)
- 2830: Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop
- 2832: former location of Shades Valley Drugs and Younger Beauty Shoppe
- 2834: Homewood Cycle and Fitness (formerly Homewood Theatre)
- 2838: Hiltz-Lauber
- 2842: former location of Standard Furnace & Air Conditioning
- 2842½: former offices of the Homewood Herald
- 2844: Let's Get Organized
- 2846: Urban Cookhouse
- East side:
- 2801: Amy Head Studio
- 2803: former location of Red Rain
- 2807: Sciascia's Salon & Boutique
- 2815: Ruby's For Childern
- 2815-A: Amanda Schedler Fine Art
- 2818: Shaia's
- 2821: Theodora
- 2823: Shoefly
- 2825: Swaddle (formerly Laser's Edge)
- 2827: Swanky Stork
- 2829: Momma Goldberg's Deli
- 2829-2831: former location of Huffstutler's Hardware
- 2831: O'Henry's Coffees
- The Curve
- 2835: Oak Hill Bar & Grill (former location of Patriot Arcade and Alexander Dry Cleaning)
- 2841: Trak Shak
- West side:
- 29th Avenue South intersection (east only)
- West side:
- 2852: Bryant Electric (formerly shared with Hechinger Plumbing)
- 2854: Edgewood Fine Jewelry
- 2856: Inflations and Invitations
- 2856: formerly Homewood Shoe Hospital
- East side:
- 2901: former location of Little Professor Book Center
- 2909: O'Carr's
- 2913: Salem's Diner
- West side:
- Reese Street intersection (west only)
- West side:
- 2900: Once Upon a Time (formerly Silver Locket)
- 2902: Johnny's Restaurant (formerly Out Takes)
- 2904: Three Sheets: A Linen Shop
- 2906: a.k.a. Girl Stuff
- 2910: Four Seasons (formerly Home Grown Special Foods)
- 2916: Savage's Bakery
- 2918: Jack N' Jill Shop
- 2920: Sikes' Children's Shoes
- 2920 1/2: former location of Lowenbrau Haus
- East side:
- 2921: At Home
- 2923: former location of Feeny Sales
- 2927: Seibels
- 2931: Hair Group
- West side:
- Oxmoor Road intersection (continues south as Roxbury Road)