22nd Street North

22nd Street North is a one-way north-south street running southbound through downtown Birmingham. The street begins as a continuation of 22nd Street South over the 22nd Street Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation. From there it continues north, under I-20/59 and through the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex and Norwood until terminating just beyond 15th Avenue North behind the former Carraway Hospital.

Another section of 22nd Street begins at 24th Avenue North, north of Village Creek, and continues across Finley Boulevard before ending at 25th Avenue Baptist Church. It resumes at 26th Avenue North for a little more than one block before it is interrupted again by the Ensley Branch Railroad. It continues across 29th Avenue North, through North Birmingham to 36th Avenue North and the campus of Carver High School. Another section picks up north of I-65 as a continuation of Trax Drive and stops before reaching Five Mile Creek near Flat Hill Baptist Church in Washington Heights.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 22nd Street North category.

• Railroad Reservation/22nd Street Viaduct over Morris Avenue (continues as 22nd Street South)
  • west side:
  • east side:
    • former site of Geo-Chromatic Progress mural (1978-2009)
    • Transportation Building (1925-)
      • former location of Wee Care Academy

• 1st Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 101):
    • 110: former location of wholesale dry goods & notions (1891)
    • 112-130: former location of livery & feed stable (1891)
      • 130: former location of fruit stand (1891)
  • east side (Block 102):
    • 101-111: Goodall-Brown Lofts, former location of Caldwell Hotel (1889-1894), Goodall-Brown Dry Goods Company (1905-)
      • 101: Wine Loft, former location of tailor (1891)
      • 107: former location of cotton gin showroom (1891)
      • 109: former location of hotel office (1891)
      • 111: former location of farmer's exchange (1891)
    • 113-127: Wheelock Building
      • 113: building entrance, former location of produce stand (1891)
      • 121: former location of paper hangers (1891)

• 2nd Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 84):
    • 200-202: former location of The Casino theater, also known as Walker's Casino, Mortimer's Theatre and Mortimer's Dime Theatre (1880s), fruit stand (1891), Stonewall Corporation
    • 204: former location of tobacconist (1891)
    • 206: former location of tailor shop (1891)
    • 208: former location of Birmingham Teapot (1887)
    • 210-212: former location of Victoria Hotel (1891)
      • 210: former location of Fraleigh House Hotel (1887), Jefferson Music Co. (1946)
      • 212: former location of Proctor & Co. (1887), Union Steam Laundry (1896)
    • 216: former location of Davis Printing Co. (1923-1925)
    • 220: former location of Walthour Gun & Key Shop (R. E. Walthour 1923-1924), Peter D. Brown restaurant (1928)
  • east side (Block 83):
    • 201: Trim Salon & Grooming Lounge
    • 207: former location of locksmith (1891), Arthur Ferrell restaurant (1904)
    • 209-211: Waters Building, also known as the Worns Building (built c. 1888)
      • 209: former location of stoves & hardware (1891)
      • 209½ : Studio of Professional Arts, former location of plumbing company (1891)
    • 213-215: former location of Birmingham Laundry Co. (1923)
      • 213: former location of Titche Fine Groceries (1887)
    • 217-221: one story commercial building (built 1924)
      • 217-219: Bizarre: The Coffee Bar (2018-)
      • 221: Magic City Grille

• 3rd Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • 300-310: St Paul's Cathedral (built 1893 as St Paul's Catholic Church), former location of St Paul's Catholic Church (1880-1890)
    • 312-328: former location of Holy Angels Academy (1896), St Paul's Parochial School
      • 314-318: Roman Catholic school (1885)
  • east side:
    • 301-309: St Paul's Cathedral parking lot, former location of the Thomson House (built c. 1891, demolished 1961), operated as the Central Hotel (1910-1913), Mabson Hotel (1913-1961)
      • 301: former location of confectioner's (1891)
      • 305: former location of Mabson Grill (1941)
    • 313-329: Birmingham News building (2006), former location of R. W. A. Wilda residence

• 4th Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • 400–430: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 4, former location of Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company, Empire Hotel, and Land Title Company
      • 426–430: former location of Arden Hotel (demolished 1981)
  • east side:
    • 401–413: parking lot (2006–), former location of Birmingham News building (1917) (built 1917, demolished 2006)
    • 415–431: Extra Space Storage (2017–), former location of Birmingham News production building, Advance Central Services Alabama (–2017)
      • 415: former location of Coleman & Thomas grocers (1887)

• 5th Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 49):
    • former location of Weather Forecast Office Birmingham (1885–1886)
    • former location of Tarrant Drug Co. (1930s), Bryan's Lounge
    • 500–512: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 514: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 516: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 518: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 522–530: former location of dwelling (1902)
  • east side (Block 50):
    • 501: former location of store (1902)
    • 503: former location of store (1902)
    • 507: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 509: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 515: former location of dwelling (1902)
    • 517: former location of A. J. Dickinson residence (1902), Baptist Book Store
    • 519: former location of Knesseth Israel Congregation (1902)
    • 521–531: former location of First Baptist Church (1873–1984)

• 6th Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 32):
    • Energen Plaza parking deck, former location of T. L. Hudgins residence (1870s-)
  • east side (Block 31):
    • Park Place (Hope VI project)

• 7th Avenue North intersects
  • west side:
    • Birmingham Central Library parking lot
  • east side:
    • Park Place (Hope VI project)
• 8th Avenue North intersection
  • west side:
    • Jefferson County Family Court
    • 2121 Building
  • east side:
• Abraham Woods Boulevard intersects
  • east side:
    • Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • west side:
    • Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center
• continues under I-20/59 (offramp from I-20/59 East to 22nd Street, southbound)
  • west side:
    • Sheraton Birmingham

• • • 950: Medical Forum
      • Homage to Leonardo: Vitruvian Man
      • Cox Media Group
  • east side:
    • BJCC 22nd Street Parking Deck
    • Southeastern Conference building

• Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North intersects
  • west side:
    • BJCC, East Exhibition Hall
  • east side:

• 11th Avenue North intersects

• 12th Avenue North intersects
  • 1201: Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation
  • former location of North Birmingham Water Works

• Finley Boulevard intersects
  • Truckworx Kenworth

• 26th Court North intersects
  • Tri-Fab Steel

• 31st Avenue North intersects
  • Bryant Fountain-Love Baptist Church
  • Wright's United Methodist Church

• 33rd Avenue North intersects
  • All In One Stop N Shop