4th Avenue South

4th Avenue South (originally Avenue D) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. The two most traveled sections link the Five Points South, Southside, and Forest Park neighborhoods and the East Lake, South East Lake, and Roebuck Springs neighborhoods. The former section is one-way eastbound from the Interstate 65 off-ramp that feeds directly into it at 11th Avenue South all the way to 36th Street South. The one-way section is also part of U. S. Highway 78 from 24th to 36th Street.

History

4th Avenue South from 14th Street to 32nd Street was converted to one-way (eastbound) traffic in August 1955.

The one-way section was extended westward to I-65 in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 4th Avenue South category.

North Titusville

• Center Street intersection (continues west as 4th Avenue Southwest)
  • Nana's Supermarket (former location of Bowman's Groceteria)
  • 10: former location of Good Hope Baptist Church (1959)
• 1st Street South intersection
  • 101-115: Booker T. Washington K-8 School (built 1909 as Booker T. Washington Negro Elementary School)
  • 108: former location of Eugene Mobley grocery / U.S. Post Office Substation No. 5 (1935)

• Omega Street South intersects
  • Living Church Ministries, former location of Green Springs Baptist Church (1917), Green Liberty Baptist Church
  • 430: former location of Billups Radio & Television Service (1959)

• avenue ends at Gamma Street South
• avenue resumes at Alpha Street South as continuation of Iota Avenue South

• 6th Street South intersects
  • 600-620
    • former location of Ingalls Iron Works (1917-1959), Birmingham Tank Co. (1935), Ingalls Steel Products Co. (1935), Hugo Puls attorney (1935), Donald Strickland attorney (1935–1941), The Steel Construction Co. (1935–1941), Security Realty & Investment Co. (1935–1959), Birmingham Tank Division (1941), Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. (1941-1959), Ingalls Steel Construction Co. (1959), Arnold V. Walker Shipyard (1959), The Ingco Foundation Inc. (1959)

• 7th Avenue South intersects
• 10th Avenue South formerly intersected

Five Points South neighborhood

• Interstate 65 southbound off ramp (road begins)
  • north side (Block 279):
    • 1018-1920: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1022: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1024: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1026: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1028: former location of Mrs M. A. Nightengale boarding house (1899)
    • 1030: former location of Pilgrim Baptist Church (1935), McCarmel Baptist Church [sic] (1959)
  • south side (Block 278):
    • 1009: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1011: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1013: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1015: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1017: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1019: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1021: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1023: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1025: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1027: former location of drug store (1891)
    • 1029: former location of dry goods (1891), L. H. Kirk & Son meat market (1899)
    • 1031: former location of grocery store (1891) J. Matthews grocery store (1899)

• 11th Street South intersection
  • north side (Block 270):
    • 1100: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1102: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1104: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1106: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1108: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1110: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1112-1114: former location of dwelling (1891)
    • 1126-1130: Ted's Restaurant
  • south side (Block 271):
    • 1101-1107: former location of the Alabama Iron Works (1891)
    • 1109-1111: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 1109: former location of Benjamin Coleman clothes cleaner (1935), Straight Service Cleaners (1959)
    • 1113-1115: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 1113: B & B Print Shop

• 12th Street South intersection
  • north side:
    • 1200-1222: Cassady & Self Glass Co.
    • 1224-1230: Chevron Birmingham gas station
    • 1246: former location of Joe's Confectionary (1959)
  • south side:
    • 1201-1231: UAB Remote Parking Lot No. 3

• 13th Street South intersection
  • 1300: Tool-Smith Company
  • 1301: former location of Florence Chapel Baptist Church (1935)
  • 1315: former location of Birmingham Paints, Oil & Roofing Co. (1899)
  • 1316: A & A Home Health Equipment
  • 1317: Alabama Colon & Rectal Institute
  • 1330: former location of A. Busenlehner butcher (1899), John Vizzina grocery (1935), Tony Vizzinia restaurant (1959)

• 14th Street South intersection
  • former site of Birmingham Macaroni Company plant
  • 1400: Midtown Pediatrics, former location of Hill Grocery Co. storage (1935–1959)
  • 1416: Buffalo Wild Wings (2018-), former site of Forbes Distributing Company (1967-2017)
  • 1431: former location of Crane Co. garage/storage (1935–1959)

• 15th Street South intersection
  • north side:
    • 1500-1530: Flats on 4th (built 2017), addressed 1508
      • 1516: former location of Modest Jackson confectionary (1959)
    • 1500: former location of Bill Lykens & Son Welding
  • south side:
    • 1501-1531: Arlington Business Center
      • 1501: Children's of Alabama
      • 1503: Amelia Center, former location of Mt Calvary Baptist Church (1935)
      • 1507: MDSI Physician Group
      • 1509: Federal Employee Credit Union
      • 1513: Amelia Center
      • 1517: Birmingham Dermatology Center
      • 1521: Care Plus/CVS Pharmacy, former location of Plumbing Service Co. (1935)
      • 1523: Jefferson Clinic

• 16th Street South intersection
  • north side
    • 1600-1630: James C. Lee Building (built 2019), former location of parking lot
      • 1600: Former site of the Levine store, Southern Pacific Grocery Co. (1935), Milan Food Store (1959)
  • south side (Block 158):
    • 1601-1631: Children's Park Place, former location of Nabers' Grove and William Nabers residence
    • 1615: former location of Silver Fleet Motor Express (1959)
    • 1631: former location of Silver Fleet Motor Express truck lot (1959)

• 17th Street South intersection
  • north side:
    • 1700: Ronald McDonald House, former location of White Motor Co. diesel division (1959)
    • 1704–1710: former location of Empire Salvage & Equipment Co. (1935)
      • 1704: former location of Nifty Syrup Co. / The Nectar Co. (1917)
      • 1706: former location of Nifty-Cola Bottling Co. (1917)
      • 1708: former location of White Motor Co. used trucks (1959)
    • Wachovia bank branch
  • south side:
    • 1701: former location of Iron City Supply Co. (1917)
    • 1721: former location of R. G. Snider Concrete Co. (1935)
    • former site of Shoney's
    • Former site of St Mark's School

• 18th Street South intersection
  • north side:
    • 1800-1830: former site of Lane Elementary School (1886-1960s)
  • south side:
    • 1801: 4th Avenue Parking Deck, former location of Wood Chevrolet Co. truck department (1959)
      • China Master Express
      • Guthrie's
      • former location of Ted's to Go
      • TJ's on Fourth
    • 1813-1833: Mac's One Stop, Texaco station, convenience store and restaurant (1986-), Exxon gas station (-1985)
      • 1813: former location of Southern Coupon Co. / Eureka Mica Co. (1917)
      • 1817-1823: former location of Southern Coupon Co. (1925-1959)
        • 1823½: former location of Magic City Engraving Co. (1935–1959) / Lang Dickinson commercial artist (1935)

• 19th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1900-1906: former location of Southside Fire Station (1885-1986); City Market
    • 1908-1910: former location of A. M. George auto repairs and wrecker service (1923)
      • 1908: former location of Lee Grant grocery (-1887), R. W. Woodward & Co. grocery (1887-)
      • 1910: former location of JC Abernathy & Co. (1887)
    • 1920-1922: Legacy Community Federal Credit Union branch, former location of Dixie Spring & Brake Inc. (1959)
  • south side (Block 161):
    • 1901–1905: Southside Station
      • 1901: Falafel Café, former location of Alabama-Georgia Freight Lines (1934), J. F. Day Screen & Weatherstrip Co. (1959)
      • 1905: former location of Hill Dental Co. supplies (1959)
    • 1909–1919: UAB 5th Avenue Parking Deck
      • 1909: former location of H. S. Duncan physician (1887), Louise Wooster residence (1908–1913)
      • 1911-1917: former location of United Auto Supply Co. (1959)
        • 1911: former location of United Auto Supply Co. (1935)
        • 1913: former location of Releef Manufacturing Co. (1935)
        • 1915: Aurora Productions
      • 1921–1931: UAB Proton Therapy Center (built 2020), former location of T. W. Morefield Grocery (1887), Adams Mercury-Cushman Agency outboard motors (1959), Parliament House hotel (built 1964, demolished 2008), UAB Parking Lot 55 (2008–2019)
        • 1921–1923: former location of Prescott Motor Co. auto repairs (1935)

• 20th Street South intersection
  • north side (Block 147):
    • 2000-2024: SpringHill Suites by Marriott Birmingham Downtown-UAB (built 2009 as Hyatt Place), former site of Tom Williams Cadillac (-2004)
      • 2000-2010: former location of Drennen Motor Co. (1959)
      • 2008–2018: former location of Drennen Motor Co. used cars (1935)
      • 2012-2024: former location of Drennen Motor Co. tire department (1959)
        • 2024: Fresenius Kidney Care Birmingham Metro, former location of Katz & Nelson (1917)
    • 2026-2030: Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 8 (built 1991)
  • south side:
    • 2001-2031: Bristol Southside
      • 2021: former location of Saunders Motor Car Co. / Alabama Motors Inc. (1917)
      • 2025-2029: former location of City Car Market (1959)
        • 2029: former location of Skinners Barber Shop (1959)

• 21st Street South (Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South) intersection
  • north side:
    • Lee-Rodgers Tire Company
    • 2120: former location of Alabama Brewing Co. stables (1899)
    • 2124: former location of Rushton Corp. ice manufacturers (1935), Birmingham Ice & Cold Storage Co. / City Ice Delivery Co. (1935–1959), Curry Brokerage Co. (1959), Thuss Medical Center (built 1962, demolished 2020)
  • south side (Block 163):
    • 2101-2131: former location of Birmingham Brewing Company (1889-1893), Alabama Brewing Company (1897-1907)
      • 2101: American Health Imaging

Southside neighborhood

• 22nd Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 2200: Gerber Collision & Glass (2019–), former location of C & M Collision Center (2008–2017)
    • 2216 (2,200 square feet): Green Garage (2021–), former location of Alabama Pump & Supply (–2020)
    • 2220: vacant lot
    • 2224: Birmingham Broker, former location of C & M Collision Center
  • south side (Block 164):
    • 2201–2211: Norton's Florist (side)
      • 2201-2207: former location of "negro dwellings" (1891)
    • 2213–2217: parking lots
    • 2219–2231: PetNet Solutions

• 23rd Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 2300–2318: 23rd Street Baptist Church
      • 2304: former location of Spiro & Merrell Heating & Refrigerating Co. (1917)
    • 2320: B & D Electric Motor Co. (1970–), former location of John L. Crim Plumbing & Heating Co. (1959)
  • south side:
    • 2301–2307: former location of Battery Sales & Service, Green Garage (–2021)
    • 2309: former location of Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics
    • 2313–2331: Goo-Goo Express Wash
      • 2321: former location of Driver Choice Automotive Service

• 24th Street South intersects
  • Highline Imports
  • 2410: K & W Auto Service
  • 2415: Star Enterprises
  • 2416: Keel Refinishing and Upholstery Alternator & Generator Specialist, former location of Antioch Baptist Church (1917)
  • 2420: Heritage Press, former location of Victor Adding Machine Co. sales & service (1959)
  • 2424: Fastenal (former John's Photo Service location)

• 25th Street South intersects (access to Elton B. Stephens Expressway South)
  • 2501: Superior Automotive, former location of Charles Cotaldo grocery (1935), Speed's Import Parts House (1985)
  • 2513-2515: former location of Carver Court Apartments (1959)
    • 2513: Southern Wholesale Automobiles
  • 2517: former location of apartment building (1959)
  • 2521: former location of Zion Star Baptist Church (1917–1935), First Metropolitan Baptist Church (1946, 1959)
  • 2523: former location of First Metropolitan Baptist Church office (1959)
  • 2524a: former location of Fourth Avenue Ice House (1959)
  • 2526: former location of Powell's Garage (1959)

• Elton B. Stephens Expressway underpass
  • 2601: former location of Bessie's Place restaurant (1959)
  • 2611: former location of Zion Star Baptist Church (1959)
  • 2619: former location of Walter Ford interior decorator (1959)
  • 2625: Southern Distributors
  • 2630: Marty's Transmission

• 27th Street South intersects (access to Elton B. Stephens Expressway North)
  • 2700: former location of Andrew Robertson / Pierce Moten / Edward Ballard / Walter Brown physicians / Community Center Clinic (1935)
  • 2701: Solutions Infusion Therapy, former location of Auto Electric & Carburetor Co. (1959)
  • 2705: SRX Pharmacy Services, former location of Dixie Marine (1959), Brooks Firm
  • 2717: former location of Gentry's Barber Shop (Felix Gentry Jr 1959)
  • 2719: Burnham's Fine Cabinetry
  • 2720: Living Word Baptist Church, former location of Keeley Sanitarium whiskey cure (1903), Fourth Avenue Baptist Church (1959, 1971)
  • 2725: Skidmore Signs
  • 2728: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, former location of Club 2728 (O. J. Grey, 1953), Service Equipment Co. gas station equipment (1959)
  • 2730: former location of 4th Avenue Baptist Church (1935)
  • 2731: former location of 28th Street Super Market (Paul Pellagra 1959)

• 28th Street South intersects
  • 2801–2807: Holt AV
  • 2815: Mike's Shop auto repair (2021–), former location of The First Born Church (1954, 1959, 1971), First Born Church of the Living God (1997)
  • 2817: former location of Church & Kingdom of God (1935), Southside Chiropractic Clinic (Joseph Francis 1959)
  • 2828: Ironworkers Local 92
  • 2829: former location of Southern Fixture cabinet makers / Ack Radio storage (1959)
  • 2831: Eurasian Auto Service

• 29th Street South intersects:
  • 2900: Mayawell bar (2019-), former location of Tabernacle Church (1917), 29th Street Grocery (Anthony Salamne (1935), Tony Salamone 1959-1962), Plant Odyssey Nursery (Libby Rich 2005), Red Mountain Rovers (2006-2018)
  • 2901: Lakeview Green, former location of W. C. Davis School (built 1949), Davis Center (closed 2013)
  • 2930–2940: Birmingham Family Dental
    • 2940: former location of Infants Diaper Service Inc. / Acme Uniform Rentals (1959), National News Distributors
    • 2942: former location of Emerson Dairy Equipment Co. (1959)

• 30th Street South intersects:
  • north side:
    • 3000: Hufham Farris Construction / Pike Road Millwork, former location of Hydraulic Service Co. (1959), ooling Parts Southeast (2008), Key Cool (2011), Slice Pizza & Brew commissary kitchen
    • 3004: 1-story commercial building, former location of Dallas Ceramic Co. tile (1959), Sound Advice (2011), Fragments stone fabrication (2014-2015), Civil Axe Throwing (2018-)
    • 3008: Avenue D event venue (Laura Turner / Chuck Riley, 2021–), former location of W. C. Wright & Son heating & air conditioning (1959-)
    • 3012: Dorm Decor, former location of Aabco Rents party goods (2008), Fragments stone sales (2014-2015)
    • 3020: Kung Fu Birmingham, former location of Lakeview Personal Fitness (2008-2017), Agoge Fitness Systems
  • south side:
    • 3001: former location of Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1935–1959, 1971)
    • 3005: ALG Labels & Graphics, former location of General Electric Supply Co. district office (1959)
    • 3021: former location of Independent Elevator Co. / R. Brinkskelle Plumbing & Heating Co. (1935), Juneman Electric Co. contractors (1959)
    • 3029: Deft Dynamics (2018–), former location of John H. Lanier Co. (2011–2017),

• 31st Street South intersects:
  • north side:
    • 3100: Waddell Power, former location of Aomco Office Furniture
    • 3104: ARC Document Solutions, former location of Dixon Supply Co. electrical equipment (1959), Wholesale Controls International
    • 3116: Smith & Company, former location of James Robert Co. receipt books (1959), Kwal Paint, Chase Bays
    • 3120: Shelby General Contractors, former location of Kirby Animal Clinic (1959), Southside Animal Hospital (-2017)
    • 3122: Regions Bank drive-up ATM
  • south side:
    • 3101: Sculpt B'ham fitness studio, former location of Ack Radio Supply (1959-2015), Stray Cats home decor
    • 3115–3131: Shelby General Contractors warehouse & offices (2024–), former location of Godwin Radio Co. (1959-1980), Long's Electronics (1980s), Magic City Sportwear

• 32nd Street South intersects:
  • 3200: former location of Truscon Steel Co. warehouse (1935)
  • 3201: Dewberry Building (built c. 1940), 1917 Clinic (2020-), former location of Dewberry Engraving (1940-1959), Baptist Health System headquarters (1959-2013)
  • 3216: Birmingham Career Center

• 33rd Street South intersects
  • 3300–3330: former location of Westinghouse Electric Co.

• 34th Street South intersects
  • 3405: Mayer Electric Supply

• 35th Street South intersects
  • 3500: Southern Engraving
  • 3501–3509: Birmingham Luxury Motors, former location of Doug Willey Datsun (1972–)
  • 3524: Light Bulb Depot, former location of Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp. (1959)

• 36th Street South intersects
  • 3600: Birmingham Construction Industry Authority
  • 3601: Alabama Central Credit Union

Forest Park-South Avondale

• 37th Street South intersects
  • 3701: Agency54
  • 3705: Hairfolk salon
  • 3712: Alabama Law Enforcement Credit Union, former location of Meals on Wheels
  • 3720: Alabama Audubon, former location of Birmingham Audubon Society
  • 3727: former location of Yester Ceramic Laboratory
  • 3728: Nomis Seismographs
  • 3730: Fourth Apartments

• 38th Street South intersects
  • 3820: former location of Jacob Allen building contractor

• 39th Street South intersects

• • 4010: former location of Avondale Baptist Church (1890-1916)
  • 4018-4022: Redeemer Community Church (2014-) / M-POWER Ministries, former location of South Avondale Baptist Church (1916-2000), New Hope Baptist Church (2001-)
  • 4021: former location of Sadie Graham beauty shop (1935)

• 41st Street South intersects
  • 4100: Spring Street Bar & Grill (2020–), former location of Rowe's Auto service station, Rowe's Service Station restaurant (2015–2018), The Thirsty Donkey (2019–2020)
  • 4101: former location of Cities Service Station (1935), Jimmie's 66 Auto Service gas station (1959)
  • 4105: Stephen's Garage
  • 4111: former location of Cyrus Rabun interior decorator (1935)
  • 4115: former location of James Hawkins grocery (1935)

• 42nd Street South intersects
  • 4222: former location of The Long Apartments (1959)
  • 4243: former location of Anita Court apartments (1959)
  • 4245: Avondale II Apartments
  • 4247: former location of apartments (1959)
  • 4262-4268: former location of Avalon Court apartments (1959)
    • 4264: Avondale I Apartments

• 43rd Street South intersects
  • 4301: Hooper Creek Apartments (built 1950 as Marlin Court, demolished 2017)

• 44th Street South/3rd Court South intersection
  • 4406: former location of N. Boohaver grocery (1935)
  • 4414: former location of Runway Restaurant (1959)
  • 4420: former location of A & P Food Store (1959)

Forest Park/East Avondale

• 44th Street South/3rd Court South interesection
  • 4401: Summit Imports, former location of Tom's Sound/Sound Services, proposed location of Washee Quickee Car Wash / Avondale Auto Detail (2020–)
  • Avonwood Plaza
    • 4410A: Sheppard's Pet Supply (2016-), former location of Diva Beauty Supply/Imperial Hair & Beauty Supply
    • 4410B: Sanctum Tattoos & Comics (November 2016-)
    • 4412: former location of Budgetline Cash Advance
    • 4414: Mountain High Outfitters (2017-)
    • 4420: Family Dollar #3709
    • 4426: Tropicaleo (October 2017-), former location of Jocks Barber & Style Shop
• 45th Street South/5th Avenue South intersection (road continues as 5th Avenue South)

East Avondale

• 46th Street South intersection (road begins)
  • 4600: former location of Continental Gin Co. (1935)

• • 4711: Unique Fashions & Things
  • 4725: former location of Mary's Beauty Shoppe (1959)
• 48th Street South/5th Avenue South intersection (road ends)

East Lake

• 66th Street South intersection (road dead ends to west)
  • residential
• Dublin Avenue intersection (road dead ends to east as Dublin Terrace)

• 70th Street South intersection (road begins)
  • residential
    • 7104: former location of Walter Gantt floor finisher (1935)
    • 7612: former location of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity (1935)
• Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection

South East Lake

• Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
  • Oporto Food Mart
  • 7755: Eastview Healthcare Center
  • 7771: former location of Theta Kappa Nu fraternity (1935)
  • Former site of Old Main building
• 78th Street South intersection
  • Residential
• 81st Street South intersects
  • 8131: Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School (opened 2006), former location of East Lake Atheneum (1890-1917), St Edward's Asylum (1917), St Thomas Home on the Hill orphanage (1900-1970), Antheneum Orphans Home [sic] / Daughters of Charity convent (1935)
• 82nd Street South intersects
  • Residential
• Red Oak Road intersects

Roebuck Springs

• Red Oak Road intersects
  • 8701: Covenant Christian Church, former location of South Roebuck Baptist Church (1959), Roebuck Christian Church (1981)
  • 8717: former location of South Roebuck Baptist Church education annex (1959)
  • 8727: former location of South Roebuck Baptist Church Sunday School rooms (1959)
  • 8737: Fountain of Life Christian Church, former location of Packer Memorial Baptist Church (1981), Church at Roebuck Springs (1997)
  • 8912: Gabrella Manor (built 1938 as Robert Bundy residence)
• Interstate 59 interchange (access to eastbound Interstate, from westbound Interstate only)

• Avenue ends at Parkway East (addresses from 9000–9265 4th Avenue South are now on Parkway East)

To north: 6th Avenue North

Interstate 65 southbound exits 4th Avenue South

To south: 6th Avenue South