23rd Street South

Twenty-third Street South (23rd Street South) is a two-way north-south street in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood, running south from the 1st Avenue South to Highland Avenue.

23rd Street South resumes to the south of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, where part of it functions as an offramp for northbound traffic going to Highland Avenue. The street, formerly called Whittaker Street, bends to the south, crossing Arlington Avenue. Another sections runs through Mountain Brook's English Village, between 20th Avenue South and Peacock Lane, one block west of Cahaba Road.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 23rd Street South category.

Southside / Five Points South

• • West side
    • Pullman Flats (built 2006), NowVision Eye Care
  • East side
    • Hardwick Company steel fabricator
• 1st Avenue South/Rotary Trail intersection ("The Cut" for Seaboard Air Line Railroad)
  • West side
    • 100: Vulcan Legal Group, former location of Magic City Casket Company
    • 106:
    • 120: BEBCO Warehouse, Davis Architects (2007-)
  • East side:
    • 101: former location of Amzi Godden Co. seed distribitors
    • 121: parking lot
• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 200: Birmingham Electric Battery Company (BEBCO)
    • 220: Bennett's Motor World auto service
  • East side
    • 201: former location of Tom Williams Automotive detail shop, J. K. Terry & Co. landscape design (2009-), AutoMotivs auto dealer, Birmingham Broker auto dealer
    • 221: Reggie D's Auto Sales
• 3rd Avenue South intersection (one way west)
  • West side
    • 300:
    • 308: 23rd Street VIP Center
    • 320: Birmingham Broker
  • East side
    • 301: Budget Truck Rental
    • 331: 23rd Street Baptist Church
• 4th Avenue South intersection (one way east)
  • West side
    • 400: PetNet Solutions pharmacy
    • 420: Just Happy Hounds dog day care, former location of Confederate Motors
  • East side
    • 401: Green Garage auto service
    • 421:
• 5th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 500: WorkPlay
    • 520: Watkins Auto Body auto repair
  • East side
    • 501: Sherwin-Williams painting supplies
    • 521: Tom Dooley Wholesale Auto
• 6th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 600: SJ Enterprises & Tool Solutions
    • 608: LeJoy Uniforms
    • 620: parking lot
  • East side
    • 601: #1 Sound & Detailing
    • 621: Liberty Motors building (built 1957), UAB Studio Arts (2014-)
• 7th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • parking lot, former location of 3rd Presbyterian Church (1880s)
    • 716: former location of Commercial Graphics
    • 720: Healing Waters
    • 726: Domino's Pizza
    • 728: Easy Money
  • East side
    • parking lot
    • 721: Express Oil Change/Tire Engineers
• University Boulevard intersection
  • West side
    • 800: Southern Research Institute parking lot
  • East side
    • 801: Southtown Court housing project (built 1941)
    • 803: former location of Sydney Bryant restaurant (1928)
• 9th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 900: Southtown Convenience Store
    • 910: Vogue Cleaners
  • East side
• 9th Court South intersection (east only)
  • • 914: Aerochild tattoo studio
    • 916: LeVi'an Grill & Bar, former location of Nomad Supply (2008)
• 10th Avenue South (east) / Magnolia Avenue (west) intersection
  • West side
    • 1000: former location of Cave 9 (2002-2009)
    • 1006: Alabama Art Supply
  • East side
    • 1025: Magnolia Financial Center, former location of the Energy Pointe Institute (2003-2004)
• 10th Court South intersection
  • West side
    • 1110: Spartan Value Investors
• 10th Terrace South intersection (east only)
  • West side
    • former location of Gorgas Hospital Hotel (1922-1934), Seale Harris Clinic (1934-)
    • Highland Plaza Condominiums (built 1924)
• Highland Avenue overpass/Elton B. Stephens Expressway (completed 1967)
• Highland Avenue intersection (street ends)
  • Highland Towers apartments (built 1951)
  • Crescent Building
  • 1221: former location of Henry Badham residence
• Arlington Avenue intersection

Mountain Brook

• 20th Avenue South intersection
• 21st Avenue South intersection
• English Village Lane intersection
• Peacock Lane interection