18th Street South

This article is about the Southside Birmingham street. For the Homewood street, see 18th Street South Homewood.

18th Street South is a north-south street in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. The street begins at the southern end of 18th Street North at the Railroad Reservation and the 18th Street underpass. From there, it continues south for 16 blocks, through the UAB Medical Center and up the northern flank of Red Mountain until it is interrupted by Ramsay High School.

Another short section of 18th Street South connects 13th Avenue South with 13th Court South. The street resumes at 14th Avenue South and turns into 15th Avenue South at Valley View Park. 18th Street South Homewood picks up south of Vulcan Park and continues south to Oxmoor Road, where it becomes Roxbury Road.

Notable locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street South category.

• Railroad Reservation and 18th Street underpass (continues north as 18th Street North)
  • West side
    • Railroad Park
  • East side
    • Powell Avenue Steam Plant
• Powell Avenue intersection
  • West side:
    • Railroad Park
  • East side (Block 113C):
    • Powell Avenue Steam Plant Plaza (2016-), former location of Birmingham Parking Authority Lot D (1975-2016)
• 1st Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • LIV Parkside
    • 120: Railroad Square, former location of National Biscuit Company building (1914-2014)
  • East side
    • parking lot
• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 200: Children's Hospital parking lot C, former location of Windsor Castle Restaurant (1937-1980s)
  • East side
    • 201: "You Are Beautiful" building
• 3rd Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 301: Taziki's (2008-), former location of Schaeffer Eye Center, Robert Turner Optical
    • UAB Lot 53
  • East side
    • Wells Fargo drive-thru
    • 316: Wells Fargo bank
• 4th Avenue South intersection (enter UAB campus)
  • West side
    • 400:
    • 420: former location of Andrew Contorupis restaurant (I) (1928)
  • East side
    • 401: UAB 4th Avenue Parking Deck
      • Suite 101: China Master Express
      • Suite 103: Golden Rule Bar-B-Q (opened in July 2017), former location of G-Dogs (closed March 2017)
      • Suite 105: Waffle House
      • Suite 107: Guthrie's
      • Suite 109: Moe's Southwest Grill
      • Suite 111: McAlisters Deli
• 5th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • Hazelrig-Salter Radiology Oncology Center
    • Jim Limbaugh Family Park of Hope
    • 516: former location of Andrew Contorupis restaurant (II) (1928)
  • East side
    • UAB Hospital North Pavilion
• 6th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • Civitan International Research Center
    • Sparks Building
    • 630: former location of Augustus L. Constantine restaurant (1928)
  • East side
    • Russell Building
    • UAB Hospital West Pavilion
    • Boshell Diebetes Building
    • 629: former location of John Fiampolis restaurant (1928)
• 7th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • parking
    • UAB Callahan Eye Hospital
  • East side
    • Birmingham VA Medical Center
• University Boulevard intersection
  • West side
    • Unity Park
  • East side
    • 815: Rust Computer Center/UAB Parking Lot 3 (built 1969)
• 9th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 912: 912 Building, UAB Center for the Study of Community Health
    • 920: Analytical Testing Group, Southside Chiropractic
    • 924: Worrell Building (built 1959)
    • 944: Holcomb Building
  • East side
    • 901: Jefferson County Medical Society building
    • 909: Burleson Building
    • 951: University Place Apartments (1999-), former location of Guest House Motor Inn (1960-1982), University Inn (1982-1995)
• 10th Avenue South intersection
• 10th Court South intersection
  • West side
    • Apartments
  • East side
    • UAB Center For Biophysical Sciences and Engineering
• 11th Avenue South/10th Court South intersection
  • West side
    • Medical Towers Building
  • East side
    • Five Points South Pawn
    • 1121: David Crane, CPA
    • Winston, Winston, Jenkins & Chastain attorneys
• 12th Avenue South intersection (T-intersection)
• 13th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
• 13th Court South intersection
• 14th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 1420: St Charles Apartments
• 15th Avenue South intersection
• Road ends at Valley View Park
• As a continuation of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South
  • 1933: Freedom Court Reporting