27th Street South

Twenty-seventh Street South (27th Street South) is a two-way north-south street in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood, running south from Powell Avenue to University Boulevard and then, somewhat haphazardly, from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 27th Street South category.

Southside / Five Points South

• Powell Avenue (no outlet)
  • west side:
    • Mini Storage of Birmingham
  • east side:
    • Alabama Ballet Center for Dance

• 1st Avenue South/Jones Valley Trail intersects, former Seaboard Air Line Railroad crossing
  • west side:
    • vacant lot
    • Inline Electric Supply Co.
  • east side:
    • 2701 1st Avenue South (built 2005), Navigate Affordable Housing Partners, former location of Goodwin, Mills & Cawood architects (2005–2020)
    • Eisys Inc. warehouse

• 2nd Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • Sunbelt Rentals equipment yard
    • Jeffcoat heating & air conditioning service
  • east side:
    • Mike's Washee Quickee car wash

• 3rd Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 300: Iron Tribe fitness (2010-), former location of Greater Birmingham AMBUCS
    • Marty's Transmissions
  • east side:
    • parking lot
    • former location of RPA, Inc.

• 4th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • Southern Distributors
  • east side
    • Solutions Infusion Therapy
    • Absco warehouse

• 5th Avenue South intersects
  • west side
    • Williams Machine & Welding Co. yard
    • Impact Electric Co.
    • 516: former location of Lambda Resource Center (1989)
  • east side
    • vacant lot
    • Peak Substation Services

• 6th Avenue South intersects
  • west side
    • 600-602: Artomotive
    • 604: ProAct Team
    • 612: residence
    • 620: Spike's Leather Club, former location of Cabbages & Kings
    • 630: War House, former location of Standard Oil Co. filling station (1926), Bingham Standard Service Station (1964), 7th Avenue Standard Service Station (1970), battery warehouse
  • east side
    • 601-631:warehouses
      • 621: former location of White Dairy (built 1938)

• 7th Avenue South intersects
  • west side
    • Al's on Seventh, former location of East End Drug Co. (1926), East End Sundries (1964), Alabama Sales Inc. (1970), Lakeview Yacht Club, Joe's on Seventh
    • onramp to Elton B. Stephens Expressway northbound
  • east side
    • St Vincent's DME Warehouse
    • Burger King

• University Boulevard intersection (street ends)
  • St Vincent's Hospital
  • 800: former location of F. J. Evans Engineering Co. (1950–1968)

• 10th Avenue South (street resumes)
  • west side
    • Centennial Lodge
  • east side
    • parking lot

• Hanover Circle (street ends, then resumes on either side of a grassed median)
  • Hanover Place Historic District
    • Newman-Crawford residence (built c. 1914)
    • Hillhouse residence (built c. 1913)
    • Goldman-Pearson residence (built c. 1913)

• 11th Avenue South intersects
  • west side
    • Claridge Manor Apartments (built 1924)
    • Hanover Court Apartments, formerly the Barnett Apartments (built 1915)
  • east side
    • two-story apartment building (built 1947)