Howard Street (Baltimore)

Howard Street
former Stewart's building
OwnerCity of Baltimore
LocationBaltimore
Postal code21201, 21218, 21230
North endArt Museum Drive and 29th Street
South endCal Ripken Way (I-395) and Conway Street
Light rail lines along North Howard Street at West Lexington Street
entrance to former Hutzler's department store
The light rail operating along Howard Street

Howard Street is a major north–south street through the central part of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. About 2+12 miles (4 km) long, the street begins at the north end of I-395 near Oriole Park at Camden Yards and ends near Johns Hopkins University, where it splits. To the right, it becomes Art Museum Drive, the one-block home of the Baltimore Museum of Art. To the left, it becomes San Martin Drive, which winds road along the western perimeter of the Johns Hopkins University campus and ends at University Parkway. Howard Street is named in honor of former Maryland governor John Eager Howard.[1] Two other streets in Baltimore, John and Eager Streets, are also named after him.[2]

At one time, Howard Street was a two-way street throughout its entire route. In 1989, when construction began on the Central Light Rail line, Howard Street was made one-way in a northbound direction between Pratt Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; as such, southbound traffic now uses Eutaw Street, one block to the west. The light rail runs along Howard Street within this area, which is most of Downtown Baltimore, and near Howard Street for much of the remainder of its route in the downtown area.

  1. ^ "Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage : Search Results". Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Jaffe, Maayan (February 8, 2008). "Road Signs Of The Times; How Baltimore's streets get and got their names". Baltimore Jewish Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2008.