Gay Street (Baltimore)

Gay Street
	Gay Street in 1912, looking northeast
Owner	City of Baltimore
Location	Baltimore
Postal code	21202, 21205, 21213
North end	North Avenue
South end	Pratt Street

Last updated May 26, 2024

Gay Street is a street in Baltimore, Maryland that gets its name from Nicholas Ruxton Gay, who surveyed the area in 1747. It begins at the intersection of East Pratt Street near the Baltimore World Trade Center (at the Inner Harbor) and proceeds north and east through Baltimore until it crosses Orleans Street (U.S. Route 40) and becomes Ensor Street. According to the Baltimore City web site, the Gay Street corridor escaped the Great Baltimore Fire in 1904.

Urban development in the 1970s essentially cut Gay Street in half in east Baltimore.^[1] Old Town Mall, a retail strip that spans from Orleans to Aisquith and Monument Streets, was converted from a working street to a pedestrian mall.^[2] The street from that point north to Chase Street was essentially paved over, and the land was fitted into the surrounding street grid. Despite the rebuild, there are still a few housing units in the area that still follow the angular path that Gay Street cut through the neighborhood. Just north of Monument Street next to the Cain athletic field, there is a well-worn pedestrian path that follows the old route of Gay Street in defiance of the grass and meandering concrete sidewalk that borders the park.

Gay Street continues north from Chase, is briefly cut by the recently rebuilt (2000s) median of Broadway, then continues up to (and ends at) North Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 40 Truck through Baltimore city.

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References

↑ Sellman, Mary (December 15, 1968). "RENEWAL--WITH A DIFFERENCE" . www.proquest.com. Baltimore, MD: The Tribune Company (which owned the Baltimore Sun). p. SM21. Retrieved 2024-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Unlisted, Author (December 5, 1971). "Gay street renewal under way" . www.proquest.com. Baltimore, MD: The Tribune Company (which owned the Baltimore Sun). p. F1. Retrieved 2024-05-25– via ProQuest.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Shopworn by Brennen Jensen, Baltimore City Paper 10/9/2002.
Gorsuch-Mitchell Papers, 1698-1921 Maryland Historical Society
Gay Street Historic District
Coordinates: 39°17′19.45″N76°36′31.8″W / 39.2887361°N 76.608833°W / 39.2887361; -76.608833 (South Gay Street)
Coordinates: 39°18′32.00″N76°35′18″W / 39.3088889°N 76.58833°W / 39.3088889; -76.58833 (North Gay Street)

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[1] Sellman, Mary (December 15, 1968). "RENEWAL--WITH A DIFFERENCE" . www.proquest.com. Baltimore, MD: The Tribune Company (which owned the Baltimore Sun). p. SM21. Retrieved 2024-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Unlisted, Author (December 5, 1971). "Gay street renewal under way" . www.proquest.com. Baltimore, MD: The Tribune Company (which owned the Baltimore Sun). p. F1. Retrieved 2024-05-25– via ProQuest.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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East–west	25th Street 28th Street 33rd Street 36th Street 41st Street Aliceanna Street Baltimore Street Biddle Street Boston Street Broening Highway Centre Street Chase Street Church Street Coldspring Lane–Moravia Road Conway Street Cross Country Boulevard Eager Street Eastern Avenue Erdman Avenue Fayette Street Fleet Street Forest Park Avenue Fort Avenue Franklin Street Frederick Avenue Gwynns Falls Parkway Lexington Street Lombard Street Monument Street Mt. Royal Avenue Mulberry Street North Avenue Northern Parkway Orleans Street Patapsco Avenue Pratt Street Preston Street Saratoga Street Sinclair Lane Smith Avenue Swann Drive Waterview Avenue Wilkens Avenue
Circles & squares	Battle Monument Square Franklin Square Johnston Square Lafayette Square McKeldin Square Mount Vernon Place National Katyń Memorial Circle Park Circle Saint Paul Place Union Square Walbrook Junction Washington Monument Circle War Memorial Plaza Wilkens Avenue Circle
Expressways	Baltimore Beltway (I-695) Baltimore–Washington Parkway Cal Ripken Way (I-395) Harbor Tunnel Thruway (I-895) Interstate 95 Jones Falls Expressway (I-83)