NOPL: WPA Street Name Index--B

Alphabetical Index
of
Changes in Street Names, Old and New
Period 1852 to Current Date, Dec. 1st 1938

Street names beginning with letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Street names beginning with letter "B"

Street Name

District(s)

Notes

Ordinance

Date

Bacchus St.

1 & 4

Now Baronne St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Baccich St.

3

Same

Bagatelle St.

2 & 3

Now Bourbon St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Bainbridge St.

5

Same

Bakewell Place

2

Formerly Palm Place

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Bakewell St.

7

Same

Balboa Ave.

5

Formerly Park Blvd.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Baldwin Court.

6

Now Vincennes Place

9507 CCS

2/9/1927

Baldwin St.

6

Now Fontainebleau Drive

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Baldwin St.

6

Formerly James St.

Bancroft Drive

3

Same

Bank Place

1

Now Picayune Place

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Banks St.

1

Same

Baronne St.

1 & 4

Formerly Coffee St. (see Number List)

1895 CC

12/14/1854

Baronne St.

1 & 4

Formerly Bacchus St. (see Number List)

395 CC

11/20/1852

Barracks St.

2

Same (see Number lIst)

Barracks St.

2

From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain Blvd. Now Madame Tranchepain St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Barrett St.

6

Now South Derbigny St,

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Barrett St.

6

Same

Barrow Place

4

Same

Barthelemy St.

5

Now Bermuda St. (see Number List)

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bartholomew St.

3

Same

Bartholomew St.

6

Now South Derbigny St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bartholomew St.

1

Now Gaiennie St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Basin St.

1,4 & 6

Formerly St. John St. - White St. - and Terpsichore St. (see Number List)

395 CC

11/20/1852

Basin St.

1, 4 & 6

Now South Saratoga St. (see Number List

9411CS

7/9/1894

Basin St.

1

From Tulane Ave. To Carondelet Walk - formerly Court Ave.

12467 CS

6/30/1896

Basin St.

2

From Canal to Tulane Ave. Now Elk Place

13921 CS

1/19/1898

Basin St.

2

Now North Saratoga St. (see Number List)

6217 CCS

5/11/1921

Baudin St.

1

Same

Baumann St.

5

Same

Bay St.

3

Same

Bayou Road

2

From Rampart St. to Claiborne Ave. formerly Hospital St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bayou Road

3

Same

Bayou Road

3

From North White St. to Grand Route St. John - formerly Gentilly Ave.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Bayou St. John

2 & 3

Same

Beauregard Ave.

2

Same

Beauregard Ave.

6

Now Nashville Ave.

8959 CS

4/5/1894

Beauregard St.

3

Now St. Denis

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Beauvoir St.

3

Same

Behrman Ave.

5

Same

Behrman Highway

5

Same

Belaire Drive

7

Same

Belfast St.

7

Same

Belfort Ave.

3

Same

Bell St.

2

Formerly St. John St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bellacastle St.

6

Same

Bellair Srive

7

Same

Bellechasse St.

1 & 4

Now Religious St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Bellechasse St.

1

Now Melpomene Place

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Bellechasse St.

2

Same

Bellegarde St.

1 & 4

Now St. Thomas St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Bellegarde St.

1 & 4

Formerly Fulton St.

Belleville St.

5

Formerly Chestnut St. (see Number List)

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bellou Wood St.

2

From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain - formerly St. Philip St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Belmont Place

6

Same

Benefit St.

3

Same

Bengal St.

3

Same (Villa Sites)

Benjamin St.

7

Same

Benjamin St.

1

Now Thalia St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Benjamin St.

6

Formerly Felicia St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Benton St.

3

Same

Benton St.

4

Formerly St. Andrew St.

955 OS

7/7/1853

Benton St.

4

Formerly Franklin St.

395 CC

11/20/1852

Benton St.

4

Now Loyola Ave.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Berg Road

3

Formerly Mississippi Road (Villa Sites)

14285 CCS

7/30/1935

Berlin St.

6

Now Gen. Pershing St.

5070 CCS

5/8/1918

Bermuda St.

5

Formerly Bartholomey St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bernadotte St. North

2

Now Bernadotte St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bernadotte St. South

1

Formerly Pitot St.

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Bernadotte St. South

1

Formerly Lowerline

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Bernadotte St.

7

Formerly Protection

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bernadotte St.

7

Formerly Jefferson St.

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Bernadotte St.

7

Now MonticelloAve.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Bertrand St.

1

Same

Betz Ave.

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Betz Place

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Bienvenue St.

3

Same

Bienville St.

2

From Claiborne Ave. to Metairie Road - Now Bienville Avenue (see Number List)

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Bienville St.

2

From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain - Now Louis 14th St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Birch St.

7

Formerly Sixth St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Birch St.

6

Formerly Wandorf

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Blackberry St.

7

Same In Jefferson Parish

Blanc St.

6

Same

Blanche St.

3

Now Marais St.

(Directory 1895)

Bloomingdale St.

6

Same

Blue Ridge Road

3

Now Lamb Road (Villa Sites)

14285 CCS

7/30/1935

Board Of Trade Place

1

Now Arcade Place

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Bodenger Blvd.

5

Same

Bolivar St.

1

Same

Bolivar St.

3

Now Milton St.

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Bond St.

6

Now Pitt St.

6299 AS

1/20/1880

Bonnabel Blvd.

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Bordeaux St.

6

Same

Bordeaux St.

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Boree St.

6

Formerly Rose St.

8432 CCS

5/13/1925

Boree St.

6

Now Green St.

8432 CCS

5/13/1925

Borgogne/Bourgoyne

see BURGUNDY

Boudousquie and Ann St.

6

Now Garfield St.

9411 CS & 7742 CCS

7/9/1894 &2/20/1924

Boulevard St.

6

see EXPOSITION BLVD.

Bouny St.

5

Same (see Number List)

Bourbon St.

2

Formerly Bagatelle St. (see Number List)

395 CC

11/20/1852

Bourbon St.

3

Now Pauger St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Bradish Alley

1

Now Bradish Place

14228 CCS

2/6/1935

Bradish Place

1

Formerly Bradish Alley

14228 CCS

2/6/1935

Bragg St.

2

Same

Brazos St.

3

Same (Villa Sites)

Brainard St.

4

Same (see Number List)

Breedlove St.

6

Same

Breslau St.

1, 4 & 6

Now Robertson St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Brevart Ave.

3

Formerly Isabella St. (Villa Sites)

14285 CCS

7/30/1935

Bridgeway St.

2

Same

Brickyard St.

3

Formerly Pritchard St. (Out Of Duration)

Bringier St.

5

Same

Broad Ave.

2

Same (see Number List) Broad St.

Broad Ave.

3

Now North Broad Ave.

5766 CCS

6/9/1920

Broad Place

6

Same

Broad Ave.

1 & 6

Same (see Number List)

5756 CCS

6/9/1920

Broadway Ave.

6

Same

Broadway St.

6

Formerly Almonaster St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Broadway St.

6

Formerly Magnolia Walk

Brockenbraugh Court

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Brockenbraugh St.

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Brooklyn Ave.

In Jefferson Parish

Same

Brooklyn Ave.

5

Formerly Madison Ave.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Brocks St.

2 & 7

Same

Broome St.

1

NowGirod St.

1682 CC

7/6/1854

Brown St.

2

Now Cardinal Mercier St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Brutus St.

3

Same

Bruxelles Ave.

3

Same

Buchanan St.

3

Formerly Livaudais St.

9411 CS

7/9/1894

Buick St.

3

Same

Bungalow St.

2

Same

Burdette St.

7

Formerly Columbus St. (see Number List)

(Directory 1895)

Burgundy St.

2 & 3

Formerly Craps St. (see Number List)

395 CC

11/20/1852

Burke St.

6

From State St. to Newcomb College - Same

Burke St.

6

Formerly Story

Burke St.

6

Now South Johnson St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Burke Ave.

3

Formerly Humbolt St. (Villa Sites)

14285 CC

7/30/1935

Burthe St.

7

Same

Burthe St.

6

Formerly Sauvolle St,

8264 NCS

11/29/1911

Burthe St.

6

Now South Miro St.

7742 CCS

2/20/1924

Butler St.

2

(Out Of Duration)

Byrne Place.

3

Same

Byron St.

7

(Out Of Duration)

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Street Name	District(s)	Notes	Ordinance	Date
Bacchus St.	1 & 4	Now Baronne St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Baccich St.	3	Same
Bagatelle St.	2 & 3	Now Bourbon St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Bainbridge St.	5	Same
Bakewell Place	2	Formerly Palm Place	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Bakewell St.	7	Same
Balboa Ave.	5	Formerly Park Blvd.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Baldwin Court.	6	Now Vincennes Place	9507 CCS	2/9/1927
Baldwin St.	6	Now Fontainebleau Drive	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Baldwin St.	6	Formerly James St.
Bancroft Drive	3	Same
Bank Place	1	Now Picayune Place	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Banks St.	1	Same
Baronne St.	1 & 4	Formerly Coffee St. (see Number List)	1895 CC	12/14/1854
Baronne St.	1 & 4	Formerly Bacchus St. (see Number List)	395 CC	11/20/1852
Barracks St.	2	Same (see Number lIst)
Barracks St.	2	From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain Blvd. Now Madame Tranchepain St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Barrett St.	6	Now South Derbigny St,	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Barrett St.	6	Same
Barrow Place	4	Same
Barthelemy St.	5	Now Bermuda St. (see Number List)	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bartholomew St.	3	Same
Bartholomew St.	6	Now South Derbigny St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bartholomew St.	1	Now Gaiennie St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Basin St.	1,4 & 6	Formerly St. John St. - White St. - and Terpsichore St. (see Number List)	395 CC	11/20/1852
Basin St.	1, 4 & 6	Now South Saratoga St. (see Number List	9411CS	7/9/1894
Basin St.	1	From Tulane Ave. To Carondelet Walk - formerly Court Ave.	12467 CS	6/30/1896
Basin St.	2	From Canal to Tulane Ave. Now Elk Place	13921 CS	1/19/1898
Basin St.	2	Now North Saratoga St. (see Number List)	6217 CCS	5/11/1921
Baudin St.	1	Same
Baumann St.	5	Same
Bay St.	3	Same
Bayou Road	2	From Rampart St. to Claiborne Ave. formerly Hospital St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bayou Road	3	Same
Bayou Road	3	From North White St. to Grand Route St. John - formerly Gentilly Ave.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Bayou St. John	2 & 3	Same
Beauregard Ave.	2	Same
Beauregard Ave.	6	Now Nashville Ave.	8959 CS	4/5/1894
Beauregard St.	3	Now St. Denis	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Beauvoir St.	3	Same
Behrman Ave.	5	Same
Behrman Highway	5	Same
Belaire Drive	7	Same
Belfast St.	7	Same
Belfort Ave.	3	Same
Bell St.	2	Formerly St. John St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bellacastle St.	6	Same
Bellair Srive	7	Same
Bellechasse St.	1 & 4	Now Religious St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Bellechasse St.	1	Now Melpomene Place	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Bellechasse St.	2	Same
Bellegarde St.	1 & 4	Now St. Thomas St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Bellegarde St.	1 & 4	Formerly Fulton St.
Belleville St.	5	Formerly Chestnut St. (see Number List)	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bellou Wood St.	2	From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain - formerly St. Philip St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Belmont Place	6	Same
Benefit St.	3	Same
Bengal St.	3	Same (Villa Sites)
Benjamin St.	7	Same
Benjamin St.	1	Now Thalia St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Benjamin St.	6	Formerly Felicia St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Benton St.	3	Same
Benton St.	4	Formerly St. Andrew St.	955 OS	7/7/1853
Benton St.	4	Formerly Franklin St.	395 CC	11/20/1852
Benton St.	4	Now Loyola Ave.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Berg Road	3	Formerly Mississippi Road (Villa Sites)	14285 CCS	7/30/1935
Berlin St.	6	Now Gen. Pershing St.	5070 CCS	5/8/1918
Bermuda St.	5	Formerly Bartholomey St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bernadotte St. North	2	Now Bernadotte St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bernadotte St. South	1	Formerly Pitot St.	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Bernadotte St. South	1	Formerly Lowerline	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Bernadotte St.	7	Formerly Protection	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bernadotte St.	7	Formerly Jefferson St.	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Bernadotte St.	7	Now MonticelloAve.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Bertrand St.	1	Same
Betz Ave.	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Betz Place	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Bienvenue St.	3	Same
Bienville St.	2	From Claiborne Ave. to Metairie Road - Now Bienville Avenue (see Number List)	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Bienville St.	2	From Taylor to Lake Ponchartrain - Now Louis 14th St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Birch St.	7	Formerly Sixth St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Birch St.	6	Formerly Wandorf	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Blackberry St.	7	Same In Jefferson Parish
Blanc St.	6	Same
Blanche St.	3	Now Marais St.		(Directory 1895)
Bloomingdale St.	6	Same
Blue Ridge Road	3	Now Lamb Road (Villa Sites)	14285 CCS	7/30/1935
Board Of Trade Place	1	Now Arcade Place	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Bodenger Blvd.	5	Same
Bolivar St.	1	Same
Bolivar St.	3	Now Milton St.	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Bond St.	6	Now Pitt St.	6299 AS	1/20/1880
Bonnabel Blvd.	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Bordeaux St.	6	Same
Bordeaux St.	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Boree St.	6	Formerly Rose St.	8432 CCS	5/13/1925
Boree St.	6	Now Green St.	8432 CCS	5/13/1925
Borgogne/Bourgoyne		see BURGUNDY
Boudousquie and Ann St.	6	Now Garfield St.	9411 CS & 7742 CCS	7/9/1894 &2/20/1924
Boulevard St.	6	see EXPOSITION BLVD.
Bouny St.	5	Same (see Number List)
Bourbon St.	2	Formerly Bagatelle St. (see Number List)	395 CC	11/20/1852
Bourbon St.	3	Now Pauger St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Bradish Alley	1	Now Bradish Place	14228 CCS	2/6/1935
Bradish Place	1	Formerly Bradish Alley	14228 CCS	2/6/1935
Bragg St.	2	Same
Brazos St.	3	Same (Villa Sites)
Brainard St.	4	Same (see Number List)
Breedlove St.	6	Same
Breslau St.	1, 4 & 6	Now Robertson St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Brevart Ave.	3	Formerly Isabella St. (Villa Sites)	14285 CCS	7/30/1935
Bridgeway St.	2	Same
Brickyard St.	3	Formerly Pritchard St. (Out Of Duration)
Bringier St.	5	Same
Broad Ave.	2	Same (see Number List) Broad St.
Broad Ave.	3	Now North Broad Ave.	5766 CCS	6/9/1920
Broad Place	6	Same
Broad Ave.	1 & 6	Same (see Number List)	5756 CCS	6/9/1920
Broadway Ave.	6	Same
Broadway St.	6	Formerly Almonaster St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Broadway St.	6	Formerly Magnolia Walk
Brockenbraugh Court	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Brockenbraugh St.	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Brooklyn Ave.	In Jefferson Parish	Same
Brooklyn Ave.	5	Formerly Madison Ave.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Brocks St.	2 & 7	Same
Broome St.	1	NowGirod St.	1682 CC	7/6/1854
Brown St.	2	Now Cardinal Mercier St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Brutus St.	3	Same
Bruxelles Ave.	3	Same
Buchanan St.	3	Formerly Livaudais St.	9411 CS	7/9/1894
Buick St.	3	Same
Bungalow St.	2	Same
Burdette St.	7	Formerly Columbus St. (see Number List)		(Directory 1895)
Burgundy St.	2 & 3	Formerly Craps St. (see Number List)	395 CC	11/20/1852
Burke St.	6	From State St. to Newcomb College - Same
Burke St.	6	Formerly Story
Burke St.	6	Now South Johnson St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Burke Ave.	3	Formerly Humbolt St. (Villa Sites)	14285 CC	7/30/1935
Burthe St.	7	Same
Burthe St.	6	Formerly Sauvolle St,	8264 NCS	11/29/1911
Burthe St.	6	Now South Miro St.	7742 CCS	2/20/1924
Butler St.	2	(Out Of Duration)
Byrne Place.	3	Same
Byron St.	7	(Out Of Duration)