Highland Avenue, east of the
BeltLineNorth Highland Avenue, is a major thoroughfare in northeast
Atlanta, forming a major business corridor connecting five
Intown neighborhoods:
It crosses the BeltLine where it becomes North Highland Avenue NE and forms the main retail and entertainment street of
Inman Park.
North Highland Avenue then bends north and crosses Freedom Parkway again, entering the
Poncey-Highland neighborhood which takes part of its name from the avenue.
Crossing Amsterdam Ave., North Highland Ave. enters
Morningside/Lenox Park, then ends at the intersection with Johnson Road.[1]
Business districts
The North Highland corridor connects multiple small business districts within each neighborhood in Morningside, Virginia-Highland, Poncey Highland, Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward. Local businesses market the corridor as the "Highland Corridor".[2][3]
Events
The same Highland corridor is the focus of one of the annual
Atlanta Streets Alive pedestrian and cycling events.[4]
Traffic
North Highland Avenue is the focus of a traffic and pedestrian study by the City of Atlanta.[5]
^"North Highland Avenue Study". atlantaga.gov. Bureau of Planning, Department of Planning, Development and Neighborhood Conservation, City of Atlanta. December 1999. Retrieved June 1, 2018.