| Street |
District |
Neighborhood |
Origin of Name |
Notes |
| Barracks Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A military barracks was located on this street |
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| Bienville Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, founder of New Orleans and three term governor of colonial French Louisiana |
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| Burgundy Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duke of Burgundy |
Formerly known as Craps Street in the Marigny until 1852 |
| Cabildo Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
The Cabildo, former seat of Spanish government |
Known as Exchange Passage until 1924 |
| Canal Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A planned canal to extend Cardondelot Canal to the Mississippi River, which was never constructed |
Serves as the divider between 'North' and 'South' street designations |
| Chartres Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc de Chartres, a title of the Orleans family |
|
| Clinton Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
One of three possibilities; [{DeWitt Clinton]], [{George Clinton]], or Sir Henry Clinton |
|
| Conti Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Prince of Conti, illegitimate son of Louis XIV |
|
Dauphine Street
Rue Dauphine |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Le Dauphin, eldest son of the king of France or his wife |
Formerly known as Greatmen Street in the Marigny |
| Decatur Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Commodore Stephen Decatur, U.S. Navy |
Formerly Levee Street (Rue de la Quai) until 1870 |
| Dorsiere Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Eugene Dorsiere lived on on this street |
|
| Dumaine Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc du Maine, illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan |
|
| Esplanade Avenue |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
French word for a flat, open stretch of land. Soldiers used this area for drills |
|
| Exchange Place |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Back entrance to the Merchants Exchange |
|
| French Market Place |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
French Market |
Formerly Gallatin Street |
| North Front Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Closest street to the river |
|
| Governor Nicholls Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
General and two term Louisiana Governor Francis Tillou Nicholls |
Formerly Arsenal Street until approx 1729 and then Hospital Street until 1909 |
| Iberville Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, older brother of Bienville |
Formerly Custonhouse Street |
| Madison Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
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| Orleans Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc d'Orléans, the city's namesake |
|
| Pere Antoine Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Antonio de Sedella, a Capuchin priest |
|
| North Peters Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Samuel Jarvis Peters, businessman and civic leader |
|
| Pirate Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Jean Lafitte |
|
| North Rampart Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Location of the city's original defensive fortifications |
Formerly Love Street until 1852 |
| Royal Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Royal family of France |
|
| St. Ann Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A favored saint baptismal names of the Orleans family |
|
| St. Louis Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
King Louis IX, patron saint of France |
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| St. Peter Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A favored saint baptismal names of the Orleans family |
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| St. Philip Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Phillippe, duc d'Orléans |
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| Toulouse Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Comte de Toulouse, illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan |
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| Ursulines Avenue |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
The Ursuline Convent was located on this street |
Formerly St. Adrien Street and later St. Ursula Street |
| Wilkinson Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
General James C. Wilkinson, received the Lousiana Purchasealong with William C.C. Claiborne |
Formerly Jefferson Street until 1924 |
