Sweet Auburn - Neighborhood of Atlanta

Neighborhood of Atlanta

In addition to Auburn Avenue itself, the surrounding neighborhood, also called Sweet Auburn is one of 242 officially recognized neighborhoods of Atlanta. It is bounded by:

• Freedom Parkway and the Old Fourth Ward (formerly the separate Bedford Pine neighborhood) on the north
• Boulevard and the Old Fourth Ward on the east
• the MARTA East-West line and the Oakland and Grant Park neighborhoods on the south, and
• the Downtown Connector and Downtown Atlanta on the west

Sweet Auburn used to be two separate neighborhoods: Grady/Antoine Graves (the Grady Homes housing project) and Butler Street.