Bankhead is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It is surrounded by Grove Park to the west, Washington Park and Hunter Hills to the south. To the east and northeast are Hills Park, Knight Park, English Avenue and Blandtown. It is also flanked by Rockdale to the northwest. At its center is MARTA's Bankhead station and the city's Maddox Park. The neighborhood schools are The B.E.S.T. Academy, Grove Park Elementary, A.D. Williams Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson Elementary School, Alfred Blalock Elementary School, and Frederick Douglass High School.
The neighborhood's name comes from Bankhead Highway, a thoroughfare that has since been renamed the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (for a civil rights attorney who lived near Bankhead in the nearby affluent and historic Collier Heights neighborhood).
The boundaries of Bankhead are Jefferson Street to the north (a few blocks North of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), Joseph E. Boone Blvd to the south, Joseph E. Lowery Blvd to the east and Chappell Rd to the west.
bankhead, atlanta, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bankhead Atlanta news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bankhead is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta Georgia It is surrounded by Grove Park to the west Washington Park and Hunter Hills to the south To the east and northeast are Hills Park Knight Park English Avenue and Blandtown It is also flanked by Rockdale to the northwest At its center is MARTA s Bankhead station and the city s Maddox Park The neighborhood schools are The B E S T Academy Grove Park Elementary A D Williams Elementary School Carter G Woodson Elementary School Alfred Blalock Elementary School and Frederick Douglass High School BankheadNeighborhoodMaddox ParkBankheadLocation in AtlantaCoordinates 33 46 18 N 84 25 09 W 33 77155 N 84 41918 W 33 77155 84 41918CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCityAtlantaTime zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT The neighborhood s name comes from Bankhead Highway a thoroughfare that has since been renamed the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway for a civil rights attorney who lived near Bankhead in the nearby affluent and historic Collier Heights neighborhood The boundaries of Bankhead are Jefferson Street to the north a few blocks North of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Joseph E Boone Blvd to the south Joseph E Lowery Blvd to the east and Chappell Rd to the west Culture EditBankhead is also the former home to artists T I 1 2 Young Dro 3 P C Dem Franchize Boyz 2 Shop Boyz and D4L 2 Shawty Lo also claims he is from Bankhead in the Bowen Homes housing projects which is located in the Brookview Heights neighborhood The 1990s Bankhead Bounce dance performed by Michael Jackson at the 1995 MTV Music Video Awards was named after the neighborhood 2 See also EditBankhead Courts a demolished public housing complex References Edit Meadows Ingram Benjamin August 2007 Me Myself and I Vibe pp 80 89 retrieved February 14 2014 a b c d Hess Mickey 2009 Hip Hop in America A Regional Guide ABC CLIO p 469 ISBN 9780313343216 Sarig Roni 2007 Third Coast Outkast Timbaland and How Hip Hop Became a Southern Thing Da Capo Press ISBN 9780306816475 This Atlanta Georgia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bankhead Atlanta amp oldid 1071200713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
