Lombard Street is a major street in Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

. It forms a one-way pair

One-way pair

A one-way pair, one-way couple, or just couplet is a pair of parallel, usually one-way streets that carry opposite directions of a signed route or major traffic flow, or sometimes opposite directions of a bus or streetcar route....

 of streets with Pratt Street

Pratt Street

Pratt Street is a major street in Baltimore. It forms a one-way pair of streets with Lombard Street that run west-east through downtown Baltimore. For most of their route, Pratt Street is one-way in an eastbound direction, and Lombard Street is one way westbound. Both streets begin in west...

 that run west-east through downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore is the section of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, Mt. Royal Avenue to the north, President Street to the east and the Inner Harbor area to the south. It consists of four neighborhoods: Westside, City Centre, Inner Harbor, and...

. For most of their route, Pratt Street is one-way in an eastbound direction, and Lombard Street is one way westbound. Both streets begin in west Baltimore at Frederick Avenue

Maryland Route 144

Maryland Route 144 is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These highways are sections of old alignment of U.S. Route 40 between Cumberland and Baltimore...

 and end in Butcher's Hill at Patterson Park Avenue. Since 2005, these streets have been open to two-way traffic from Broadway up until their end at Patterson Park

Patterson Park

Patterson Park is a public park in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The park is bordered by East Baltimore Street on the north, Eastern Avenue on the south, South Patterson Park Avenue on the west, and South Linwood Avenue on the east...

.

To the east of Patterson Park, both Pratt and Lombard Streets start again. Lombard Streets continues mostly as a multilane street up until Kane Street. Lombard, which is known as Lombard Street East in this area, with part of an interchange

Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

 with the Harbor Tunnel Thruway

Interstate 895 (Maryland)

Interstate 895 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, the highway runs between one junction with I-95 in Elkridge and another interchange with I-95 on the east side of Baltimore. I-895 is a toll road that crosses the Patapsco River estuary...

 and access to Bayview Medical Center.

Lombard Street is one of Downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore is the section of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, Mt. Royal Avenue to the north, President Street to the east and the Inner Harbor area to the south. It consists of four neighborhoods: Westside, City Centre, Inner Harbor, and...

's older streets. Its name comes from the Italian town Guardia Lombardi

Guardia Lombardi

Guardia Lombardi is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

, as Lombard Street was originally an Italian settlement. It has undergone many changes over the past hundred years but became famous for its Corned Beef row.

Corned Beef Row

"Corned Beef Row" is a stretch of East Lombard Street that was once the center of Jewish life in Baltimore. Today, only a few landmarks remain. Notable is Attman's Delicatessen, founded in 1915, which is famous throughout the city for its hot corned beef sandwiches. Attman's Delicatessen was founded by Harry Attman. Harry had 3 sons: Edward Attman (founder of Acme Paper & Supply http://www.acmepaper.com), Seymour Attman, and Leanord Attman (founder of Attman Properties). Since Harry, the deli has been operated by his son Seymour and now Harry's grandson Marc Attman. Attman's Delicatessen is the oldest Jewish deli in the country still operated by the original family.

Jewish Museum and B'nai Israel

The Jewish Museum of Maryland

The Jewish Museum of Maryland

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The museum tells the story of the American Jewish experience in the city of Baltimore and throughout the US state of Maryland....

 is located on Lloyd Street near Lombard. The museum campus includes the historic Lloyd Street and B'nai Israel Synagogue and a modern museum building with changing exhibition galleries and research library.
B'nai Israel Synagogue is an active, 200 family congregation housed in a 133 year old building. The synagogue currently holds services every Shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbat is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. Shabbat is observed from a few minutes before sunset on Friday evening until a few minutes after when one would expect to be able to see three stars in the sky on Saturday night. The exact times, therefore, differ from...

 and Jewish HolyDay, and classes covering various topics three weeknights. Rabbi Alan Yuter is the current spiritual leader (his essays ).

Other notable landmarks

• Little Italy neighborhood
• Baltimore City Community College
  Baltimore City Community College
  Baltimore City Community College is a community college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1947 and has about 7,200 students enrolled in one of its three campuses...
  
   Harbor Campus
• Port Discovery (nearby)
• Bromo Seltzer Tower