The following streets and alleys, or portions thereof, are officially ordained as public streets and alleys in the Borough of Downingtown:
Street/Alley | Description | Date Ordained | Ordinance Number |
|---|---|---|---|
Acorn Lane | From Chestnut Street east a distance of 915 feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet: originally ordained "Woodbine Alley" | 2-15-1889 9-10-1990 | |
Name changed to Acorn Lane | 10-5-1953 | ||
Ash Alley | From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of 386 feet to Highland Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Aston Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 934.5 feet to William Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 12-5-1927 | |
From Pennsylvania Avenue north a distance of 599.7 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway 33 feet | 3-7-1949 | ||
Ax Alley | From Manor Avenue west a distance of 536.2 feet, then north a distance of 327.6 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet | 12-7-1931 | |
Beech Street | From Lancaster Avenue south to Jefferson Avenue | 9-7-1968 | |
Black Hawk Circle | Private road | ||
Boot Road | From Brandywine Avenue east to east Borough line (designated L.R. 15097) | 6-20-1859 | |
Bradford Avenue | From railroad depot south to Borough line | 6-20-1859 | |
Improvements | 6-4-1968 7-11-1990 | 90-12 | |
Brandywine Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line | 6-20-1859 | |
From old Borough line south a distance of 497.5 feet to Boot Road | 5-7-1923 | ||
Improvements | 10-2-1883 5-13-1892 6-5-1950 | ||
Brown Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue south to Sycamore Alley; originally ordained as "2nd Street" | 3-3-1873 | |
Name changed to Brown Avenue | 1-31-1955 | ||
Buchanan Alley | From James Alley west to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet | 3-3-1873 | |
Carpenter Alley | From Downing Avenue west to North Alley; right-of-way; 20 feet | 9-7-1868 | |
From Downing Avenue east a distance of 318.8 feet to Manor Avenue; right-of-way; 20 feet | 9-7-1925 | ||
Center Square | Intersection of Lancaster Avenue, Brandywine Avenue and Wallace Avenue | 6-20-1859 | |
Chester Alley | From Brandywine Avenue west a distance of 210 feet then south a distance of 455 feet, then east a distance of 212 feet back to Brandywine Avenue; right-of-way: 20 feet | 6-23-1900 | |
Chesterfield Drive | From North Lake Drive east and south a distance of 2,028.48 feet to Sunset Drive; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
Chestnut Street | From Lancaster Avenue south to old Borough line | 3-3-1873 | |
From old Borough line south a distance of 705 feet to Boot Road (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 | |
Improvements | 6-5-1893 | ||
Church Street | From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 3-3-1873 10-6-1890 | |
From old Borough line west, then south to Prospect Avenue; right-of-way: 54 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 3-8-1965 | 601 | |
Church Street, East | From St. Joseph Lane east a distance of 217.5 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 28 feet | 6-18-1904 | |
Coal Alley | From Hunt Avenue west a distance of 1,283 feet to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873); right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Court Drive | From King Street southeast a distance of 210 feet, then south a distance of 265 feet, then west a distance of 310 feet back to King Street | 4-12-1954 | |
Cox Alley | From Washington Avenue south, then east to Pennsylvania Railroad property line; right-of-way: 20 feet | 3-3-1873 | |
From Green Street east to Chestnut Street | 1-23-1900 | ||
David Circle | From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 226.14 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
Devon Circle | From Farmhouse Road north a distance of 293 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
Donofrio Drive | From Prospect Avenue north, then curving in a northeasterly direction approximately 900 feet to a point parallel with the eastern boundary lines of Tax Parcel Nos. 11-56-12 and 11-56-13; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 11-13-1991 | 91-22 |
Downing Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue | 9-7-1868 | |
Relocated to intersect with Viaduct Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet | 4-8-1889 | ||
Duff Alley | From Viaduct Avenue south a distance of 206 feet, then west a distance of 400 feet to St. Joseph Lane; right-of-way: 20 feet | 1-7-1901 | |
Dustin Drive | From Pennsylvania Avenue a distance of 25,706 feet to the place of beginning | 4-3-1996 | 96-2 |
Edgerton Alley | From Moore Alley east a distance of 355 feet to Reed Street; right-of-way: 17.3 feet | 5-7-1923 | |
Vacated | 7-5-2017 | 2017-06 | |
Farmhouse Road | From North Lake Drive east and south a distance of 1,358 feet to Uwchlan Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
Forrest Avenue | From Pennsylvania Avenue south a distance of 486 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 43 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 8-9-1954 | |
Gabel Avenue | From Pennsylvania Avenue south to Lancaster Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
Garfield Avenue | From Chestnut Street east a distance of 766 feet to Whiteland Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 2-15-1889 9-10-1900 | |
Glenside Avenue | From Bradford Avenue a distance of 582 feet in a southwesterly direction to Borough line; originally ordained as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Grant Avenue | From Chestnut Street east a distance of 924 feet to Whiteland Avenue | 2-15-1889 | |
From Whiteland Avenue east to cul-de-sac | 1-12-1977 | 77-2 | |
Green Street | From Lancaster Avenue south to Jackson Avenue | 3-3-1873 | |
From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 894 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue (accepted from PennDOT by resolution 2-12-1985); right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 48 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 | |
Harvey Circle | From Highland Avenue south a distance of 230 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
Highland Avenue | From Stuart Avenue west a distance of 2,431 feet to Rock Raymond Road (originally ordained as "Western Avenue" 11-3-1984); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
From Rock Raymond Road west to Gabel Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 | |
Highland Avenue, West | From Forrest Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 8-9-1954 | |
Highland Circle | From Highland Avenue south 230 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
Hunt Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north a distance of 976 feet to William Street; ordained as unnamed street 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
From William Street north a distance of 324 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 2-7-1949 | ||
Jackson Avenue | From Green Street east to Chestnut Avenue | 3-3-1873 | |
Jacqueline Drive | From Prospect Avenue south to cul-de-sac | 7-11-1990 | 90-11 |
James Alley | From Prospect Avenue north to Viaduct Avenue | 3-3-1873 | |
Jefferson Avenue | From Green Street east to Whiteland Avenue | 3-3-1873 | |
Jefferson Avenue (Little) | From Brandywine Avenue east to Pennsylvania Railroad property line | 3-3-1873 | |
Johnson Alley | From James Alley west to old Borough line | 3-3-1873 | |
Karen Drive | From Mark Lane north to cul-de-sac | 7-8-1981 | 81-4 |
Keene Lane | Private road | 7-10-2024 | 2024-05 |
Kennedy Drive | From Chestnut Street west to cul-de-sac | 4-3-1996 | 96-3 |
Kent Circle | From Farmhouse Road north 208 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
King Street | From Pennsylvania Avenue south 810 feet to Lancaster Avenue | 4-12-1954 | |
Lake Drive | From Pennsylvania Avenue north, then east, then southwest a distance of 900 feet back to Lake Drive; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 26 feet | 4-21-1956 | 463 |
Lake Drive, North | From Sunset Drive north 1,058 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 28 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
Lancaster Avenue | From east Borough line to west Borough line (formerly called Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike) | 6-20-1859 | |
Improvements | 7-3-1981 6-16-1903 6-3-1918 10-20-1920 5-7-1921 1-31-1934 6-3-1946 | ||
Laurel Road | Ordained as "Bradford Avenue" | 6-20-1859 | |
Lime Alley | From Whelen Avenue west 1,193 feet to Aston Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Lincoln Avenue | From Green Street east a distance of 981 feet to Chestnut Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
From Whiteland Avenue east to old Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet | 10-2-1893 | ||
From old Borough line east 1,066 feet to Woodbine Road; annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 | |
Little Lane | From Sunset Drive south to Lake Drive | 1-11-1965 | 65-2 |
Lloyd Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north 1,463 feet to north Borough line; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 5-11-1959 | 513 |
Logan Avenue | From Brandywine Avenue east 552 feet to Reed Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 5-7-1923 | |
Vacated | 7-5-2017 | 2017-06 | |
Manor Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue west to Borough line | 6-20-1859 | |
Improvements | 8-7-1933 3-5-1934 3-7-1937 10-14-1957 | ||
Mark Lane | From Whiteland Avenue east to dead end | 7-8-1981 | 81-4 |
Mary Street | From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue | 7-6-1896 | |
From Whelen Avenue west 813 feet to Hunt Avenue; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 8-10-1959 | 514 | |
From Hunt Avenue west 1,029.7 feet to Rock Raymond Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 3-7-1949 | ||
Middle Alley | From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet | 7-6-1896 | |
Mill Road | From Wallace Avenue east 773 feet to Green Street; ordained as "Mill Alley" 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Moore Alley | From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road; right-of-way: 20 feet | 5-7-1923 | |
Vacated | 7-5-2017 | 2017-06 | |
North Alley | From Pennsylvania Avenue north to Manor Avenue | 9-7-1868 | |
Norwood House Road | From east Borough line west to Norwood Road | 1-12-1977 | 77-2 |
Norwood Road | From north Borough line, then south 1,163 feet under Route No. 30 bypass to Borough line north of 4th Lake (annexed from East Caln Township 8-8-1955); right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 25 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Oak Alley | From Pine Alley north to Mary Street; right-of-way: 20 feet | 7-6-1896 | |
Old Lionville Road | From Farmhouse Road north to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
Parke Alley | From Lancaster Avenue south to Washington Avenue | 9-7-1868 | |
Park Lane | From Lancaster Avenue north and east 1,234 feet to Pennsylvania Avenue; originally ordained as "Brandywine Avenue Extension" | 8-15-1921 | |
Name changed to Park Lane | 6-3-1935 | ||
Paul Circle | From Farmhouse Road north 170 feet to cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 9-8-1976 | 76-14 |
Penn Street | From Bradford Avenue west a distance of 1,480 feet; right-of-way: 20 feet | 3-3-1873 10-6-1890 | |
Pennsylvania Avenue | From Manor Avenue west to Aston Avenue (old Borough line) | 6-20-1859 | |
From Aston Avenue west to Lloyd Avenue | 11-10-1958 | 504 | |
From Lloyd Avenue west 400 feet to King Street | 4-12-1954 | ||
From Manor Avenue east 1,675.3 feet to Wallace Avenue; right-of-way: 60 feet/cartway: 40 feet | 8-15-1921 | ||
From east bank of Brandywine Creek east to Uwchlan Avenue | 4-8-1957 | 479 | |
Improvements | 5-29-1882 8-7-1876 | ||
Pine Alley | From Whelen Avenue east to Oak Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet | 7-6-1896 | |
Prospect Avenue | From Bradford Avenue west to old Borough line; right-of-way: 32 feet/cartway: 20 feet | 3-3-1873 10-6-1890 | |
From old Borough line west 615 feet to intersection with Church Street; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 | |
From intersection with Church Street west to Lloyd Avenue | 5-8-1972 | 745 | |
Race Street | From Manor Avenue east to dead end | 6-20-1859 | |
Railroad Alley | From Viaduct Avenue east 288 feet to west property line of Tax Parcel No. 11-7-495; thence, from east property line of Messiah Lutheran Church in an easterly direction 177.25 feet to Borough lands; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Reed Street | From Logan Avenue south 287.3 feet to Boot Road; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 5-7-1923 | |
Rock Raymond Road | From Lancaster Avenue north 358.3 feet to Highland Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
From William Street north 310.4 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 3-7-1949 | ||
St. Joseph Lane | From Viaduct Avenue south to dead end and west to Bradford Avenue | 8-9-1954 | |
Stone Alley | From Whelen Avenue west 1,270.5 feet to Aston Avenue; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Strawberry Alley | From Whelen Avenue east 339 feet to Ash Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
Stuart Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north to Manor Avenue | 6-20-1859 | |
Sunset Drive | From Uwchlan Avenue west and northwest a distance of 1,598 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 |
From Uwchlan Avenue east a distance of 1,024.4 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 34 feet | 9-12-1966 | 639 | |
Sycamore Alley | From Green Street east 974 feet to Chestnut Street; ordained as unnamed alley 3-3-1873; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |
From Whiteland Avenue east 1,592 feet to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet | 6-6-1921 | ||
Talucci Drive | Private road | 7-10-2024 | 2024-05 |
Thomas Road | From Whiteland Avenue east to Karen Drive | 7-8-1981 | 81-4 |
Tutton Alley | From Green Street east 943 feet to Chestnut Street; right-of-way: 20 feet | 9-1-1902 | |
Uwchlan Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough line | 6-20-1859 5-6-1929 | |
Valley View Lane | From Donofrio Drive south approximately 280 feet to the cul-de-sac; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 11-13-1991 | 91-22 |
Viaduct Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue south under the railroad, then west along said railroad to Bradford Avenue; right-of-way, 50 feet | 12-2-1872 | |
Wagner Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue south 392.3 feet to Washington Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet; originally ordained as "3rd Street" | 3-3-1873 6-6-1921 | |
Name changed to Wagner Avenue | 1-31-1955 | ||
Wallace Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue north to north Borough line; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 6-20-1859 2-4-1924 | |
Washington Avenue | From Brandywine Avenue east to Whiteland Avenue | 3-3-1873 | |
From Whiteland Avenue east 503 feet to Wagner Avenue; right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 6-6-1921 | ||
Webster Avenue | From Stuart Avenue east to Downing Avenue | 9-7-1868 | |
Western Alley | From Stuart Avenue east to dead end; right-of-way: 20 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-18 |
Whelen Avenue | From Highland Avenue north 834 feet to Mary Street; right-of-way; 40 feet/cartway; 30 feet | 8-1-1921 | |
From old Mary Street 111 feet north to new Mary Street; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 1-11-1960 | 516 | |
Whiteland Avenue | From Lancaster Avenue south to Lincoln Avenue | 6-20-1859 | |
William Street | From Stuart Avenue west to Hunt Avenue; right-of-way: 40 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 6-9-1881 7-6-1896 12-5-1927 | |
From Hunt Avenue west 1,108 feet to Rock Raymond Road; right-of-way: 42 feet/cartway: 32 feet | 3-7-1949 | ||
Willow Street | From Church Street south to Prospect Avenue | 1-10-1966 | 625 |
Wood Alley | From Beech Street east to Parke Alley; right-of-way: 20 feet | 9-7-1868 | |
Woodbine Road | From Lancaster Avenue south 3,391 feet to Lincoln Avenue (annexed from East Caln Township 1-9-1961); right-of-way: 50 feet/cartway: 30 feet | 10-10-1990 | 90-19 |