Where to Find It
About one mile northeast of downtown, bordered by Park Avenue, Downing Street, Stout Street and Tremont Place.
Getting There
Cab fare to Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library at Welton and 24th $6.50 (approx.)
RTD: Light Rail Line D can be picked up downtown at 16th and California and it ends in Five Points
Locals Know
Restaurants in this neighborhood serve up some of the best Caribbean, soul food, catfish, and BBQ you’ll find anywhere. Five Points includes the neighborhoods surrounding the intersection of Washington Street, 27th Street, 26th Avenue, and Welton Street – the junction between the downtown diagonal grid and the rectangular grid of East Denver neighborhood causes this intersection to be five-way, hence the name.
Special Events
Every June, Five Points celebrates
Juneteenth, commemorating the day African Americans in Texas first heard of the Emancipation Proclamation. The festival attracts 100,000 people every year, with a parade and music filling the streets.