Carrollton Avenue is a major thoroughfare stretching 3.9 miles (6.3 km) across the Uptown/Carrollton and Mid-City districts of New Orleans.
This area is a mix of commercial and residential and is home to such landmarks as the Notre Dame Seminary and the Rock n' Bowl.
Carrollton is entirely commercial between Earhart Boulevard and Tulane Avenue and maintains three lanes in each direction.
Jesuit High School, an elite all-male Roman Catholic institution, is located at the corner of Carrollton and Banks Street.
[2] In addition to the Carrollton spurs of both the Canal Streetcar Line and St. Charles Streetcar Lines, two transit routes, operated by New Orleans Public Service at first and later New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, were assigned to South/North Carrollton Avenue: one local (est.