The West End is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of Providence, Rhode Island in the region often referred to as the South Side.

In 1739, Obidiah Brown built the Hoyle Tavern at the intersections of Westminster and Cranston Streets, near present-day Classical High School.

Following the urban decline of the 1930s, the West End has become a slowly decaying inner city neighborhood as middle class residents left.

In 2019, the City Plan Commission granted approval for redevelopment of the former Citizens Bank Building and five adjacent lots at Canonicus Square, at the intersection of Cranston and Westminster Streets, an area considered to be the gateway to the West End.

[5] According to the Providence Plan, a local nonprofit aimed at improving city life, half of all West End residents are Hispanic while 19% are African-American, 14% white, 13% Asian, and 1.6% Native American.