Baltimore Public Markets

The city of Baltimore currently has six public markets across the city. The Baltimore Public Market System is the oldest continuously operating public market system in the United States.^[1] Today, the markets are administered by the Baltimore Public Market Corporation, which was established in 1995 as a non-profit organization.^[2]

In 1751, twenty years after the founding of Baltimore Town, the first public market house was introduced.^[3] Twelve years later, the first market was constructed. At the peak of their operation, there were eleven markets across the city.^[4] Responsibility for the markets interchanged to the Baltimore Comptroller's Office in 1857, and then transferred again to the Mayor's Office in 1983.^[5]

Name	Built	Address	Coordinates	Notes
Avenue Market	1871	1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217	39°18′13″N 76°38′09″W / 39.3037°N 76.6357°W / 39.3037; -76.6357 (Avenue Market)	Serves the Upton neighborhood. Originally named Lafayette Market until it was changed in 1996, following an extensive renovation.[6]
Broadway Market	1786	1640–41 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21231	39°17′03″N 76°35′36″W / 39.2842°N 76.5934°W / 39.2842; -76.5934 (Broadway Market)	One of the first three markets to serve the city. Originally named Fells Point Market but was then relocated to the center of Broadway.[7]
Cross Street Market	1846	1065 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230	39°16′36″N 76°36′48″W / 39.2768°N 76.6133°W / 39.2768; -76.6133 (Cross Street Market)	Serves the Federal Hill-SoBo neighborhoods of Baltimore. In 2015, it was announced that the market would be renovated.[8] Work began in 2018, with a reopening in phases beginning in May, 2019.[9]
Hollins Market	1838	26 S. Arlington Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21223	39°17′15″N 76°38′10″W / 39.2875°N 76.6360°W / 39.2875; -76.6360 (Hollins Market)	Named after the Hollins family of Union Square, who owned the land surrounding the market.[10]
Lexington Market	1782	400 W. Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21201	39°17′29″N 76°37′18″W / 39.2915°N 76.6218°W / 39.2915; -76.6218 (Lexington Market)	Built on land provided by John Eager Howard,[11] this is one of the longest-running public markets in the world. The market also features notable Baltimore foods, such as Berger Cookies and Faidley's Seafood.
Northeast Market	1885	2101 E. Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205	39°17′53″N 76°35′15″W / 39.2981°N 76.5876°W / 39.2981; -76.5876 (Northeast Market)	Was constructed nearly 100 years after Broadway Market, during the time of the construction of Johns Hopkins Hospital.[12]