17th Ward of New Orleans
The 17th Ward is one of the 17 wards of New Orleans, a section of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 17th Ward is one of the 17 wards of New Orleans, a section of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The 17th Ward, along with the 16th, was formed when the city of New Orleans annexed city of Carrollton in 1870.
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Worth seeing in and around 17th Ward of New Orleans
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Saint Alphonsus Church
St. Alphonsus Church is a historic former church building at 2029 Constance Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
3.2 km · church building in Louisiana, United States of America · Wikipedia - 02George Washington Cable House
The George Washington Cable House is a historic house at 1313 8th Street, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Built in 1874, it was the home of George Washington Cable, an American writer who described Creole life, during the period in which he rose to national prominence.
3.8 km · historic house in Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 03Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
3.8 km · cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Assumption Church
St. Mary's Assumption Church is a National Historic Landmark church at Constance and Josephine Streets in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. The church was completed in 1860, built for the swelling German Catholic immigrant population in the Lower Garden District section of the city.
3.1 km · church building in New Orleans, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Pikachu
Lower Garden District is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: St.
3.9 km · outdoor fiberglass sculpture in New Orleans, US · Wikipedia - 06Brechtel Park
Brechtel Park is a 120 acre urban park in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. The park was founded in 1971 using funds from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and is maintained by the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways.
3.8 km · park in Louisiana, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07David Crockett Fire Hall and Pumper
The David Crockett Fire Hall and Pumper, at 205 Lafayette St. in Gretna, Louisiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
1.6 km · building in Gretna, Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 08Oakwood Center
Oakwood Center is a major shopping mall in Terrytown, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area. It was originally named "Oakwood Mall", and some signage and local usage continue to call it that.
2.2 km · shopping mall in Louisiana, United States · Wikipedia - 09Old Jefferson Parish Courthouse
The Old Jefferson Parish Courthouse is a historic three-story building in Gretna, Louisiana. It was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architect R.S. Soule, and built in 1907.
1.5 km · historic three-story building in Gretna, Louisiana · Wikipedia
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Getting to 17th Ward of New Orleans
- Airports
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 22 km · Pensacola (PNS), 283 km
- Pensacola → 17th Ward of New Orleans285 km · quickest by road, 5h 13m · $27–37
- Houston → 17th Ward of New Orleans506 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · $190–280
- Birmingham → 17th Ward of New Orleans7303 km · quickest by air, 16h 22m · £940–1,440
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for 17th Ward of New Orleans. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the French Quarter or Central Business District, take the Ferry across the river from the foot of Canal Street.
- Get inBear in mind that the ferry does not run all night (hours at nolaferry.com) departing from the CBD side on the :15 and :45, and departing from the Algiers side on the hour and half hour.
- Go nextThe ferry at Algiers Point connects to the foot of Canal Street, the boundary of the French Quarter and the Central Business District.
From Wikivoyage: New Orleans/Algiers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to 17th Ward of New Orleans
17th Ward of New Orleans is 6 km from New Orleans, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gretnasecond-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana1.1 km
- Harveyunincorporated suburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana2.3 km
- Terrytownsuburban community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States2.5 km
- Timberlanehuman settlement in Louisiana, United States of America3.8 km
- Garden Districthuman settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America3.7 km
- Lower Garden Districthuman settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America3.4 km