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Hollygrove, New Orleans — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hollygrove is a neighborhood at the upriver edge of Uptown New Orleans, against the Jefferson Parish line, the 17th Ward where Lil Wayne grew up.
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Where to stay in Hollygrove
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Hollygrove is residential, so hotel rooms are scarce inside its own streets. Visitors who base here trade nightlife for quiet, and lean on short-term rentals rather than front-desk hotels. The draw is proximity: Carrollton and its streetcar sit minutes away, and Tulane University's campus, with Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, is a short ride down South Carrollton Avenue.
For a fuller choice of beds, most travellers look to Uptown proper or the Central Business District. Base here for calm, not for sightseeing.
Things to do in and around New Orleans
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Museums & Galleries
1- Newcomb Art Gallery
Churches & Religious Sites
3- First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans
- Metropolitan Community Church of New Orleans
- Mater Dolorosa Church, New Orleans
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Wedell Monument
- Dreux Monument
- Jefferson Davis Monument
Stadiums & Sports
2- Greer Field at Turchin Stadium
- Crescent City Base Ball Park
Parks & Gardens
1- White City
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About Hollygrove
What are the main landmarks in Hollygrove?
Hollygrove is mostly houses, not monuments. Its sights sit just beyond the neighborhood's edges. The nearest is Mater Dolorosa Church, whose tower rises over South Carrollton Avenue in adjacent Carrollton.
A short way toward the river, Tulane University's Uptown campus holds the Newcomb Art Gallery, Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, and John Ryan Stadium. First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans stands on the Uptown side, and long before any of it the Crescent City Base Ball Park drew crowds to this corner of the city.
What is the history of Hollygrove?
Hollygrove grew in the early twentieth century, filling the low ground behind Carrollton, an older river town that New Orleans annexed in 1874. The houses spread inland as the 17th Ward built out. Most of it stayed working-class.
Its streets flooded badly when the levees failed during Hurricane Katrina. The rapper Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter, grew up on these streets and carried the neighborhood's name into his music.
Where is Hollygrove?
Hollygrove occupies the far upriver corner of Uptown, hard against the Jefferson Parish line. Monticello Avenue traces that parish boundary, while Airline Highway and the Palmetto Canal frame the neighborhood's other edges. Carrollton sits on the river side, nearer the Mississippi and the streetcar that runs down South Carrollton Avenue.
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Updated October 2026