Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. Since the 1970s, the name Algiers Point has also referred to the neighborhood in the immediate vicinity of that point. People from Algiers Point are known as Algierines, or Algerines.
Algiers Point in 1922
Rounding Algiers Point A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right
Algiers Point houses Late 19th-century houses at the corner of Delaronde and Olivier Streets
Algiers Point sign
Algiers is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. It was once home to many jazz musicians and is also the second oldest neighborhood in the city.
Shotgun houses in Old Algiers
Algiers Point sign