# Blueball Avenue. Or, best street names ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162 "2009-04-23T22:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/41 "2009-04-24T17:52:08Z")
Del Mar, California, has Little Orphan Alley. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/42 "2009-04-24T19:40:01Z")
In San Jose, there is a Sajak Avenue, right around the corner from Vanna Court. J. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/43 "2009-04-24T19:41:33Z")
There’s an [Infinite Loop](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=nl) in Cupertino, CA – where the Apple, Inc. office is. J. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/44 "2009-04-24T19:44:01Z")
Where _is_ Infinite Loop? At the corner of Infinite Loop and Infinite Loop? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/45 "2009-04-24T20:36:02Z")
> [@jharvey963](#): > > In San Jose, there is a Sajak Avenue, right around the corner from Vanna Court. > > J. OK, it’s not official, but it’s fun: [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Regis/regis.html](http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Regis/regis.html) ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/46 "2009-04-24T20:39:26Z")
I live a few blocks from the [intersection of Seaman & Cumming](http://wikimapia.org/3768296/Intersection-of-Seaman-Avenue-and-Cumming-Street). ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/47 "2009-04-24T20:50:32Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Going by the map in the article, and Google Streetview, the only sign in the location given for Grope Countlane is ‘Tesco Metro’… I’d be surprised if it appears on Google streetview at all - it’s one of those cobbled streets not accessible by car, like quite a few in that area. That’s for Gropecunt Lane and Cock Alley - I can’t remember where I saw Pissing Alley. Never mind. I can only say ‘yes, I saw this with my own eyes in real life, when accompanied by a load of teenage EFL students who definitely did know the meaning of Cock.’ It’s not something I can transfer to the internet as a cite, so as far as you know, I could be making it up - and there’s not a lot I can do to prove otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/48 "2009-04-24T22:28:01Z")
My college has houses on the former ‘Gropecunt Lane’ in Oxford (I lived in one for a while). Now the street is the much more boring ‘Magpie Lane’ though. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/49 "2009-04-24T22:48:52Z")
> [@scifisam2009](#): > > I’d be surprised if it appears on Google streetview at all - it’s one of those cobbled streets not accessible by car, like quite a few in that area. That’s for Gropecunt Lane and Cock Alley - I can’t remember where I saw Pissing Alley. What I meant was that the particular one Wikipedia highlights has completely disappeared, the alley in question simply not existing anymore. Did you really, genuinely see ‘Gropecunt Lane’ on a proper street sign? A lot of historians will be interested, on top of the Wikipedia editors. (I stand by ‘Cock Anything’ being a red herring, mind!) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/50 "2009-04-25T00:40:20Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I think Blueball is also a town in Pennsylvania. Right near Intercourse. (no, really) In Lancaster County. IIRC. It is supposedly a factual statement that the road from Blue Ball to Paradise goes through Intercourse. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/51 "2009-04-25T00:57:24Z")
[Scenes from Lizard Lick NC](http://www.lizardlicktowing.com/gpage2.html) It’s an actual crossroads community, pre-dating the larger Wendell and Zebulon nearby. It was named after a salt lick that attracted lizards among other things. It had its 15 minutes of fame when whatever game-maker does the Mario stuff introduced Yoshi, a lizard that racks up points by catching things with its tongue, and had the world premiere of its new game there. In point of fact, the Southeast headquarters for Georgia Pacific is located there. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/52 "2009-04-25T03:30:21Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > What I meant was that the particular one Wikipedia highlights has completely disappeared, the alley in question simply not existing anymore. Did you really, genuinely see ‘Gropecunt Lane’ on a proper street sign? A lot of historians will be interested, on top of the Wikipedia editors. (I stand by ‘Cock Anything’ being a red herring, mind!) Yes, definitely. It’s in the Soho area-ish (maybe further South?), and it’d be a bit odd for historians to have missed it. It wouldn’t be as surprising that it hadn’t been added to Wikipedia. Next time I’m there, I’ll take photos. There are tons of Cock Roads (and so on), though, so I’m not sure why you’re so certain that’s a red herring. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/53 "2009-04-25T03:59:53Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > [Scenes from Lizard Lick NC](http://www.lizardlicktowing.com/gpage2.html) > > It’s an actual crossroads community, pre-dating the larger Wendell and Zebulon nearby. It was named after a salt lick that attracted lizards among other things. It had its 15 minutes of fame when whatever game-maker does the Mario stuff introduced Yoshi, a lizard that racks up points by catching things with its tongue, and had the world premiere of its new game there. In point of fact, the Southeast headquarters for Georgia Pacific is located there. The high point of my year was when this January when I turned off at the Zebulon exit of (2?)64 to gas up and found myself in Lizard Lick. I’ve been looking for that place for _years._ ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/54 "2009-04-25T04:58:22Z")
Off of I5 in Northern California there are two exits on right after the other. Balls Ferry Hooker Creek Road ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/55 "2009-04-25T05:21:09Z")
There used to be a regular road sign near the MSP airport that read: E 62th St. I always meant to take a picture of it, but never did, and now that street is gone and there’s a runway there. Darn. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/56 "2009-04-25T10:31:44Z")
In downtown Halifax, NS, there is a Trollope St. Based on the spelling, I’m guessing it wasn’t named for having been a “red light” district. ---
**Author:** ![Moglet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/57 "2009-04-25T10:58:33Z")
In Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia there is “Ernst Wanke” Road. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/58 "2009-04-25T11:45:55Z")
> [@scifisam2009](#): > > There are tons of Cock Roads (and so on), though, so I’m not sure why you’re so certain that’s a red herring. For the reason I gave, that there were once far more cockpits than red light districts. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/59 "2009-04-25T13:35:15Z")
Redding CA, I deliver mail to Lois Lane, one of the other routes has Easy Street. (Nice place, but I expected better…) and I pass the intersection of Xanadu and Hootenanny. I’ve always how the neighbors get along there??? ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162/60 "2009-04-25T14:09:02Z")
> [@katie1341](#): > > There’s a tiny little street in Louisville, Ky called Nanny Goat Strut Alley. It’s about a block away from Billy Goat Strut Alley near the Butchertown neighborhood. We also have Third Street Road and Seventh Street Road (they eventually lead to Third and Seventh Streets, ok?), Old New Cut Road, and an intersection where Old New Cut Road meets Penile Road. At that same intersection is one of three versions of Manslick Road, none of which are connected or in the same part of the city. We also have an intersection where Happiness Way and Delightful Way meet. And don’t get me started on how Louisvillians give directions. Vlad/Igor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueball-avenue-or-best-street-names-ever/494162.md?page=4)