# Interesting/Clever Street and Subdivision Names! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831 "2010-01-21T13:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/81 "2013-08-12T04:37:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > There’s a street in a rather bad neighborhood here in Panama that is known as “Salsipuedes,” that is, “Get out if you can.” There’s another one by the same name in Pamplona; Google turned up others in Oviedo, Córdoba (Spain, not Argentina), Madrid, Buenos Aires… it sure seems like a popular name. One day walking down Gavà (Barcelona), I saw a street labeled _Nosesale_ (Impersonal, “you can’t go out”). I thought “that one better be a cul-de-sac…” Yep. It is. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/82 "2013-08-12T05:24:05Z")
In Anderson, IN there’s an addition made up of Riviera Drive, Chevelle Court, Malibu Court, Catalina Drive, and Impala Drive. GM used to employ thousands in Anderson (Delco Remy and Guide Lamp), but no more. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/83 "2013-08-12T12:32:05Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > All these NOVA Dopers When I saw NOVA I was sure it was gonna be Backlick Road (or perhaps Powhite Pkwy.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/84 "2013-08-12T12:33:23Z")
Not far from my house is Street Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/85 "2013-08-12T12:37:10Z")
For international redundancies, I always smile a bit inside when I see a Prospect Street. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/86 "2013-08-12T13:04:27Z")
There is a Redneck Avenue that runs from Little Ferry to Moonachie, New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/87 "2013-08-12T13:27:32Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I once did a home visit in a subdivision where all the streets had the same name. > > So you’d turn from Avalon Ave. to Avalon St. and then make a right onto Avalon Ct. and if you’ve hit Avalon Way you’ve gone too far. It was super confusing. Charlotte, NC was notorious for this - apparently there was some historical person named Sharon, so there are 3-4 **major** roads that were some variant of “Sharon” - many of which intersected. And it also tended to have roads where you had to turn to stay on the same road. I was driving to someone’s house once, and followed his directions, and wound up in South Carolina. He said “I assumed you wouldn’t see that the street name changed”. Yeah, he’d expected me to go straight, but I saw the name change and turned to stay on it. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/88 "2013-08-12T13:35:43Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > When I worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Columbia, Maryland, the subdivisions had really quirky names for some of the streets. The subdivisions themselves have quirky names in Columbia, MD. Like “King’s Contrivance”. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/89 "2013-08-12T14:35:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] Charlotte, NC was notorious for this - apparently there was some historical person named Sharon, so there are 3-4 **major** roads that were some variant of “Sharon” - many of which intersected. [/QUOTE] The same part of town also has about a dozen roads with Park as some part of their name, so we get all sorts of confusion about Park, Park Cedar, Park Sharon Court, Sharon Road, Sharon Lane, Sharon Oaks, Sharon Amity, Park South, and amid all of this is the redundantly named Park Road Park. Some cat named Harris was big here too, (AFAIK, he was the Harris of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain) and you need to watch out for Harris Road, WT Harris Blvd, Harris Center and Harris Houston. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/90 "2013-08-12T14:40:03Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > There’s a road in Gahanna, OH that has a house we might have been interested in, but we won’t even look at it. The town has an interesting name itself - would you even want to live in Hell? The suburb I grew up in has a Lane Road and a Lane Avenue, but no Lane Lane. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/91 "2013-08-12T14:41:19Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > In West Lafayette, Indiana, home of Purdue University and Drew Brees, there is a short street called Brees Way. There’s a street in Doug Flutie’s hometown of Natick, MA called Flutie Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/92 "2013-08-12T15:59:39Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > The same part of town also has about a dozen roads with Park as some part of their name, so we get all sorts of confusion about Park, Park Cedar, Park Sharon Court, Sharon Road, Sharon Lane, Sharon Oaks, Sharon Amity, Park South, and amid all of this is the redundantly named Park Road Park. > > Some cat named Harris was big here too, (AFAIK, he was the Harris of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain) and you need to watch out for Harris Road, WT Harris Blvd, Harris Center and Harris Houston. HAH! Yep, Park Road (one variant of it) was what led me to South Carolina that time. I was going from somewhere near South Park Mall… ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/93 "2013-08-12T16:46:54Z")
Ice Cream Drive. By a famous local ice cream company headquarters. Pebble Beach. Closest beach is Lake Michigan, and even that’s some distance away. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/94 "2013-08-12T16:49:33Z")
I remember driving around in Queensland once, maybe on/near the Gold Coast, and realising all the streets had alliterative names featuring native plants. So Wattle Way, Banksia Boulevard, Callistemon Crescent, etc. I blinked a little to see Ferntree Freeway, which was a tiny cul-de-sac, and in no way met standard expectations for a “freeway.” There’s another Tolkien-themed neighbourhood in San Jose. And in Santa Clara, there’s a mining themed area: Borax Ct, Limestone Rd, Chromite Dr, etc. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/95 "2013-08-12T17:39:37Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The town has an interesting name itself - would you even want to live in Hell? So, it’s Heil in Hell? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/96 "2013-08-12T19:38:11Z")
I used to live near a development called Fresh Impressions. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfyre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfyre/32/9972_2.png) [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/97 "2013-08-12T20:59:26Z")
I used to live on **Zeppelin Drive** in Hanover Park, IL. I never could figure out if it was for the band, the dirigible, or someone’s last name. All the other roads in the subdivision were rather boring and uninspired. I always assumed it had to with the town name having Hanover in it, but none of the other street names were particularly German. Driving into Dixon, IL (which does everything it can to make sure you know that it is Ronald Reagan’s hometown) from I-88 (The Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway), you pass\*\* Bloody Gulch Road\*\*. The story for that rather morbid name is on Dixon’s wiki page. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/98 "2013-08-13T22:49:53Z")
There are 2 frontage roads on either side of I-280 in San Jose, CA. One is called Moorpark and the other is called Parkmoor. J. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/99 "2013-08-14T02:12:51Z")
There is a tiny little street in Corrales, New Mexico named Yippee Calle (Calle is the Spanish word for street, pronounced ki-yay, or more precisely, ki-yeh). ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831/100 "2013-08-14T02:48:03Z")
I once heard of a subdivision where you could drive from Tinker to Evers to Chance streets. Apparently one of the original planners had been a huge Cubs fan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-clever-street-and-subdivision-names/525831.md?page=6)