# More bizarre street names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600 "2007-10-30T18:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/21 "2007-10-30T22:08:47Z")
Just north of the town I lived in earlier this year, Bend OR, there’s a street named Odem Medo. Apparently, it’s spelled the same way at the other end of the road, as well. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/22 "2007-10-30T22:27:09Z")
[Gropecunt Lane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/23 "2007-10-30T22:27:23Z")
Here in Bloomington, IN, there’s a Nehrt Road and a Banta Ave. (actually a ridiculously narrow, obscure road out in the sticks, not an avenue at all.) It always reminds me of the Banthas from Star Wars. Go out on Old State Road 46, heading towards Nashville, and there’s a Scarce-O-Fat road. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/24 "2007-10-30T22:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] There’s a [Random St.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Random+St.,+Etobicoke,+ON&sll=43.659505,-79.543827&sspn=0.006644,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=43.659505,-79.543827&spn=0.006644,0.014591&z=16&om=1) in Toronto, ON. I’ve no idea where it goes. [/QUOTE] I’ll have to steal a sign. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/25 "2007-10-30T23:11:21Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] Several _Star Trek:TNG_ themed streets here. [Warp Drive.](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Warp+Dr,+Turlock,+CA+95380,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title) [/QUOTE] [Star Trek Court](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=star+trek+ct,+raleigh,+nc&sll=35.82905,-78.57806&sspn=0.007446,0.014462&ie=UTF8&ll=35.830114,-78.57806&spn=0.007446,0.014462&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1), along with several other space-themed streets. There’s also a Memory Lane in that area. ---
**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/26 "2007-10-30T23:15:32Z")
I had a college friend who lived in a subdivision where every street was sage something or other: Sage Way, Sage trail, Sage Ridge. Terrible to find your way around. On the other hand, I liked the area in Big Bear, California where the streets were named after characters from Peter Pan. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/27 "2007-10-30T23:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Do I actually get to be first to mention [Zzyzx Rd?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California) It always comes up in these threads but I always get beaten to it. [/QUOTE] It was in the other thread, but I guess technically you win this time! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/28 "2007-10-31T00:50:39Z")
There’s a neighborhood in Jacksonville, FL, with Miss Muffet Lane (N, S, and W), Bo Peep Dr (N & W), Pinnochio Dr, Goldilocks Lane, Jack Horner Lane, Tinkerbell Lane, Queen of Hearts Court, Looking Glass Lane… I always wondered how those names affected property values. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/29 "2007-10-31T01:43:59Z")
There are a bunch of streets in the Sydney suburb **Castlecrag** named after parts of Edinburgh castle: The Parapet, The Rampart, The Scarp, The Tor Walk, The High Tor, The Bastion, The Barbette, The Postern, The Bulwark, The Battlement, The Citadel, and my favourite The Sortie Port. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/30 "2007-10-31T03:09:48Z")
In a small town just east of Houston named Crosby Texas, there is a small residential area on the north end of town. The streets that lead in to the subdivision are named Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod. I never had time to go through and see what the other streets in the subdivision were named. I wish I had MADE the time! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/31 "2007-10-31T03:30:59Z")
[QUOTE=Swampwolf] In North or South Carolina (can’t remember which) there is a Gulf War Ln. A block from where I grew up, Manly intersected Tinkerbell. That was good for a laugh through adolescence. [/QUOTE] Hey! That last one is here in Chapel Hill, NC; my Honey grew up in that neighborhood, too, and laughed at the same intersection name. Do y’all know each other? Mid-forties, Chapel Hill HS. Small dang world! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/32 "2007-10-31T03:32:44Z")
Driving from DC on I-66 towards the Shenandoah Valley, there is an overpass crossing Dismal Hollow Road. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/33 "2007-11-19T20:45:00Z")
Just came across another one: [Lefthand Circle in Longmont, CO](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=lefthand+cir.,+longmont,+co&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.019527,74.091797&ie=UTF8&ll=40.141295,-105.122466&spn=0.0057,0.009044&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&om=1). Maybe it’s a one-way street that goes counter-clockwise. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/34 "2007-11-19T20:53:32Z")
Would you spend $625,000 to live on [Redneck Ave in Little Ferry](http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_Jersey/Little_Ferry/sold/350027-29-Redneck-Ave-Little-Ferry-NJ-07643)? Try getting anything delivered there. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/35 "2007-11-19T21:15:38Z")
Athens, GA, is the proud home of Nowhere RD. Another road, Plum Nelly, actually crosses itself at an intersection. Not quite a disruption of the time space continuum, I know, but odd for a road. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/36 "2007-11-19T21:51:55Z")
Heading down the I-5 South to San Diego, you will see a sign for Las Pulgas Road. I believe it means “The Fleas.” Let me know if I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/37 "2007-11-19T22:01:39Z")
Out in the Hamptons, on the east end of Long Island: [Weesuck Avenue](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Weesuck+Ave,+East+Quogue,+Suffolk,+New+York+11942,+United+States&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.630055,59.941406&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,40.844760,-72.575110&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1) Yeah, they suck out there. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/38 "2007-11-19T22:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Would you spend $625,000 to live on [Redneck Ave in Little Ferry](http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_Jersey/Little_Ferry/sold/350027-29-Redneck-Ave-Little-Ferry-NJ-07643)? Try getting anything delivered there. [/QUOTE] Is there, and if there isn’t there should be, an alcoholic beverage company located there with the tagline “Got a Little Ferry in you?” ---
**Author:** ![HighAnxiety](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e274bd/32.png) [@HighAnxiety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HighAnxiety)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/39 "2007-11-19T22:11:57Z")
Not too bizarre, but note worthy and just down the street from me in Toronto, is **Memory Lane**. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/40 "2007-11-19T22:18:59Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] [Gropecunt Lane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane) [/QUOTE] I used to live right there (the one in Oxford). It’s Magpie Lane now, ha ha. One of the college buildings used to be a brothel (no, I am not making this up). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600.md?page=3)