# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/61 "2007-11-21T16:07:00Z")
Would it really be so difficult to actually type the name instead of linking to a map that never loads properly for some people (like me!)? This is even more frustrating when everyone then quotes the guy who just posted “there” with a link and comments on the name without ever mentioning the name and again I am left out of a joke, just like all those dammed youtube threads. ☹ Now I’m so frustrated I forgot the name of the road I was going to post. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/62 "2007-11-21T17:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Yep, Magpie is so much more politically correct than Gropecunt! May I present, the corner of [Bangher and Leever](http://www.pbase.com/trike_sheesha/image/10585500). I’m not so sure that’s a real corner, though. [/QUOTE] I guess that tops Wichita’s old intersection of _Harry_ and _Fanny_ (which is no more - some years back the town prudes ganged up and got Fanny [one of a series of streets with women’s names] renamed Greenwood). Just east of Fanny - er, Greenwood - is _Hydraulic_, which some folks find weird, but it never bothered me. There’s also a _Random Road_ here - it jogs back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/63 "2007-11-21T17:35:33Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] [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. [/QUOTE] Perhaps in their travels they can visit [Vulcan street](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=vulcan+street+waterford+ireland&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.37814,82.265625&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1) (No other god themed street names in the area, I have _no_ idea why it’s vulcan street) ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/64 "2007-11-21T17:41:55Z")
Here’s one I stumbled across in Warsaw in the mid-nineties - [Ulica Kubusia Puchatka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulica_Kubusia_Puchatka), couldn’t find anyone to tell me why it was called this but I bet the old apparatchiks didn’t approve. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/65 "2007-11-21T17:58:00Z")
Those of you concerned with similar street names should view [this typical new suburb in Calgary.](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=&ie=UTF8&om=1&safe=on&ll=50.900015,-114.10748&spn=0.008133,0.023389&z=16) Slide around the map some, and check out the nearby neighbourhoods too! ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/66 "2007-11-21T18:24:10Z")
I could have sworn I posted these in the other thread, but since I didn’t… double post! [Dead Broke Street, South Dakota](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=hegenberger&sll=37.737598,-122.198868&sspn=0.083353,0.146942&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=43.907408,-103.587073&spn=0.004561,0.011694&z=17) [The oddly named Bow Bottom Trail, Calgary](http://maps.google.ca/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&ll=50.940001,-114.02637&spn=0.008126,0.023389&z=16&om=1) ---
**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 22, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/67 "2007-11-22T13:53:41Z")
[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] [Redneck Avenue; Little Ferry](http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjI0Njky) makes the local news the day after I posted this. That is too weird. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/68 "2007-11-22T15:17:40Z")
Just outside Shippensburg, there’s a Temporary Drive. In the four years that I’ve been past it, it’s never become Permanent, despite being paved. Robin ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/69 "2007-11-22T15:33:12Z")
[World’s End Lane](http://uk.local.yahoo.com/search.html;_ylt=A0geumleoEVH09kA_eVLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTB2NG9xdmZhBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkA1VLMDI2OF8yNjg-?w=uctid,fw,belongto&type=GugiXML&poi=EN2+7%2C+Enfield%2C+Greater+London&p=road&wid=26346845) in North London runs between Cadogan Gardens and Slade’s Hill ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/70 "2007-11-22T15:42:18Z")
I’m in the process of renting a house in the beautiful Blue Mountains town of Blackheath. There’s a street there called “Inconstant St”. It’s just a regular street, so no idea what they’re on about. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/71 "2007-11-22T16:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] An off-shoot of [this year old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377148&highlight=disc+drive). [/QUOTE] It seems that no one in **Johnny L.A.**'s original thread ever answered his question: [QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Who the hell names a road ‘The Fleas’? [/QUOTE] The (simple) answer is that when the Spanish missionaries were passing through that area they were besieged by fleas. There were also a few posts about **El Cajon** (the drawer). It’s a city next to another city called **La Mesa** (the table). El Cajon is in a low basin, and La Mesa is, well a mesa. Sometimes bizarre names are not so bizarre when you know the situation. These original Spanish names are certainly better than the fakes ones that they give to streets in modern day housing developments for that “Spanish colonial” feel–lame names like “ **Camino Bonito** ,” etc. Anyway, many big cities have a **Normal Street**. Seems like a stupid name, but it’s because there used to be “normal schools” on them–they were early versions of teachers’ colleges. And near Hope, New Jersey (I think) there’s one called **Jenny Jump Road** , after a local girl named Jenny who jumped to her death off a cliff because an Indian was coming and her father yelled, “Jump, Jenny, jump!” ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/72 "2007-11-22T16:52:00Z")
I vote for SHOVE St. (Woonsocket, RI); what about those long roads in London (UK) that change their names? Like Marylbone Road-which becomes something else, and then something else. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/73 "2007-11-22T21:50:03Z")
In Saskatoon, Sk, there is a Rusholme Rd and an Avenue P. Neither funny within themselves, but together they make the intersection of \ ***Rusholme & P** , \* always good for a laugh when you are 12 or so. ---
**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 23, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/74 "2007-11-23T18:32:45Z")
How about this? Around here, [numbered streets increment from north to south](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=27th+%26+S+Clark+St,+Arlington,+Arlington,+Virginia+22202,+United+States&sll=38.8573,-77.05184&sspn=0.023226,0.039611&ie=UTF8&ll=38.847897,-77.051378&spn=0.005807,0.009903&t=h&z=17&om=1). So where does the county put 2711 South Clark? [North of 27th Street!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=27th+%26+S+Clark+St,+Arlington,+Arlington,+Virginia+22202,+United+States&sll=38.8573,-77.05184&sspn=0.023226,0.039611&ie=UTF8&ll=38.848755,-77.052288&spn=0.001452,0.002476&t=h&z=19&om=1) To make matters worse, Google says 2711 South Clark doesn’t exist; they call it 2711 Jefferson Davis Hwy. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/75 "2007-11-23T19:04:59Z")
Not so much funny as confusing. The street where my mother lives is Calle de Capuchinos; when it crosses the street on top of it it becomes Cuesta de Capuchinos, and there is an alley coming off the “Calle” which is Callejón de Capuchinos. I used to work in an office in Philadelphia which had about 3 different street adresses. For some reason it was listed as something like “1 W Park” and not “1 6th S”… good thing the postmaster knew which place you were talking about, if you got the unofficial address. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/76 "2007-11-23T19:05:16Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] Anyway, many big cities have a **Normal Street**. Seems like a stupid name, but it’s because there used to be “normal schools” on them–they were early versions of teachers’ colleges. [/QUOTE] Of course, it makes for much more fun (and stolen street signs) when [Normal and High](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=E+Normal+Ave+%26+S+High+St,+Kirksville,+MO+63501,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title) Streets intersect right on the edge of campus. I used to pass this intersection several times daily. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/77 "2007-11-23T19:09:28Z")
Hey, teacher’s schools used to be called “Normal” in Spain too! But the street would be “Calle de la Normal” (which sounds like “normal woman street” if you don’t know better), not “Calle Normal” (“normal street”). ---
**Author:** ![FordFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@FordFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordFan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/78 "2007-11-24T02:22:24Z")
In Killeen, TX, there’s a street Called “Boot Scootin’ Court”. Barf. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/79 "2007-11-24T02:51:10Z")
There is a neighborhood a couple of towns over and it is flower themed. Not the worse theme in the world, better than Robin Hood for example. However they might have taken it a little too far when they used “Quamoclit” for one of the streets. Oh, and I posted a “Bacon Ct” intersecting a “Bacon Rd” in the bacon salt thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600/80 "2007-11-24T03:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] Those of you concerned with similar street names should view [this typical new suburb in Calgary.](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=&ie=UTF8&om=1&safe=on&ll=50.900015,-114.10748&spn=0.008133,0.023389&z=16) Slide around the map some, and check out the nearby neighbourhoods too! [/QUOTE] That is ri-godd\*\*n-diculous. What are people smoking? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-street-names/424600.md?page=5)