# Name That Street **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161 "2006-08-18T00:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/1 "2006-08-18T00:15:11Z")
Beacon Street Baker Street Elm Street Mulberry Street Blue Avenue Revello Drive Mockingbird Lane Cemetery Ridge Evergreen Terrace Privet Drive Grove Street Bourbon Street Lonely Street 52nd Street Greymalkin Lane Hegal Place Bleeker Street Paper Street West 35th Street Above is a list of street names with any identifying addresses removed. You’ll find references to these streets in comic books, novels, short stories, television shows or movies. What would you find at these addresses? Who lived there? Can you identify the source? Just to make things interesting I’ve thrown in some ringers: some of these are song titles, or names of streets within lyrics of songs. Can you identify which those are, and whose songs they are? Example: Maple Street (Leave It To Beaver). Bonus question: what is _another_ television show that featured a location at Maple Street? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/2 "2006-08-18T00:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Baker Street [/quote] Sherlock Holmes > [@](#): > > Elm Street _A Nightmare on…_ > [@](#): > > Mulberry Street Dr. Seuss & Billy Joel, IIRC > [@](#): > > Evergreen Terrace _The Simpsons_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/3 "2006-08-18T00:39:08Z")
Revello Dr. - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lonely St. - _Heartbreak Hotel_ Bleeker St. - **Simon & Garfunkel** , _Wednesday Morning 3am_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/4 "2006-08-18T00:57:14Z")
Mockingbird Lane is the Munsters. Is West 35th Street Nero Wolfe? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/5 "2006-08-18T00:59:33Z")
Mockingbird Lane – 1313 Mockingbird Lane, home of the Munsters. Bourbon Street – “[Bourbon Street Beat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052453/)” of course. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/6 "2006-08-18T01:22:46Z")
Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (later Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning) 1407 Greymalkin Lane Salem Center, NY Here’s one: Beekman Place ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/7 "2006-08-18T01:56:49Z")
52nd Street - Billy Joel #4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey - The home of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, their son Dudley, and their nephew Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/8 "2006-08-18T04:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Paper Street [/QUOTE] Location of Tyler and “Jack’s” house in **Fight Club**. A few ridiculously easy ones: 😃 NDP 1 - Penny Lane NDP 2 - Sunset Blvd. NDP 3 - Mulholland Drive ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/9 "2006-08-18T04:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes) > Elm Street (A Nightmare on Elm Street) > Mulberry Street (Billy Joel’s “Big Man on Mulberry Street”) > Evergreen Terrace (“The Simpsons”) > Revello Drive (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) > Lonely Street (“Heartbreak Hotel”) > Bleeker Street (Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bleeker Street”) > Mockingbird Lane (“The Munsters”) > West 35th Street (Nero Wolfe) > Bourbon Street (about a jillion songs — I was thinking of Sting’s “Moon Over Bourbon Street” but any would be good) > Greymalkin Lane (X-Men) > 52nd Street (Billy Joel’s “52nd Street”) > Privet Drive (Harry Potter) > Paper Street (Fight Club) The above are correct. Still remaining: [QUOTE=Fish] Beacon Street Blue Avenue Cemetery Ridge Grove Street Hegal Place [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/10 "2006-08-18T04:53:48Z")
The only Cemetery Ridge I know is a geographical feature near Gettysburg, PA, which played a part in the Civil War battle. Pickett’s Charge occurred at Cemetery Ridge. Perhaps it featured in the movie _Gettysburg_? ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/11 "2006-08-18T05:01:38Z")
_Beacon Street_ - Isn’t that the name of one of **No Doubt** ’s albums? _Blue Avenue_ - That’s an Elton John song. I think. _Cemetery Ridge_ - Uh, what jayjay said. _Grove Street_ - No clue. _Hegal Place_ - I’m fairly certain this one is from the **X-Files**. Maybe the name of the street Mulders apartment building is on. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/12 "2006-08-18T06:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] The only Cemetery Ridge I know is a geographical feature near Gettysburg… [/QUOTE] I’ll give you a hint: the full address is 000 N Cemetery Ridge. > [@](#): > > _Beacon Street_ - Isn’t that the name of one of No Doubt’s albums? It is, but the address I’m thinking of is 112½ Beacon Street, from a television show. “Blue Avenue” is indeed an Elton John song from _Sleeping With the Past_, and Hegal Place is Fox Mulder’s address from “The X Files.” Still outstanding: > [@](#): > > 000 N Cemetery Ridge > 112½ Beacon Street > 420 Grove Street Apt #20 > > Bonus: the **other** television appearance of Maple Street > Bonus: the **comic strip** set on Maple Street Here’s a few more to keep you busy: Stigwood Avenue Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills Hillcrest Drive, Beverly Hills Conch Street Electric Avenue Jeopardy Lane Oxenthorpe Road Clinton Street North Clinton Drive Spooner Street Stag Trail Road Rainey Street Mammon Lane Chauncey Street Thunder Road Abbey Road Seven Bridges Road Candlewood Lane 59th Street Ezekiel Drive West 68th Street, NY Mercy Street Webfoot Walk Black Bear Road ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/13 "2006-08-18T06:31:45Z")
Hmm, Beekman Place. Nope, I got nothin’. NPD 1: “Penny Lane,” a song by the Beatles. Also a street in London, I think. NDP 2: Sunset Boulevard, as the name of a movie; also appears as a lyric in Billy Joel’s “Say Goodbye to Hollywood.” I keep thinking it appears in the lyrics to Don Henley’s “Down at the Sunset Grill,” but I could be wrong. NDP 3: Mulholland Drive, movie of the same name with Nicholas Cage? ---
**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/14 "2006-08-18T10:44:34Z")
Electric Avenue - song by Eddy Grant Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen Abbey Road - Beatles Seven Bridges Road - Eagles 59th St. Bridge Song - Simon and Gar Farkle Black Bear Road - C. W. McCall ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/15 "2006-08-18T11:16:26Z")
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits Tobacco Road - (various, incl Lovin’ Spoonful, Grateful Dead…) Route 66 - Cole, Stones ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/16 "2006-08-18T11:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] NPD 1: “Penny Lane,” a song by the Beatles. Also a street in London, I think. [/QUOTE] Penny Lane is in Liverpool. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/17 "2006-08-18T11:39:39Z")
Mulholland Drive was mentioned in a song called Rebecca, recorded by Flo and Eddy. I can’t remember who wrote it. Maybe Albert Hammond? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/18 "2006-08-18T11:50:27Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Spooner Street [/QUOTE] The street where all the main characters from Family Guy live. Te1 - Hauser Street ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/19 "2006-08-18T11:56:20Z")
Okay…apparently my original (and unposted) guess about Cemetery Ridge was correct, but since I had to Google it to be sure, I’ll leave it for someone else. ---
**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 18, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161/20 "2006-08-18T12:54:43Z")
Baker Street is also Dr. Gregory House. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-street/369161.md?page=2)