Ironic street names

[theline]

I've always enjoyed street names that struck me as ironic. I'd be interested to see what others can find.

Here's one to start things off, Broadway Street in South Bend: http://goo.gl/maps/0Hthj

In adjacent Mishawaka, they have an unrelated Broadway, where the name is a bit more apt: http://goo.gl/maps/PTMAo

I don't see a thread on the subject, but if I missed it, please forgive me.

[Brandon]

I'll wager we can come up with a bunch of these.

Main Street Plainfield, IL which acts as more of a back street.  The actual "main street" is Lockport Street.

[theline]

Good one! I hope Lockport Street is all better now. It sure was a mess when the GSV car went through.

I'll bet someone can find us a Long Street that is one block long.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

There is Carrer Ample (Catalan for "wide street") in Barcelona. The funny thing, is that it is a fairly narrow street.

[NE2]

Sisco Dirt Road is paved.

[agentsteel53]

Alanis Circle is not one

http://goo.gl/maps/jNTPq

[Alps]

Alanis Circle is not one

http://goo.gl/maps/jNTPq

Nor is there a fork in the road.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Valley Circle Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley. It was apparently planned to circle the whole valley, but only the west half of it was built. (Anyone from SoCal is free to correct me...)

[dgolub]

Here's one to start things off, Broadway Street in South Bend: http://goo.gl/maps/0Hthj

There's also Broadway Avenue on Long Island: http://goo.gl/maps/p0RIj.

[The High Plains Traveler]

Northern Avenue bisects the south half of Pueblo.

[dgolub]

Also, how about Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn?  It goes to the East River, not the Atlantic Ocean.

[triplemultiplex]

I've seen little friggin' alleys named "Broadway" as I've worked on maps over the years.

I've seen plenty of "Main Streets" that were not really the main drag through town.

[theline]

Alanis Circle is not one

http://goo.gl/maps/jNTPq

Nor is there a fork in the road.

After passing the fork in the road, you come to the Slauson Cutoff. Get out of the car and cut off your Slauson. 

[kphoger]

How about all those nauseating tree-themed street names that exist in brand-new subdivisions where there aren't even any trees yet?  Or water-themed street names (e.g. Brookview) in subdivisions where there is no body of water?

Or how about Martin Luther King -named streets in neighborhoods where, were he alive today, he'd be killed all over again were he to walk down the street?

[theline]

That brings us full circle. My OP about Broadway conflates with Martin Luther King-named streets and racists who hate him.

Some years back, the city of Muncie, IN proposed renaming the major east-side thoroughfare Broadway as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A long-time merchant who owned an appliance store on that street threatened to shut down his store rather than own a store with an MLK address. The city called his bluff. I lost track of whether the store survived long, but I suspect it didn't. If he didn't shut it down voluntarily, the reaction to his remarks did the trick.

No irony in the name, though. Muncie's east side has a sizable African-American population.

[golden eagle]

Prosperity Street in Jackson, MS is full of run-down houses.

[jp the roadgeek]

Most of Old Country Rd. in Nassau County runs through urban areas.   

[Zmapper]

The paper street along the edge of a planned hospital is tentatively named "Le Fever Dr".

[NE2]

Isn't it ironic that there's no sign here? http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.173382,-78.844929&spn=0.007726,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.173348,-78.844818&panoid=PgZVe78ymYLVakw50FCmcQ&cbp=12,27.81,,0,14.65

[roadfro]

In downtown Reno, NV, "Center Street" is not the actual center or main road through downtown, although it is a major one-way street in downtown. It is not even the dividing line between east and west addresses

The major road and dividing line is Virginia Street (old US 395/unsigned US 395 Bus), which is one block west of Center Street.

[apeman33]

Pittsburg, Kansas' Main Street is a glorified country road on the very west edge of town, on the west side of U.S. 69.

South Street in Joplin is a mile and a half north of North Street.

Any town with a College Street that a) Goes nowhere near a college and never did (Pittsburg) or b) is in a town that does not and never did have a college (Scott City, Kansas).

Center Street in Garden City, Kansas, is, of course, nowhere near the center of town. It's about 10 blocks east of downtown. Also, Fair Street is in the north half of the city. The fairgrounds are along the south city limits (However, I've seen something in the past that suggests that the fairgrounds might have been closer to Fair Street, if not on it, until the mid-20s).

[golden eagle]

We also have a South Street, which is located in downtown Jackson. It runs east & west. There's also a South Drive, which is in west Jackson. It also runs east & west. West Street goes north & south from downtown.

[Brandon]

Some street names appear ironic, even though they are not.  Take Eastern Avenue in Joliet, Illinois.  It runs north-south, and at a slight angle to north-south.  However, it is named for a railroad, not the direction.

I could come up with a full list of forest-related names from subdivisions placed in farmland on the prairie where no woods were known to have grown.

[jwolfer]

not Ironic but funny.

[Brandon]

not Ironic but funny.

All you need is both to cross a "Fox Street". 

What's even funnier, unintentionally, is the 00 on Cougar Road.  Reminds me of the "oo" in Hooters.