New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
ODD BROOKE YIN STREET NAMES
NoMENcr. AZURE WITHOUT LOGICAL CO.
1IrRrNcE OR CONSISTENCY.


ORDER OFT OF THE EXISTING CHAOS
PROBABLE EFFECT or CONSOLIDATION.
The rcccnt change ~ the name OF that part OF
Ninth.avc. lying along Prospect Park to prospect
Park West will probably lead to othcr cnahseS'
II u.iy no natural for the residents In Occan-avc
along the Park TO petition TO have the name VI
thoir street changed to Prospect Park East In
fact this was talked Of among them a year OF
two ago Thcn Prospect Park South wonih hn'n-
rally follow II f1atbush-ave. along the farR were
built up there might be contest between 'he
people LIVING there and those Of Ocean-nVe as 10
which were entitled TO the designation OF Prospect
Park East ard IN some circumstances the people
OF FIfteenth-st might have commended with the
residents Of Nrth-ave for the use OF Prospect PARK
West. for II happens that Nnth-ave. is almost ex-
actly on the northwest side OF the PARK inchh'hs
a little to TIE north rather than the west
The making OF the recent change Will be depre-
Gated by those who believe that the names OF
streets should not be altered without the best OF
reasons The reasons advanced In favor OF substi-
tuting Prospect Park West for Ninth-ave were not
convincngly strong. 1t was said that CONFUSION
arose from the fact that there was N'nth-s'.. "A
South NInth-st and North Ninth-st. In the city.
True brit there are also Prospec;-st. Prospect-avo
Prospect Place and Prospect Terrace Uhe last
named only half n block long running out from
Prospect-st between Jay and Bridge sts); ana II
the changes suggested at the beginning OF th's
article fOllOW-anl at least one OF tf"in IL ik'y
the change from Ninth-ave. VIII ada 10 the gem
eral confusion. instead of diminishing IT,
one who travels about Brooklyn extensively and
keeps his ewes open will find the street names In
regions curious study What could be
Qucerer. Tor example. than Force TuDe-aVe! Yet
that Ia the name OF a street laid out from the
pumping station In the Twcnty-sxth Ward up the
hill TO the RJgewood Reservoir II lies over or
the big pipes through which the city's water
supply Is pumped into the reservoir hence Its name
HUMBLE MAIN-ST.
Then the big names for Insignificant streets In
brooklyn are ludlcrous Every city and every VII
lage has It's Main-st and commonly the name IL
not a misnomer. In Brooklyn II Is shockingiy So
Maln-st. is only four five blocks long. running
from Fulton-st. just below the Bridge down to the
East River. There Is n car line In II. aud at its
foot is Catherine Ferry No business OF importance
Is done on II and 1t IS street OF no consequence.
Love Lane suggests ali manner or sweet and
pleasan; and gracious things: but Love Lane is
what would be called in London news: II Is lined
with stables and emits the unsavory odor that is
inevitable from It's surroundings. IL s In "A good
neigborhood. being the Heights near Pierre
pont-st.
Few people doubtless aware that out OF Love
Lane runs for half "A block an alley bearing tho
highsoundlng designation College Place Both
these alleys must have been naucd By a humor1st
OF the long ago.
extensive but the street having this designation IL
only half n block long. between Little md Navy
SITS. and evidently took iis name from tho fact
that II IL near the Navy Yard. The United States
Government would BE- justified In interfering and
compelling "A change on the ground that 10 apply
such n name 10 such street tends to bring the
Government into contempt
No; far away from United states-s'. "a the
uniquely named open space. only few yards long.
which IL dcnomlnatcd Way Home. This cuts or
a little in the Fifh ward and apparently
originated n ncighborhood designation when
Rrocklyn village. with Way Home should
be coupled Private Way. another Insignificant alley
In the quarter OF the city. It rams from Pear!
to Jay St. In the Second Ward.
NASSAU AND LITTLE NASSAU SITS.
It lisa far cry from these queer streets 70 Kcpos"
Place which Is two blocks long and Hes out IN
the Twcniy-slSth ward. near the Old New Io'.
Road Red Hook Lane Is not in Red Hook NJ all
bu, near the cry Hail Nassau.si. IL near the
Bridge station and few blocks 10 tho east
ward but three four miles away. near the
junction % Flushing nni Graham ayes. Is LIN"
Nassgu-st. only block and half In ieng'h.
Mos, OF the streets bearing Identical names have
been got rd Of but there il sill Fron'-s' In the
Eastern District. as well a. the one taking It's be
ginning near Fulton Ferry.
Confusion existed for long time because there
were a series OF streets numbered First. Second.
Third etc 10 the Eastern District. and Ike
series in South Brooklyn; but this was done away
with half n dozen years more. when the
Eastern District streets received new names The
park slope and extend 20 For, Hamilton. reaching
as high as one hundred d-,hiri'en,h-s,
In the Eastern District on one side Of and phr-
ael with drind-st are series Of nnmnerri
streets with the pien1 south. running I,r np To-
ries Of North" streets running TO North Fifteenth.
sl,e !" nbda ons 1%H r1%' While The
streets are at and near coney Island there being
bered avenues from First TO Twcriy.cighth, the
frs: nine being In the city proper and he others
reaching through the Thirtieth Ward to Benson
Nor is this all; In Bath Beach and Rensonbur.::
mos, Of them running from EIghty,.lx,h-s': 20
ieenth t. Twenty-nftf ave. For example one
mch h "ros" nnns hs oTdcr "' bay ~-n
ty-hfth-st.. Bay Twentysxth st. Twenty -nrstave.
i i;as Bay Thirty -Grsi.st ana 50 on
Could anything be more confusing 10 w"ll-orierci
mind? 1t is obvious that the street nomenclature
Of Larger BROOKLYN will require n thorough over;
hauling before II ever acquires logical order ana
consistency
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
In the Seventeenth Ward CGrecnpoinD are nearly
score OF streets the names OF which begin alpha
beticany. with two breaks In the series.
They are Ash. Fox Clay. Dupont. Fsglc. Freeman.
Greene Huron India Java. Ken; tGreenpoint ave.
Milton. Noble oak Caycr). and Quay small
group on the Heights bears the names OF fruits.
like Cranberry. Orange and Pineapple on the
Hi n large number OF Presidents and Revolution
airy heroes commefnoratcd In street names. and
In Tho, Twenty third Ward Is what is sometimes
termed III. Gubornatorinl section Of brooklyn. con
slstng OLA few streets named for Goytrnors Of the
State. These are Mnrcy-ave;, Tompkins-ave,
Throop-ave. pronounced az n spelled "Troop1 AMI
Lcwis-ave.; summer ave. formerly called Yates
ave. belongs properly In this group. It's name hay
ing been changed several years ago because OF IL
close resemblance in appearance and sound to Gates
ave.
OF when consolidation with NewYork Ia
accomplished a large number OF streets In Brook
lyn being duplicates OF those on tho other side OF
the East River will have TO he changed. unless
certain initials used "A sufIix 10 distinguish
the two. after the manner Of the "E." "E c.
"W. c.. etc. used 20 designate the various sections
OF London.