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Actually, when I think of Broadway in Queens, I don't think of the one in Flushing: I think of the one in Elmhurst/Jackson Heights/Woodside.
And the original idea that led to me creating this thread was streets that are completely different, but with the same name. I mean, if I said I lived on Madison Avenue, people would think I live in a penthouse apartment near a whole bunch of upscale stores (or if we're talking about East Harlem, it would still be a dense urban area), rather than a little side street with spread-out houses. The same thing for Rector Street: People think of the one in Lower Manhattan surrounded by office buildings, not the one on Staten Island which is a little industrial side street.
I had no idea there was another one... so I guess Queens actually has three Broadways?! I always think of the one in Flushing because of the LIRR station, I'm not sure I've ever even been on the street itself!
How about Prospect Avenue/Street/Place/Blvd (and even Expressway)? There's one of those not only in all the boroughs, but pretty much every town in America.
There is a Main Street in Flushing, Queens and a Main Street in Roosevelt Island, Manhattan and Main Street is also one of those streets that most towns in the USA have.
Clearly there are way too many streets that share the same names..we could be here all day.
One Clarification for Whitlock: Union Ave in the Bronx is not distressed. That stretch of 2 blocks you posted IS distressed, but the rest of Union Ave is "normal." It also runs through the highest income neighborhood of any neighborhood south of the Cross Bronx Expressway....median income is over $53,000 which is higher than the average for NYC. It is just a few blocks north of your link..between approx 158-163th streets by Prospect Ave 2/5 train station...it's almost all new working/middle class suburban style housing built in the 90s, with few of the original buildings standing. This community is Woodstock, and home of the landmarked Woodstock Library also.
This killed my day a while ago. I had to go a meeting to attend, and I was given the address as "XXX West End Avenue, New York, New York."
So I get to West End Avenue on the UWS, but I can't find the specific street number. I call the person who sent me the address and we have the following exchange:
"Uh, yeah, it looks like I'm in the right area, but the street numbers skip XXX"
"You're supposed to be in Brooklyn!"
"The address you sent me clearly stated New York, New York"
"Yeah, Brooklyn is in New York!"
There is a Main Street in Flushing, Queens and a Main Street in Roosevelt Island, Manhattan and Main Street is also one of those streets that most towns in the USA have.
You forgot Main Street in Brooklyn (by the waterfront).
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