Reader’s Scoop: Attention Builders: What’s Up With The Street Names?

Readers-Scoop-Logo smallAttention Builders: If you’re going to name the streets in Lakewood after your children, please choose normal names for your kids. I recently moved into a development here in Lakewood, and didn’t realize how silly my street name sounded until I was ordering something over the phone and the lady asked me to repeat the name about three times.

I will not start naming all the ridiculous sounding names of streets which popped up over the last 10 years here in Lakewood, but anyone who lives on one of those streets knows exactly what I’m talking about.

So builders, the next time you name a street, please have a little pity on the residents and the people jotting down the address on the other end of the phone. 

Thank you,

A Shprintza Street resident.

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67 COMMENTS

  3. It could be worse – you could have moved to Toadsuck, Texas, Cat Elbow Corner, New York, Knockemstiff, Ohio or even Cheesequake, New Jersey.

  4. Sorry – if it’s good enough for the builder’s child, it’s good enough for a street name. As far as your phone experience is comcerned – she would have the same problem with Hadassah or Breindel. It’s unusual to her.
    If the street name bothered you so much you had the option not to move there. Even now, if other residents agree with you, I am sure there must be a provision on street name changes.

  5. As a local developer in town, I’ve had to make that decision many times. It comes to a certain point when you simply run out of ideas on names. If any TLS readers have any suggestions that they would like to see as upcoming street names, please post them here and explain why it should be used.

  8. OK, I’m not going to be PC with this comment can’t we leave politics and religion out of the naming of streets , there are plenty of other names that can be used without getting into that area of contreversy that no one would have a problem with

  9. It simply takes a mojority of the residents on a street to petition the township for a name change. If residents would take the intiative, we would quickly see an end to these quirky names.

  12. Maybe we can have roads like this in Lakewood:

    Lonesome Road and Hardup Road in Albany, Georgia
    This Ain’t It Road, in Alexander City, Alabama
    Liquid Loco Street
    Candy Cane Lane in Redding, California
    Ha-Ha Road in Woolwich, England
    Shoot Up Hill in Kilburn, England
    Gunpowder Lane in Pueblo, Colorado
    — Rehoboth Beach, Deleware
    — Elgin, Illinois
    — Louiseville, Kentucky
    — Prospect, Kentucky
    — West Atlantic City, New Jersey
    — Tarrytown, New York
    — Union City, Tennessee
    Buttertubs Drive, Dingle Bingle Hill Terrace, and Jingle Pot Road in Nanaimo (British Columbia)
    “rue des mauvais garcons” (Bad Boys Street),

  15. how about : Go down Chumash way ,make a right on Mishnah Rd. a left on Gemorah Drive then either bear right on Rashi Lane or bear left for Tosfos way & for a dead end (cul de sac) it should be TEIKU rd.

  16. In the frum neighborhood of Atlanta Ga. the builder named the streets; Merry Ln. Christmas Ln. Jody Ln. and Bramble Rd. (his wife was Jody Bramble) The cross streets are Holly and Reindeer.
    Be happy with shprintzel and kletzk!
    I always wonder, who decided on “Squankum”?
    Also, on Squankum there is an Easy St. Nice.

  18. I like birds. Why not name streets after the native birds -bluejay blvd., titmouse drive., hummingbird lane, mourning dove ave., chickadee road, goldfinch street etc.?

  19. The easy street sign is spray painted to the corner utility pole because every time they put a new street sign up it gets stolen. Kletzk hill road in westgate very often gets a response in return saying, “Let’s kill road”?
    We need to name the streets according to the sentiments of the homeowners. Appeal street, Short sale way. How about a Scoop Street!!!!!

  21. how about after fallen NJ soldiers? – could bring some positive attention to the town?

    how about name them after donuts?
    even thats better then shmedlburgersemchah hallabread lane.

  25. How about these to help our wonderful drivers? “One Way” street, ” Stay in Your” lane, “No Left Turns” blvd., “Learn How-to” drive, or maybe even “Out to Lunch” township?!

  32. ATT. all those that live on blocks with funny names you can easily change the name by getting a majority of those that live there to agree to a name change and the township will change it for you its no big!

  33. How about some to save my job!!
    Tree Trimmer Lane, Notalottatrees Drive, Mayer Langert Street, iLeafLakewood.com Ave, Trunk Stump Rd, FullaBark Way,Shady Parkway,
    And what’s with the people whose trees hang down over the sidewalk so you cannot walk without knocking off some leaves.
    I think there’s a nice granma in the Township office that can work out Street names with you if you talk nicely.

  34. In all seriousness. That ida about making a kiddush hashem and naming for fallen soldiers is good. If teh twp could come up with sme creative attention grabbing and positive note messages, lakewood could get some good attentions… another step in the right direction for the town which needs to improve its image in the stae.

  37. I think the problem isn’t really the name, the problem is that the name reminds you of the builder who you hate! Especially ……………

  38. Especailly Lakewood builders. They sell Anderson windows, builders grade however and than have the chutzpah to put a no name slider that is garbage. Would they do that in there own house? Surely not. That slider is surely going to give u headaches. From the glass failing to the bad latch and flimsy screen. The way they sneak it in is a chill hasham.

  39. # 20
    You bring up a wonderful suggestion, During WW II 17 Lakewood boys went off to war and never made it back home alive, These young men and a few others from the WW I and Vietnam also gave their life’s so that You and I can enjoy the freedoms that we now enjoy. WE owe them more than just the grave markers in Greenwood Cemetery and other location. It is now time we name a street in their honor for their supreme sacrifice.

    Township Committee and Local Builders it TIME— get this done

  40. Dear Builders and Township Committee
    Please name any future Streets after these HEROS

    List of those killed during WW II and date of death

    Alfred Applegate- 5/19/1944
    Emil Bass-11/19/1944
    John Bedell-5/8/1944
    Dowell Buckley 12/1942
    Frank Buckley- 5/12/1944
    Robert Carlson -7/28/1944
    Joseph Conover -1/25/1943
    Phillip Decarlo- 1/1945
    Myer Druneroff- 8/9/1944
    Alex Feldstein-10/4/1943
    Frank Hutcheon-12/22/1943
    William Irons-3/19/1945
    Clifford Janz- 12/7/1941
    Lincoln Kessler-4/23/1944
    Norman Lewis- 10/1943
    Earl Melton-12/7/1941
    Ned Robak -Date unknown
    Ole Roos-6/8/1942
    William Schauffler – 7/20/1943
    Alfred Schroeder- 2/7/1944
    Milton Silvers- 12/7/1944
    Thomas Wardell- 4/14/1943
    W.L. Washington- 10/20/1943
    Britton White -5/7/1945

  41. Great idea, but some of those names sound familiar.
    Does anyone know whether Lakewood has: Applegate; Buckley; washington; Lewis and White streets?

  42. there were also many chasedai umos haolam that we could name after, many people who have helped us. or how about orlean drve after rabi yehuda orlean , builder, each time u are stuckm put it out for the oilem and you’ll get many nice ideas. also there were many old time lkewooders we could name after like wolkoff drive wolpin ave gelbstien street , or even krupnick way , gertner place or how bout senator moynihan or henry kissinger ?

  45. @7
    how bout them jets LOL

    @20
    it would help but i dont think it would matter cuz i mean the try with MLK and look how good that turned out they might have to start with #’s then just block A then block B and so on

  48. #35, great idea! I just think that the competition for Cluttered Ct would be too great! We should probably just rename the township Cluttered Ct!!

  49. i do have an idea but i dont think it would fly in that area….but u could try naming the street and blocks and what not after companys and try and get sponsorships and make some $$ like i no in holmdel they have AT&T drive…i know Nike loves that kinda stuff LOL

  50. Since we are talking about Lakewood – why not gedolim names – like Rabbi Moshe Feinstein St, Rav Yakov Kaminetsky Place, Rav Ahron Kotler St or even drop the rabbi and/or the last name or only use rabbi with last name or only use last name – so many choices or perhaps tanoim & amoraim.

  51. I like your idea of naming streets after the brave men of “the Greatest Generation”. Just leave out the date of death—it’s a street ,
    not a tombstone.

  52. there is a lincoln st named after lincoln kessler as well as a ned drive and a williams st all named by the community after those ww two heroes

  53. Why don’t you look at a monopoly board for name ideas. Just because A.C. has them doesn’t mean we can’t too.

    Or you can just think back in history to anybody in time that was good to the Jewish people.

    The names in Westgate are ridiculous. We are NOT in a shtetl anymore. But we could show hakaras hatov to those who helped us.

  58. Hey, hey, hey… my daughter’s name is Shprintza. too, and proudly so. I see nothing wrong with the name for a street.

    Some more ideas: How about Getzel Grove, Peretz Park, Yom Tov Terrace, Pesach Place…. Vos shemt men? Westgate’s names are wonderful!

    Attention all builders: This blog is a gold mine for street names. #40 did a terrific research job and those are great ideas as well.

  59. Whatever you name a street, try to avoid a name which is close to a pre-existing street name in town. Confusion should be avoided. I recall several years ago an ambulance wandered for a long time trying to locate a non-existent address on Coventry Drive, when the actual address was on Coventry Court.

  62. Why not national landmarks or parks. Yellowstone Way, Mt. Rushmore Lane, Sandy Hook St., Rocky Mount Ln, Statue of Liberty St., Old Faithful Way. Lighthouse Ave. You won’t even have to spell them for others.

  64. No 52

    Lincoln Street and Washington Ave were named after the presidents . William Street was named well before the start of WW II,White Road is a continuation of White Rd in Jackson that was named for the founders of Whitesville in Jackson Township. A check of old township maps and document located at town hall will back this information.

  67. What ever happened to good old American street names like Elm Street, Main street, etc? Why suddenly are streets named after children – particularly those with names that are hard to pronounce! I would understand if this was Germany, Russia or Israel – but it’s the good old US of A.

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