Talk:Broadway (San Francisco)

As far as I know, the name is just "Broadway," without the "Street." Anyone have any idea why this article has this name?Huntington (talk) 22:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

You are quite correct. It's just "Broadway." I've been living on this street since 1992 and after I moved here, I was very surprised to learn that a lot of locals think it's "Broadway Street," and even some online map services have it wrong. In most cities with a "Broadway" there's no "street" or "avenue" or "boulevard" after "Broadway," since "way" is incorporated in the name, just like the famous one in New York. Of course, San Francisco street signs are part of the problem here since they don't tell anyone whether a street name is "street," "avenue," "boulevard," etc. However, the green signs on the median along Van Ness Avenue that announce the name of the next cross street do have those designations, and one sees, for example, Clay Street, Washington Street, Jackson Street, Pacific Avenue, Broadway, Vallejo Street, Green Street, etc., etc. That the median signs announce "Broadway" is telling here. I get mail all the time that says "Broadway Street" because it's wrong even in the U.S. Postal Service data base. I'm guessing whoever created this article was one of the misinformed. Toddabearsf (talk) 23:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC)