Talk:Bleecker Street

Continuation of 1st Street?

I deleted the sentences that said that Bleecker was a westward continuation of E 1st street, because Bleecker Street intersects the Bowery quite a bit north of where 1st Street does, and the streets carry traffic in opposite directions. There's also no historical evidence given that one is a "continuation" of the other.

Hudson becomes Bleecker?

I deleted the section that stated “The street begins at Abingdon Square, at a confusing intersection where Hudson Street intersects with 8th Avenue and becomes Bleecker Street. It ends at its intersection with Bowery.” Because Bleecker Street, like many "crosstown" streets in Manhattan, begins towards the center of the island and extends towards the river, and is numbered as such. In adition, neither Hudson Street nor Eighth Avenue “runs into” Bleecker Street.

Srosenstock 20:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

"Streets" versus "streets"

There is a reference in this article to "Mercer and Greene Streets." Farther down is a reference to "Bleecker and Charles streets." The latter is correct--two streets exist independently of each other; when they are described collectively the common word is "streets" (which obviously applies to both of them) as opposed to "Streets." Repeatedly I've tried to fix these anomalies, but I'm constantly frustrated by someone who can't understand this rule of the English language. Perhaps someone who is more familiar with this site (and computers in general) can finally normalize this situation? Rontrigger (talk) 07:14, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

No, they are both proper names, so "Streets" is capitalized. "Bleecker and Charles Streets" is a reduction of "Bleecker Street and Charles Street". Note how both words in these proper names are capitalized. When you reduce it for ease of reading, the capital remains, because we have combined two proper names together. BMK (talk) 07:45, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is not a Bleecker Street location.

The southern boundary of Washington Square Park is West Fourth Street, two blocks north of Bleecker. E A (talk) 14:07, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

An old song

There is a comic song of a sailor being drugged and robbed that takes place on Bleecker Street., number 44 to be precise. This is “New York Girls”, the version that I am familiar is by the British Folk Rock band Steeleye Span with guest Peter Sellers. 73.202.137.39 (talk) 12:59, 9 July 2022 (UTC)