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A street suffix is the word that follows the name of a street to further describe that street.

Common North American street suffixes[link]

• Alley usually refers to a rear service road used as access to garages, service doors, Dumpsters, etc. Normally, they do not contain addresses themselves.
• Arcade usually has shops along it
• Arch usually refers to a curving street, often in the shape of an arch, used similar to crescent
• Avenue, one of the most common suffixes, can refer to a small residential street or a major roadway.
• Bend usually designates a short street with atleast one bend in it, used similar to crescent.
• Boardwalk is almost universally a pedestrian-only space along an ocean or other waterfront.
• Boulevard usually indicates a wide street, often tree-lined, that is of major importance.
• Bypass is usually used after another suffix, for example: "Tenth Street Bypass".
• Circle is usually a small residential street whose shape is circular.
• Close, although not as common as in Great Brittain refers to any dead-end street.
• Court is usually a residential cul-de-sac.
• Cove is similar to court, and often named after the street it connects to. It is common in and around Memphis, Tennessee, where it is also commonly used as a synonym for "cul-de-sac."
• Crescent is usually a short curved street.
• Drive is a very commin suffix usually used in suburban areas both for residential streets and major roadways.
• Drung is used exclusively in Newfoundland, Canada and refers to narrow lanes.
• Esplanade usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Expressway is usually used for limited-access highways.^{[citation needed]}
• Extension is usually used after another suffix, for example: "Robinson Street Extension". It refers to a newer portion of a pre-existing street.
• Field is rarely used as a suffix itself outside of Newfoundland, and refers to residential streets that run through fields.
• Freeway is usually used for limited-access highways where no toll is collected.
• Garden or Gardens is usually used to designate a street populated by garden homes or rowhouses.
• Gate is usually a short street that serves as an entrance to a subdivision or a shortcut between two larger streets.
• Green is usually a small residential street, often with a parklike setting.
• Grove is usually a small residential street,usually surrounded by woods.
• Heights usually refers to a short residential street that travels uphill, or is on top of high ground compared to neighbouring streets.
• Highway can designate a limited-access highway or a major US or state route.
• Hill usually refers to a street that travels upon a hill.
• Lane is commonly used for dead-ends, usually referring to a small residential street. Lanes are often privately owned.
• Line is sometimes used in Ontario as a synonym of concession road.
• Loop is usually used for streets whose shape is that of a half-circle.
• Mall usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Manor is usually a small residential street, often a cul-de-sac.
• Mews is usually a small urban residential street, similar to an alley behind a more prominent street.
• Park refers to short, residential streets, usually dead-ends.
• Parkway occasionally designates limited-access highways, but usually used in a way similar to boulevard.
• Path is usually a small residential street.
• Pike historically referred to a tolled roadway, but can also be used for a major road. Pikes are common in the Mid-Atlantic, Upper South, and Appalachia regions of the US.
• Place is usually a small residential street or a narrow street in a commercial district.
• Plaza often refers to either a pedestrian-only street or a suburban shopping area's internal roadways.
• Private is used as a mandatory sole suffix for all private streets in the Canadian city of Ottawa (example: Kelso Private). In other jurisdictions "Private" is usually not a suffix on its own and is placed after street
• Promenade usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Road is a very common suffix used to describe a main roadway in both residential and commercial areas but is used extensively for other types of streets.
  • Concession road is commonly found in rural Ontario.
  • Side road and Sideline are generally perpendicular to concession roads.
• Route usually refers to highways, and typically includes a route number, for example, US Route 19.
• Row usually refers to streets with townhouses or rowhouses, but is also commonly used for any residential street.
• Run is common only in Halifax, Nova Scotia and refers to long, bendy streets which are often dead-ends.
• Spur is a road that juts off another road and may or may not rejoin the main road.
• Square is often used for streets that form a square or rectangle, often with a center park or plaza.
• Stravenue is used to designate a diagonal roadway crossing a grid of north-south streets and east-west avenues (or vice-versa). It is found only in Tucson, Arizona.
• Street is a very common suffix that can describe from a small residential street up to a major arterial roadway.
• Terrace historically was a small residential street that was elevated above the surroundings, for example, on a hillside, but is now used in a more generic way to describe a residential street.
• Thruway is usually used for limited-access highways.
• Trace is usually a small residential street.
• Trail often designates a residential street but can also include major roadways.
• Turnpike is usually used for limited-access highways.
• Townline is a primarily rural road in Ontario that marks township boundaries.
• Viaduct usually indicates a street that serves as a connector between two other streets.
• Walk usually designates a pedestrian-only space.
• Way and -way: wide range of use, from an alley-like definition to a residential street to a major roadway in new developments.
• Wood or Woods usually refers to short residential streets that are surrounded by trees, similar to the use of Grove.

References[link]

Postal Service Standard Street Suffixes

In the Street is an album by the Village People featuring the return of its original lead singer Victor Willis. Ray Simpson who had replaced Willis is featured on two songs on the album (Everybody Loves the Funk, Radio Freak). The G.I. Alex Briley also sings lead on one song (Lonely Lady). The album also featured a bonus track (America) with Miles Jaye who replaced Ray Simpson, on lead. Fox on the Box and In the Street contain the same songs, except In the Street features a bonus track (America) by Miles Jaye. Fox on the Box was released by RCA Records in 1982 and In the Street by Casablanca Records a year later.

Track listing[link]

1. "Fox on the Box" — 3:43
2. "In the Street" — 4:47
3. "Lonely Lady" — 3:54
4. "Everybody Loves the Funk" — 4:28
5. "Success" — 5:58
6. "Spaced Out" — 5:32
7. "Play Bach" — 4:37
8. "Radio Freak" — 3:09
9. "America" — 3:43 (Bonus track on 1999 CD release)

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