Second Street

After First Avenue

Second Street is a street name found in virtually every American town and city, typically running parallel to First Street or Main Street.

The name indicates ordinal position in a grid system rather than any distinctive character.

They lived on Second Street for thirty years.

Like other numbered streets, it serves as a generic marker of urban geography.

Related

corner · address · urban · neighborhood · pavement · sidewalk · storefront · city · crosswalk · walk sign · traffic · parallel parking · parking · alley · Broadway · numbered · grid · route

Opposites
road type/scale

Second Streethighway

Major road for travel

freeway · interstate highway · expressway · autobahn · turnpike

Family

second, street, seconds, secondly, secondary, streets

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G