Third Street

After Second Avenue

Third Street is a common street name in American cities and towns, typically running parallel to First and Second Streets in grid-based urban planning.

The name itself carries no special meaning beyond indicating position in a numbered sequence.

In any given city, Third Street may be a major thoroughfare or a minor residential lane: The restaurant is on Third Street between Main and Oak.

Related

crosswalk · walk sign · storefront · local bar · sidewalk · lamppost · neighborhood · alley · corner · traffic · bus stop · subway · promenade · boulevard · main · one way · city block · parking

Opposites
ordinal position in grid

Third StreetSecond Street

A numbered road name

Main Street · 42nd Street

naming convention

Third StreetMain Street

Town's central thoroughfare

Broadway · Elm Street · Piccadilly · Champs-Élysées

Family

third, street, thirds, thirdly, streets, three, threefold, thrice, thirteen

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G