7. Gerritsen Beach has some interesting street names
Gerritsen Beach, in the spirit of Venice, has a canal that nearly divides the peninsula in half, partly visible from Gerritsen Avenue. It can also be viewed between homes on Bartlett Place and Gotham Avenue, the latter a nod to New York’s over 200-year history. This is one of a handful of streets in Gerritsen Beach with some fascinating names, though there are not many stories explaining how they landed. Many streets are laid out in alphabetical order from east to west and in some places from north to south.
Among them are Plumb 1st St. and Plumb 2nd St., which are misleadingly named as they are all the way north of the neighborhood away from actual Plumb Beach. There is a Bijou Avenue, which intersects Dictum Court and Ebony Court. There is also a Joval Court, a Melba Court, an Opal Court, and a Dare Court. Noel Avenue juts between Frank Court and Gain Court to break the alphabetical order, while Seba Avenue intersects with Just Court.