tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post9087373775690041972..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: A Caledonian MysteryClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-3842597591990290562010-10-16T14:45:50.008-04:002010-10-16T14:45:50.008-04:00I have never heard anyone born anywhere in or near...I have never heard anyone born anywhere in or near NYC call Sixth Avenue anything but that - people calling it Avenue of the Americas must be doing so because they think you're not from here and wouldn't know better. Additionally, referring to subway lines by color rather than letter/number can be dangerous, as the MTA has been know to change the colors (most recently, re-routing the M and turning it orange) and lines of the same color go to very different places (as a recently-arrived and Manhattancentric friend of mine found out when he wound up in Carroll Gardens on the F instead of at Atlantic Ave on the B or D because he thought all the orange trains went to the same place).babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-8062932124748869972010-10-13T17:47:07.961-04:002010-10-13T17:47:07.961-04:00Just speculation, but maybe "our" Frankl...Just speculation, but maybe "our" Franklin Avenue was changed to Ft. Hamilton to avoid confusion after Flatbush merged with Brooklyn in 1894 and then changed, to Parkside, again a few years later.<br /><br />However, I DO know that no real New Yorker refers to 6th Avenue as "Avenue of the Americas"--that name only "stuck" with tourists [And yeah, I STILL say IRT (as well as BMT and IND) when talking about Subway lines, but that's just because I'm old :-) ]Bob Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662020602196356914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-38630686058823485302010-10-13T16:00:26.512-04:002010-10-13T16:00:26.512-04:00i live on parkside between flatbush and bedford an...i live on parkside between flatbush and bedford and it is an awesome block. glad you like it!sarahnoreply@blogger.com