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314:, which is another street altogether in the Bronx) and an NRHP-listed building. Lots of streets in NYC have their own subway stations and NRHP buildings on them, which does not make the street itself notable, but is just evidence that the three major subway companies in NYC had an intense competition. 583:
The claims of notability do not add up. Directory listings, a mention in coverage in the local paper about a person who lived on the street, and so on do not add up to notability. If you cannot name the allegedly notable church, I have doubts it is notable. The use of the laws of a state as a source
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piece, but it just seems to be another directory of information about random sights and buildings along the street based on observations (and ostensibly to promote their tour business) without any mention as to why the street itself should be deemed notable other than the first part of the first
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notable is the history. That section can be incorporated into the Windsor Terrace article, which does talk about the street grid. I am not convinced that having subway stations or notable buildings itself makes the street notable, despite it having two stations (specifically not the
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appears to be just that, an index that provides listings of locations on Prospect Avenue (and many other streets, for that matter), and the existence of perhaps important venues along it does not confer notability to the thoroughfare itself. The
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Further, the existence of subway stations does not make a street notable. These can easily be construed to be located in Windsor Terrace rather than Prospect Avenue and it will still be just as valid of a claim.
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is an example of using primary documents. The article is entirely sourced to a sub-city level paper and there are not sources presented above that represent broader coverage of this roadway.
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piece is primarily about Dr. Frederick Grubé, with only a few sentences about the street itself as a journalistic backdrop for the rest of the piece. I'm not certain about the
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No indication that this street is anymore notable than any other in Brooklyn. A few local newspaper articles do not establish notability.
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Does not meet notability standards for city streets, given the lack of focused citations that are beyond trivial coverage.
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has a piece about one if its famous residents and goes into detail of the history of the avenue.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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has a mistake (it does have 2 subway stations, just not the ones you cited).
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is in the Bronx. The other station on Prospect Avenue is
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