cross street

American  

noun

1. a street crossing another street.

2. a short street connecting main streets.

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Etymology

Origin of cross street

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

PY: When I set out to do the project, I really wanted to meticulously document the cross street or I’m in Los Feliz, or wherever it was.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

The operator asked for the cross street, and I told her that it was Broadway.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022

More than 20 Russian military vehicles are positioned near the two vehicles that fired, both on the same street and stretching for blocks along a cross street.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Sometimes the lines are so far back and buildings are so close to the street that autonomous cars can’t see traffic on the cross street if they stop at the line.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2019

There was no way to pass from the Street of the Masons into the alley behind it except to pass through one of the houses, or else go far around by the next cross street.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw