Fork Way

From Pittsburgh Streets
Fork Way
Neighborhood Garfield
Fate Vacated in 1964

Fork Way formerly ran from Cornwall Street, at the point where the water tower now stands, north to Perth Street (which extended farther west than it does today).[1] It was laid out in 1927 in the second Englewood plan of lots.[2] It was vacated in 1964.[3]

Bob Regan includes "Fork" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "Cutlery used for serving and eating food with a handle on one end and tines on the other."[4] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the word fork and gives no information about the origin of the street name.

References

  1. ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Pittsburgh, vol. 3, plate 14. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1924. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1924-volume-3-plat-book-pittsburgh; included in the 1923 layer at PGH Historic Maps and Imagery (https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=25ed595c7bde40cdae7165261a9a3ad6). [view source] hopkins-1924-3
  2. ↑ "Englewood plan № 2: Situate 10th Ward Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co. Pa.: Laid out by W. W. Giffin & Doutt Texter Land Co." Laid out Dec. 1927; recorded May 18, 1928, Plan Book 33, pp. 32–33. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3783975. [view source] englewood-plan-2
  3. ↑ "An ordinance vacating Breesport Street, from the line extended dividing Lots No. 23 and 24 in the W. S. Beech's Schenley View Place Plan of Lots to the southwesterly line of Mossfield Street (formerly Black Street); Steib Way, from the line extended northwardly dividing Lots No. 23 and 24 in the W. S. Beech's Schenley View Place Plan of Lots to the southwesterly line of Mossfield Street (formerly Black Street); North Pacific Avenue, from the northerly line of Schenley Avenue to the northerly line of Breesport Street; Columbo Street, from the northerly line of Schenley Avenue to the westerly line of North Pacific Avenue; Fern Street, from the westerly line of William C. Borland Plan of Lots to the southwesterly line of Columbo Street; North Evaline Street, from the southerly line of Breesport Street to the northerly line extended of Gretna Way; Unnamed Way, 100.00 feet east of Columbo Street, between Breesport Street and North Evaline Street; Unnamed Way, between the above Unnamed Way, 100.00 feet east of Columbo Street and North Evaline Street; Unnamed Way, 100.00 feet north of Columbo Street, between North Evaline Street and North Pacific Avenue; Unnamed Way, 104.13 feet south of Columbo Street, between North Evaline Street and North Pacific Avenue; Unnamed Way, between the above Unnamed Way, 104.13 feet south of Columbo Street and Gretna Way; North Pacific Way, from the southerly line of Breesport Street to a line extended southwestwardly dividing Lots No. 16 and 17 in the Englewood Plan of Lots; Engleside Avenue, from the southerly line of Cornwall Street to the westerly line of Fork Way; Fork Way, from the northerly line of Cornwall Street to the southerly line of Unnamed Way, and Fork Way, from the northerly line of Warble Street to a point 109.03 feet northwardly therefrom; McNinch Way, from the easterly line of Fork Way to the line extended dividing Lots No. 38 and 39 in the J. Walter Hays Plan of Lots; Perth Street, from the west line extended of Lot No. 34 in the J. Walter Hays Plan of Lots to the westerly line of Elora Way; Cornwall Street, from the westerly line of Engleside Avenue to the line extended northeastwardly parallel to and 1$4.00 [sic] feet northwest of the line dividing Lots No. 87 and 88 in the G. C. Lewis Atlantic Avenue Plan of Lots; Unnamed Way, from the easterly line of Kosta Way to the line extended southwestwardly parallel to and 104.00 feet northwest of the line dividing Lots No. 87 and 88 in the G. C. Lewis Atlantic Avenue Plan of Lots; Unnamed Way, from the northerly line of Columbo Street to the line extending northwestwardly dividing Lots No. 103 and 104 in the J. W. Hays Plan of Lots; Kosta Way, from the northerly line of Columbo Street to the southerly line of Cornwall Street; Donna Street, from the northerly line of Columbo Street to the southerly line of Cornwall Street; Unnamed Way, 100.00 feet east of North Atlantic Avenue, from the northerly line of Columbo Street to the southerly line of Cornwall Street, all in the Tenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, and abandoning sewer and water lines on all streets and ways." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1964, no. 81. Passed Mar. 9, 1964; approved Mar. 12, 1964. Ordinance Book 65, p. 682. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh: For the Year 1964, appendix, pp. 64–66, Park Printing, Inc., Pittsburgh (Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1964). [view source] ordinance-1964-81
  4. ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
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