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I've read the thread about the use of in and on with street names in BrE and AmE, but I'm still wondering what the preposition with "seafront avenue" might be. I did use in, but at sounds familiar too - probably because of the "seafront"?

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    Is “seafront avenue” a proper name? Nobody that I know of uses seafront avenue in any general way. – Jim Aug 05 '17 at 05:44
  • It is the Thessaloniki seafront avenue in a book about Thessaloniki (Greece). – katerina Aug 05 '17 at 05:57
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    Welcome to ELU. All three prepositions are grammatical -- use of one or the other depends on the context and intended meaning. The noun ("seafront avenue") is a substantially large space, so it can take all of the prepositions. See the definitions and usage of the prepositions instead. – Kris Aug 05 '17 at 06:00
  • See also [ell.se] Good Luck. – Kris Aug 05 '17 at 06:01
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    Well there could be a bend in Thessaloniki seafront avenue. The restaurant could be on Thessaloniki seafront avenue. We could all meet at Thessaloniki seafront avenue and Main St. – Jim Aug 05 '17 at 06:03
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    "Farmers park their tractors at the seafront avenue of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Greek farmers started a rally to protest against high taxes and their ..."; "The city has an incredible number of cafes, many of them right on the seafront avenue, "; "The hospitality project Carpe Diem Lounge Club for the Grupo Tragaluz is located in the seafront avenue of Barcelona with a big terrace just in ..." (src: Google Search). HTH. – Kris Aug 05 '17 at 06:06
  • Eastbourne has a "Seaside Road", which isn't very near the seafront. – Andrew Leach Oct 04 '17 at 12:26
  • It can be any of the three, depending on how you want to depict it. – Arm the good guys in America Oct 04 '17 at 13:11

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Oxford Collocations Dictionary has two examples:

  • a house in Acacia Avenue
  • an office building on Fifth Avenue

in an/the avenue (British English), on an/the avenue (especially North American English)

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