"Of course, this isn’t an exact science — different article in The New York Times even list slightly different pronunciation guides, and different native speakers pronounce words differently. In the Bronx, the streets are lined with tricky titles, including Lyvere Street, Lowerre Place, Fteley Avenue and Schieffelin Avenue."
Okay, well - never knew this. But that example seems really cherry-picked. Many NY street names are just numbers, even in other boroughs outside Manhattan. Many streets in the Bronx are just a number (130-something street to 230-something street, carrying over from upper Manhattan).