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* Zamenhofa - named after [[L. L. Zamenhof]] who created esperanto and was born at this street.
* Plac Zbigniew Baum - named after a city hall official and architect who was behind the plan to extend Bialowny street (Mazowieckiego street).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bialystok.pl/pl/wiadomosci/aktualnosci/miejsca-z-nowymi-nazwami.html|title=Miejsca z nowymi nazwami|publisher=Białystok City Hall|accessdate=2024-03-11|lang=pl}}</ref>
*Skwer Chajki Grossman - named after [[Haika Grossman]], a prisoner of [[Białystok Ghetto]] and one of the leading participants of the [[Białystok Ghetto uprising]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bia24.pl/kategorie/wiadomosci/nowy-skwer-i-plac-na-mapie-bialegostoku.html|title=Nowy skwer i plac na mapie Białegostoku|date=2024-03-31|accessdate=2024-09-09|publisher=bia24.pl|lang=pl}}</ref>
 
Some streets preserve in their name their original purpose, as a road leading to other places: