At the north edge of Surf City, just before the Boulevard opens from a two-lane, north-south roadway into a four-lane thoroughfare, lies 24th Street on a curve that is almost indiscernible to motorists who are intent on traveling beyond the borough’s border with North Beach. For those traveling south, the wide right turn provides an opportunity to escape the stop and go traffic that marks the summer months.

Once on 24th Street, motorists have two options: go straight, or make a left onto Central Avenue toward Ship Bottom and…