Names
Spordi (Sport)
Sport, athletics, exercise. Named in 1955(?) for a planned sportsground nearby. Today, the area is better known for the sporting facilities on the other side of the (railway) track, e.g. the A. Le Coq, Sportland and Nike stadia., etc.
Staadioni (Staadion)
Stadium.After the once Komsomol now Kalevi Staadion or Keskstaadion. First known as Neue Kirchhofstraße (new churchyard, 1913), Новая Кладбищенская (Novaya Kladbishchenskaya, new cemetery, 1916), Surnuaia (death garden, 1921, see Kalmistu), followed by Uus-Kirikuaia (new churchyard, 1923-1936), Friedhofstraße (graveyard street, 1942) then Kalmistu again (1938-1955) after the Siselinna Kalmistu close to Toonela.
Staapli (Staapel)
Usually HQ, military ‘staff’, but here, near the docks, slipway.
Stalkeri (Stalker)
Named for the film by Tarkovski, and now a käik off Hobujaama. Oddly, there are 2 fields in Estonia called Stalkeri: one in Tartumaa, the other in Valgamaa.
Stoltingi torn (Stoltingh, Stoltink?) 
Presumed floruiting 1369-72, a Nicolaus Stoltingh, aka Claus Stoltink, is mentioned without there being a record of him in the 1410-1414 list of Tallinn tower chiefs (the name probably predates this anyway), so his relation to the tower is unknown. However, coming from MLG stolt, and Ger. Stolz, for ‘pride’, he did earn the tower its one-time nickname of Väike Uhke (little pride). See also Tallitorn.
Stroomi (?)
Stroomi Rand, unofficial name of Pelgurand, beach named after an inn called Stroomi kõrts or Stromischer Krug after one-time alderman Bengt Fromhold Strohm (1747?-early 19th C). Interestingly, another Strohm, perhaps his older brother, an iron-merchant called Johan Andreas Strohm (1744-89) is recorded as owning an inn at Tatari 1 in 1786, as well as 4 others in the suburbs. I’m not saying they were related, but I’m not saying they weren’t...
