Gold Street was a street located in Manhattan, in New York City. This street was populated by junkshops. The street was located east of the World Building on Park Row.
In The Big Good-Bye, on one night, Detective Jim Tierney visited this street while on his beat. He was assigned to inspect junkshops. Off this street, in an alley, a local vendor, O'Hagan, had set up shop. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
The pages seen in the episode were actually from the detective novel, The Listening Man, by author John A. Moroso. This novel was published in 1924. Information on Gold Street was from page 197.