What some people call Box Ball, we on Cabrini Blvd. between 177th & 178th Streets in Washington Hights, NY we called SLUG.
Slug was played on a street bldg. wall and the
expansion joints on the street was the dividing
line to the curb.
Also, baseball was played in the Court Yards to
the entrance of buildings (somewhat confining, but you played a good quick game..