It was dark along that portion of the street, especially in the service alley.

"There's a service alley that runs along the west side of the building behind this one?"

The Chrysler swung around the side of the store and into the service alley.

He stuck to the service alleys behind the rows of houses.

I drove to the end of the block and took the service alley that ran behind the store.

Buster watched as the last man he had seen enter the service alley came back out again.

Police would expect him to prefer these service alleys to streets, so he couldn't use them.

It didn't travel very far; merely to a short service alley under the shelter of the apartment house.

He must have come from the service alley that ran behind the houses we'd just passed.

A big security fence blocked the service alley, but I didn't have to mess with it.