Albert Barnes Commentary Judges 19:15

"And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge." — Judges 19:15 (ASV)

A street - Probably the square or place within the gates, where courts were held, bargains made, and where the chief men and strangers congregated.