Quote Originally Posted by VendingMachine
and in подъезд(i think this is not the way to the house it s the space inside of the house - лестничные площадки)
1. "подъезд" is what you drive along to get to a place - the name stems from the verb "подъезжать", that is "to drive to" a place, as in "они подъехали на бомбе" - "they rolled up in a BMW"
That's not the only meaning, what Артемида wrote is also right.
http://mega.km.ru/ojigov/encyclop.asp?T ... 7%E4#srch0
For example, the following phrases are pretty common (in Moscow):
Чтобы переждать дождь мы зашли в ближайший подъезд.
В подъезде тусовалась молодёжь.