Back in the day, Queens was mostly farmland. Right after WW2 the New York City GIs wanted houses, and didn't want to be too far from their old neighborhoods. Farms got sold but the original streets had already been mapped. That's where this monstrosity was born.
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can@sh.itjust.works · 67 pts · 2y
Which street?
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lars@lemmy.sdf.org · 44 pts · 2y
You got these saved for special Cartesian grid-ridiculousness occasions? I salute you.
can@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 2y
Can never be too prepared
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Your username checks out except "Can" IS too prepared.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
I choose to read this in caveman speak.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
-That city planner.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
Back in the day, Queens was mostly farmland. Right after WW2 the New York City GIs wanted houses, and didn't want to be too far from their old neighborhoods. Farms got sold but the original streets had already been mapped. That's where this monstrosity was born.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
-Dagwood222
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
https://youtu.be/b9JDPm_QHk4
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
You may pity me, but I'm beautiful.
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protist@mander.xyz · 25 pts · 2y
I looked up this monstrosity on a map and it seems it alternates Avenue, Road, and Drive north to south and Street and Place west to east
prowess2956@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
Welcome to Queens
ramble81@lemm.ee · 22 pts · 2y
The longer you look the more variations you find.
nul@programming.dev · 19 pts · 2y
It's where 58th Ave meets 58th Pl. If you hit 58th Rd, turn right on 58th St because you've gone too far.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lppCTX-nXBM
I'm at the corner of 1st and 1st... How can the same street intersect with itself? It must be at the nexus of the universe.
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gun@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
57th and 1/2th street
lars@lemmy.sdf.org · 20 pts · 2y
Just a few miles from here
robocall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Maspeth sounds funny
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Ugly industrial part of the city. Giant cemetery nearby.