How are intersections between two numbered streets named in New York?
There are a number of places in New York—for example, Manhattan, Park Slope, and northwestern Queens—where the streets running in both directions are numbered. What’s the convention for which number is given first when you’re naming an intersection? For example, is “Third and Fifth” 3rd Street and 5th Avenue or is it 3rd Avenue and 5th Street? Is there a different convention in each of the places where there are intersections like this?
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In Brooklyn for example, addresses are designated as follows:
1350 50th St
The 13 designates 13th Avenue, meaning that this location is on 50th street, on the block where it intersects with 13th Avenue.
On the other hand, the corresponding location on 13th Avenue would be:
5050 13th Ave
The 50 designates 50th Street, meaning that this location is on 13th Avenue, on the block where it intersects with 50th Street.
If so, either way would be appropriate, depending on your point of reference: If you're talking about a place on 13th Avenue, you'd say 50th and 13th, but if you're on 50th Street, you'd say 13th and 50th.
Some areas in other parts of NYC have similar addressing schemes - when possible, I'd say let the address be your guide. Unfortunately, as other answers have noted, in certain parts of NYC, particularly Queens, all bets are off...
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Avenues run uptown and downtown, streets run crosstown. At least that is how it is in Manhattan. So if you were downtown at lets say 1st Ave and 1st street, you can take 1st ave all the way uptown to 100th street. (it goes further than that, but I think you get the point)
In Brooklyn you have the same kind of setup. Main avenues running down the streets. So it would go something like E24th st & Avenue J.
Generally the lingo for NYC streets is dependent on where you are. In my mind, I have always gone street-ave. So I would interpret that as 3rd street and 5th ave, but I can easily see someone like a cab driver getting that messed up if you say third and fifth. Whenever I get in a cab I always give the more specific street first, followed by the intersection. So if I was going to Grand Central, I would say (normally grand central but for these purposes) 42nd & Park.
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Think about an address, the more specific part comes first, and then the broader location. So you say Albany (specific), New York (non-specific). Apply the same concept to streets. There are only a handful of avenues but there are a lot of streets.
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