[nylug-talk] OT - city wide GPS question???

[Dave Williams]

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 16:20 -0500, Ajai Khattri wrote: 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> 
> > Brooklyn has nothing on Queens. The streets of Queens were either laid out by 
> > total drunks, or brilliantly laid out to prevent from some sort land 
> > invasion ...
> 
> 
> I blame the Dutch ;-)

The Dutch are blameless this time.  Perhaps this will help:

http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/epb/biblio.asp?id=3405

	In Queens to find locations best --
	Avenues, Roads and Drives run West;
	But ways to North and South, 'tis plain
	Are Street or Place or even lane;
	While even numbers you will meet
	Upon the West and South of Street.

Consider the alternative:

http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Town/Streets/Queens.Street.changes.html