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I found out the distances by going into "Directions" in Google Maps, typing in the adresses of the two furthest sections of the street located inside Queens, and then changing the route so that it only goes along that specific street
Rockaway Boulevard is about 7.9 miles across
Francis Lewis Blvd is about 10.7 miles
Northern Boulevard is a whopping 11.3 miles!
For the kicks, Metropolitan Avenue is 7.9 miles (but that also includes Brooklyn), Myrtle Avenue is exactly 8.0 miles, Roosevelt Avenue is only 5.8 miles, Crossbay Blvd is 6.7 miles, Flatbush Avenue (including the extension) is 9.8 miles, Atlantic Avenue is 10.0 miles, and Bedford Avenue is 10.1 miles
Also, since this is using Google Maps, there might be a .1 or .2 error in the distances
Cross Bay + Woodhaven is actually very long, although each street individually isn't, I think Woodhaven is only 4 miles long [Cross Bay is longer].
If you ever drive straight from Queens Blvd all the way to the Rockaways on Woodhaven & Cross Bay, it feels like a street that just doesn't want to end.
More trivia: East 177th Street in the Bronx is, of all the numbered streets in the Manhattan/Bronx system, the one that extends furthest east (it goes along a highway) and has the highest building number on it.
Here's a trivia question (I think my answer is correct, but I'm willing to be corrected): of all the Manhattan numbered streets, which ones (East and West) have the highest building numbers on them? One of them you can get easily looking at a map but the other is a little tricky.
More trivia: East 177th Street in the Bronx is, of all the numbered streets in the Manhattan/Bronx system, the one that extends furthest east (it goes along a highway) and has the highest building number on it.
Here's a trivia question (I think my answer is correct, but I'm willing to be corrected): of all the Manhattan numbered streets, which ones (East and West) have the highest building numbers on them? One of them you can get easily looking at a map but the other is a little tricky.
the west side gets up to the 900s in washington heights. the east side gets up the 600s i believe.
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More trivia: East 177th Street in the Bronx is, of all the numbered streets in the Manhattan/Bronx system, the one that extends furthest east (it goes along a highway) and has the highest building number on it.
Here's a trivia question (I think my answer is correct, but I'm willing to be corrected): of all the Manhattan numbered streets, which ones (East and West) have the highest building numbers on them? One of them you can get easily looking at a map but the other is a little tricky.
Don't some of the numbered streets in The North Bronx go further East ?Like East 233rd St ? I think when 233rd meets Boston Road at the Westchester line the numbers are up around 1800 or 1900.I know East 196th St in Pelham Bay goes all the way over to Pelham Bay Park.The 196th st numbers in Pelham Bay go up to about 3000.Where East does 177th end ?
the west side gets up to the 900s in washington heights. the east side gets up the 600s i believe.
If you know of a building in WH that's over 900, you've beaten me by a nose. Tell me where it is!
There are some higher ones on the East side. In fact, I think the highest East side number is higher than the highest West side number.
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Don't some of the numbered streets in The North Bronx go further East ?Like East 233rd St ? I think when 233rd meets Boston Road at the Westchester line the numbers are up around 1800 or 1900.I know East 196th St in Pelham Bay goes all the way over to Pelham Bay Park.The 196th st numbers in Pelham Bay go up to about 3000.Where East does 177th end ?
All the way out by the Throggs Neck Bridge! House numbers are over 4200. Zoom out and you can see just how far you can go from the original point at 1st Avenue and East 1st Street in Manhattan (the Nexus of the Universe, for Seinfeld fans) and still be inside the traditional New York street system.
If you know of a building in WH that's over 900, you've beaten me by a nose. Tell me where it is!
There are some higher ones on the East side. In fact, I think the highest East side number is higher than the highest West side number.
All the way out by the Throggs Neck Bridge! House numbers are over 4200. Zoom out and you can see just how far you can go from the original point at 1st Avenue and East 1st Street in Manhattan (the Nexus of the Universe, for Seinfeld fans) and still be inside the traditional New York street system.
Very interesting.Am wondering why the decision was made to bring just East 177th so far over and at sort of an odd angle.
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