{"id":24010,"date":"2019-05-27T19:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T23:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/?p=24010"},"modified":"2019-05-27T19:14:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T23:14:26","slug":"i-can-be-a-bit-of-a-knob-about-this-but-slashes-in-queens-building-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2019\/05\/27\/i-can-be-a-bit-of-a-knob-about-this-but-slashes-in-queens-building-addresses.html","title":{"rendered":"I Can Be a Bit of a Knob About This, But Slashes in Queens Building Addresses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether to put dashes into Queens building addresses is an occasional subject of apathetic dispute. But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen this before. A slash in the street address of 5-39 53rd Avenue in Long Island City. It&#8217;s an affront to the \u00e6sthetic of Queens&#8217; sprawlingly inconsistent building-address-numbering conventions. I am deeply offended. Deeply.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24011\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24011\" data-attachment-id=\"24011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2019\/05\/27\/i-can-be-a-bit-of-a-knob-about-this-but-slashes-in-queens-building-addresses.html\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?fit=2848%2C2136&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2848,2136\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G965U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558528307&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000561797752809&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-39 53rd Avenue Long Island City\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-39 53rd Avenue Long Island City&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-39 53rd Avenue Long Island City&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-39 53rd Avenue Long Island City\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?resize=1080%2C810&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-39-53rd-avenue-long-island-city-20190522_123147.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5-39 53rd Avenue Long Island City<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether to put dashes into Queens building addresses is an occasional subject of apathetic dispute. But I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen this before. A slash in the street address of 5-39 53rd Avenue in Long Island City. It&#8217;s an affront to the \u00e6sthetic of Queens&#8217; sprawlingly inconsistent building-address-numbering conventions. I am deeply offended. 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