[RP TownTalk] Another mystery probably only I care about...

[Dwight Holmes]

P.S.  It seems that it doesn't matter what house number you use with
Google Maps - "xxxx Rivertech Court" - it shows you the same location
on the map!!

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another mystery probably only I care about...but here it is.  It's
> been bothering me since I first noticed it a few months ago.
>
> The address on the Raytheon building on Rivertech Ct is clearly marked as 5700.
>
> If you search for "5700 Rivertech Court" it will show you the Raytheon
> bldg location (at least in Google Maps it did).
>
> But why would that location be given the street address 5700?
>
> I'm assuming they've deemed Rivertech Ct to be an east-west street.
> But the number doesn't make sense for either a north-south or an
> east-west street.
>
> The Raytheon bldg is directly north of the intersection of Taylor Rd &
> Tuckerman St.  And Taylor Rd would be 50th Ave by another name, so on
> the east-west grid, a street number of 4900-something or
> 5000-something would make sense.  5700 Tuckerman, by comparison, is on
> the east side of Kenilworth Avenue, and so 5700 Rivertech Ct makes
> absolutely no sense for the location of the Raytheon bldg.
>
> On the north-south grid, the number 7001 Lafayette is already assigned
> to the US govt building which sits behind the now-razed ERCO bldg.  So
> if Rivertech Ct were deemed to be north-south (which it appears to be,
> actually) then a 7000-something number would make sense.  So
> 5000-something or 7000-something - but not 5700.
>
> Inquiring minds need to know... I'm sure there's some interesting
> history behind this.  More intriguing still, of course, would be no
> number at all.  Riverdale Park's own miniature Area 51, as it were...