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FBI agents broke down the door in the 12,000 block of Barlin Avenue

FBI agents broke down the door at the 12,000 block of Barlin Avenue

FBI agents broke down the door on the 12,000 block of Barlin Avenue

FBI agents broke down the door in the 12000 block of Barlin Avenue

FBI agents broke down the door at the 12000 block of Barlin Avenue

FBI agents broke down the door on the 12000 block of Barlin Avenue

 

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FBI agents broke down the door in the 12000 block of Barlin Avenue

 

Here are some examples from police reports:

 

·        Police found his body shortly after 3 a.m. in the 10000 block of North Midway Avenue. Police arrested an acquaintance, who lived five blocks away, ...

·        Westminster firefighters responded to a fire in a single family home located in the 11000 block of Chase Way at 3 p.m. on December 14. ...

·        A thief stole a briefcase, a computer and a projector after smashing a window on a 2003 Pontiac Aztec in the 12000 block of Southwest 97th Street between ...

·        An 18-year-old man and a 24-year-old-man, both of Herndon, were arrested after they threw bricks at a parked vehicle located in the 1000 block of Kings ...

·        At approximately 6:12 am, on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, Metropolitan Police were called to a building under construction in the 500 block of Pennsylvania ...

The following is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering#Block_numbers

Block numbers

Block numbers are a system of assigning numbers based on distance rather than strictly sequentially.

Typically, each block is assigned 100 numbers, such that the building numbers on that block vary only in the two least significant digits. For example, in Washington, D.C., the block of 7th Street, N.W., between D and E streets, N.W., is designated as the 400 block, meaning that building numbers on that block are in the range from 400 to 499 inclusive. It is common to indicate block numbers on street signs.

Some localities in Utah and Wisconsin have a more elaborate system of block numbering.[1][2] Such localities use compound block numbers to indicate the number of blocks from both the north-south and the east-west dividing lines. For example, an address in Utah might be of the form "226 N 3300 W" where other systems might use "226 33rd Ave NW". Another system, used in Wisconsin, might use "N112 W16709 Mequon Rd" rather than "16709 W. Mequon Rd". Such an address is in the northwest quadrant of the addressing system.