Yellow Cab New York City Taxi

I had the unfortunate experience with three separate cab drivers — of them not understanding where it was I wanted to go. In each case, I provided the cab driver with the street address of where I wanted to go. Each time, the cab driver had no clue where the location was.
For example — when I gave two different cab drivers the address «39 Avenue of the Americas,» they proceeded to head to 39^th Street. So then I called the hotel and had the hotel front desk talk to the cab driver about the location. Even after that — the cab driver still had no clue.
So I resorted to using the Maps app on the iPhone — so I could visually point out to the cab driver where it was I needed to go. If it weren’t for the Maps app — I’d still be lost in New York City.