[OSM-newbies] why don't street names show up at zoom leveles

[Chris Mcnally]

I am looking at openstreetmap at a zoom level of 16. The most major 
street in the middle of the map does not have a name displayed, and I 
have to move the map at least half a mile to see the name of the 
street.  All the other streets which are more minor have their name 
displayed at least once, sometimes more than that.

I think this is a renderer mistake. We should not have to pan so far to 
see major street names. The type of highway is primary.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=40.68413&lon=-73.95014&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF

I would like to know what to do to fix this and make the map more usable.

Regards,

Chris M