There’s a lunch spot at the top of the T but I have to cross the stem of the T to reach the top of the T.
Why are they doubling my chances to get hit when they could just add another crosswalk and let me cross one street instead of two? Are they stupid?

The crosswalk is on the right side of the stem on the top of the T. Right turning traffic is less likely to be checking to their right since they don’t need to worry about traffic coming from the right if they’re turning right.
Left-turning traffic DOES have to look left, though, so it doesn’t make sense to put it on the right side of that interesection (in the US where we drive on the right)…