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Getting Your Bearings in NY City:
New York is composed of five boroughs, four of which are
situated on islands. Only The Bronx is part of mainland
North America.
In Manhattan, streets are laid out, roughly, east-west-east,
and avenues run north-south-north:
Streets are divided at 5th Avenue into "east" and "west".
South of Washington Square Park, in Greenwich Village,
Broadway divides "east" and "west" streets.
The designation of "east" and "west" streets ceases to exist south of Houston Street.
East-west, street house/building numbering begins at the particular dividing avenue.
Avenue house/building numbers increase from south to
north.
"Uptown" means traveling in a northerly direction in
Manhattan from your starting point..
"Downtown" means traveling in a southerly direction in
Manhattan from your starting point..
streets for a Manhattan address is
easily calculated using simple algorithms.
Calculating Walking Distances in
Manhattan:
When walking along an avenue (north-south-
north): 20 blocks, (e.g. from 34th to 14th street)
equals 1mile/1.6 km
When walking along a street (east-west-east), on
average: 3 blocks, (e.g. 5th to 8th Avenue) along 34 St.
1 mile/1.6 km
Manhattan Henge
There is a phenomenon which has been termed
"Manhattan Henge" by Neil deGrasse Tyson,
an astrophysicist at the American Museum of
Natural History.
Four times a year, the sun can be seen
rising or setting squarely at the ends of Manhattan
streets.
Much in the way our ancient ancestors were able
to make solar observations, so, too, New Yorkers
can know with precision the arrival of
December 5 and January 8 as well as May 28
and July 12/13, respectively.
