Manhattan street grid
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The Manhattan street grid is the iconic, rectilinear network of numbered streets and avenues that organizes most of the borough of Manhattan into uniform city blocks.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manhattan numbered avenues system | 1 |
| Manhattan numbered streets system | 1 |
| Manhattan street numbering | 1 |
| Manhattan streets | 1 |
| Midtown street grid of Manhattan | 1 |
| New York City street grid | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city planning system
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ urban street grid ⓘ |
| appliesToArea | most of Manhattan ⓘ |
| blockPattern | repeating pattern ⓘ |
| blockShape | rectangular blocks ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
limited adaptation to topography
ⓘ
monotony of urban form ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of New York City urban form ⓘ |
| enables | ease of navigation ⓘ |
| extendsFrom |
Houston Street
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston Street area
|
| extendsTo | Inwood neighborhood ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
cartography of New York City
ⓘ
urban planning literature ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
numbered avenues
ⓘ
numbered streets ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
numbered cross streets
ⓘ
orthogonal intersections ⓘ parallel avenues ⓘ |
| hasPlanningPrinciple |
predictable circulation pattern
ⓘ
regularity over topographic adaptation ⓘ standardized lot sizes ⓘ |
| hasShape | rectilinear network ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 19th-century urban expansion ⓘ |
| influenced | other American city grids ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Enlightenment planning ideals ⓘ |
| inspiredTerm | Manhattanization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
iconic regularity
ⓘ
uniform city blocks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
|
| notableExceptionArea |
Financial District
ⓘ
Greenwich Village ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ |
| organizes | Manhattan city blocks ⓘ |
| orientation |
roughly east–west streets
ⓘ
roughly north–south avenues ⓘ |
| planningAuthority | New York City Commissioners ⓘ |
| planningDocument | Commissioners' Plan of 1811 ⓘ |
| planningYear | 1811 ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
clarity of layout
ⓘ
efficiency of land division ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
land subdivision
ⓘ
transportation circulation ⓘ urban organization ⓘ |
| usedFor | addressing system in Manhattan ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manhattan streets
this entity surface form:
Manhattan street numbering
this entity surface form:
Manhattan numbered streets system
this entity surface form:
New York City street grid
this entity surface form:
Manhattan numbered avenues system
this entity surface form:
Midtown street grid of Manhattan