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minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoAre blocks shorter in new york? Where i live each block is a quarter mile
minus-squareTower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoOn average, a city block is 1/20 of a mile. But that can vary greatly depending on direction (N/S vs E/W) and location in the city. https://streeteasy.com/blog/how-many-nyc-blocks-are-in-one-mile/
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoI don’t live in New York. But it was my understanding that most cities with numbered streets generally adhered to 10 street numbers = one mile. 79 - 61 = 18 = 1.8 miles.
minus-squareeRaclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoBlocks are a quarter mile where you are? That’s huge! In Chicago, they are an 8th of a mile, which usually means blocks are 2x2 big buildings downtown.
Are blocks shorter in new york? Where i live each block is a quarter mile
On average, a city block is 1/20 of a mile. But that can vary greatly depending on direction (N/S vs E/W) and location in the city.
https://streeteasy.com/blog/how-many-nyc-blocks-are-in-one-mile/
I don’t live in New York. But it was my understanding that most cities with numbered streets generally adhered to 10 street numbers = one mile. 79 - 61 = 18 = 1.8 miles.
Blocks are a quarter mile where you are? That’s huge!
In Chicago, they are an 8th of a mile, which usually means blocks are 2x2 big buildings downtown.
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