Map via Curbed
Last year, we revealed what were the shortest streets in Manhattan and now Curbed NY has mapped the shortest streets in New York City! It doesn’t get any better than Fun Maps and superlatives. Many streets we’ve included in our list of NYC’s one-block streets like Gay Street, Renwick Street and Hunts Lane. There’s the really difficult to get into Pomander Walk (our photos of the inside here). And the very shortest, Edgar Street (and the close runner up, Mill Lane which has no addresses on it).
Here are the first eight:
1. Edgar Street, Financial District
Is this the shortest street in New York City? Reports indicate, yes.
2. Mill Lane, Financial District
Mill Lane.
3. Weehawken Street, West Village
4. Hunts Lane, Brooklyn Heights
5. Grace Court Alley, Brooklyn Heights
One of NYC’s former mews, carriage houses for horses.
6. Jones Street, Greenwich Village
Not to be confused with Great Jones Street, read about the battle between Jones and Great Jones.
7. Gay Street, Greenwich Village
Image via Wikimedia by Jean-Christophe BENOIST
8. Pomander Walk, Upper West Side
See more photos from inside Pomander Walk.
Head over to Curbed for fun tidbits on each street. See a roundup of the NYC’s superlatives, like the oldest building, smallest park, and more. See more maps in our Fun Maps Column.
Edgar Street, Fun Maps, Gay Street, Grace Court Alley, Hunts Lane, Jones Street, Mill Lane, Pomander Walk, Weehawken Street
there’s a few more omitted, cortlandt alley and staple st are just two that I can think of now
How in the world is Henderson Place not on this list?
Not sure (we are quoting from
curbed on this piece) but it’s on both our previous articles. One of our favorites! https://untappedcities.com/2013/09/11/8-of-the-smallest-historic-districts-in-manhattan-that-are-less-than-one-block/
https://untappedcities.com/2014/11/03/15-of-nycs-one-block-streets/