Are all city blocks the same length ? How long is a block in New York City ?

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Answer: within the Manhattan grid as it pertains to the numbered streets, there are 20 numbered streets within 1 mile, so the distance from the middle of 1 numbered street to the next one should be 264 feet. the distances between the numbered and named avenues in Manhattan are variable, but are mostly the distance of 2 to 4 numbered streets long, so, roughly anywhere from 600 to 1000 feet long. although the grids in brooklyn and queens were laid out much later, i think they also use the 20-blocks-to-a-mile rule. of course, there are exceptions, the most "exceptional" case, in my mind, being the numbered streets for most of The Bronx. and not to mention that in many parts of NYC the grid does not apply at all...

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