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How many feet long is a typical New York City block?


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How many feet long is a typical New York City block?

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Since the spacing of streets in grid plans varies so widely among cities, or even within cities, it is impossible to generalize about the size of a city block. However, as reference points, the standard block in Manhattan is about 264 feet by 900 feet (about 80 meters by 271 meters), or slightly over five acres (two hectares); and in some U.S. cities standard blocks are as wide as 1/8 mile (660 feet or approximately 200 meters), or 10 acres (about 4 hectares) if square.
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New York City blocks vary greatly, especially if you get out into the outer boroughs

the above poster was correct in stating they can range upto 5 acres, but in Midtown Manhattan for example, these blocks are huge and could easily be double of ones found uptown, and triple of ones found downtown,

it all depends on what part of the city you are in as there is no typical nyc block size (all relative to neighborhood)
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Well 20 blocks equals one mile so 264 feet would be the standard. Between the Avenues it's about 800 feet.
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