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Originally Posted by Crawford

East Midtown probably has a higher concentration of retail and pedestrian activity than any other geography in the western hemisphere. And it likely has few rivals globally.

Anyways, while NYC is heavily gridded in the core, excepting downtown, much of the Bronx and Queens, especially, are non-gridded.

Much of Queens has this look:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/10...!4d-73.8300527

Random streets, total mishmash of buildings. Weird lanes, quasi-alleys, older SFHs next to newer highrises.

That Queens street view is awesome. That whole Kew Gardens/Forest Hills/ Briarwood area has such an interesting streetscape. Like a London suburb aesthetically. Great mix of urban and hyper dense and walkable suburbia. Perfect medium between the two.