[proghousehead]

top down views of Manhattan's streetscape:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ru...963223!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7776.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7785.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8163.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8287.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8358.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...352179!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...352179!5m1!1e4



BONUS: Queens and the Bronx


https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...352179!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...352179!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...352179!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8380.../data=!5m1!1e4

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7096.../data=!5m1!1e4

As you can see, not all of NYC, let alone Manhattan - is on a rigid grid. Plenty of parts of the city are highly dense and urban and laid out like a European City.