QUEENS’ RAMP AND STEP STREETS

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By SERGEY KADINSKY Forgotten NY correspondent In the city’s pursuit of a perfect rectilinear street grid, topography was not an obstacle. As the city expanded northward, roads in upper Manhattan and the western Bronx marched across the steep slopes as step streets. More recently, the DOT installed another step street in the Eastchester neighborhood. In contrast, the […]

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from Forgotten New York http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/11/queens-ramp-step-streets/