New Yorker here! This is a really helpful and concise video for those who don’t know the city. The one thing I would point out is that you referred to everything south of midtown at one point as the financial district, which I think could be a bit misleading as it is only the bottom tip of the island. Otherwise great video
I've always referred to the area south of 14th as "Lower Manhattan" as a general name including the Financial District, East and West Villages, SoHo, Tribeca, etc. I call the Financial District "Downtown", and usually when I say Downtown, that's what I mean, but I also just use the word downtown when say I am going south, regardless of where I am above 14th street.
Manhattan's grid is amazing. About 30 years ago, my boyfriend and I were driving from Boston to a convention in NYC, held at a hotel near Madison Square Garden. We set off in the general direction of NY without a map, just following the signs. We figured that when we got closer to NYC, we'd stop and buy a map of the city. We ended up driving right into Manhattan from the highway, like, oh crap, there's nowhere to stop, we're in it now. We navigated right to the hotel using just the address. The street numbers were counting down to the street that our hotel was on, then we just found the cross street and we were there. I was astonished, as this is very much not possible to do in gridless Boston. We never did buy a map. We had our weekend at the convention and just drove out the same way we drove in. I loved it.
A helpful hint from a local: within the grid there are 20 streets to a mile. This means you can cover about a block per minute. An avenue block is the length of *three* street blocks, so it'll take you about three minutes per avenue. That means (for instance) a trip from the Flatiron Building at 23rd & 5th to Times Square at 42nd & 7th will take you: - 19 streets = 19 minutes - plus 2 avenues = 2x3 or 6 minutes So you'll be in Times Square in 25 minutes if you hike it. I used this all the time before map apps took all the adventure out of life. PS - why isn't it pronounced SowHow?
I have been to New York City numerous times and I can say I know my way around Manhattan. Yet, getting out of a subway station and walking in the opposite direction to where I'm going still happens to me. Don't get me wrong, getting lost in NYC can be a magical experience since you get to "find" gems along the way that otherwise you'll never get to know, but learning that even streets runs East would be a time-saver on my next visits. Thank you for a very informative video!
just don't take the A train to the empire State bldg if you are looking for it. thake the B train. the 6 train to to the Chrysler bldg if you want that. when you get out it is to your left. also if you are getting out of Gran central past th Hyatt hotel walk another block east. right on your left side , .
@@timafiggy thank you! I stay in Central Harlem, close to Lennox Ave., so the No. 3 is my usual mean of transportation, quite convenient being an express train and running on 7th ave., I might add. Although, if I'm heading East, to the museums or any of the parks or shops on 5th Ave., I would frequently use one of the the buses lines that runs on 5th, since I enjoy the sightseeing opportunity, provided it is before noon, otherwise it will take forever to get anywhere.
I couldn't believe how well designed NYC was when I visited before google map was a thing in the 2000s. It was impossible to get lost as long as you knew the street and the avenue of your destination
Just came across this...a TH-cam recommendation. A few points: for orientation and navigation purposes, it's good for visitors to know that streets are pretty close to each other but avenues are pretty far apart. So, it someone tells you to walk from 28th to 29th Streets on 5th Ave, that will take you at the most a minute, but walking from 28th and 5th to 28th and 6th is a longer trek. I agree with other posters about your over-simplification of the neighborhoods. I realize you were just trying to not clutter the map, but everything north of Central Park is NOT Harlem, and there are tons of very unique and distinct neighborhoods below Midtown. It's not all just the financial district! It also would have been helpful to explain why Broadway doesn't follow the grid pattern (it was an original trail used by the indigenous population prior to the arrival of the Europeans).
I'm not from Manhattan but I live in Brooklyn and everytime I look out my apartment window I see our beautiful Manhattan Skyline. Proud New Yorker here 😘
The Jersey side of the Hudson and Brooklyn have spectacular views of Manhattan at night, especially. Those couple of miles away from the island provide a nice wide perspective.
the trick about orienting yourself out of the subway is much more useful when thinking about the avenues because of exactly what you said - the main streets that the subway stops stop at are two-way, like 23rd, 34th, 42nd, etc. Even avenues go north and odds go south - much more helpful when orienting yourself than 2-way streets!
I’m from Australia and randomly stumbled upon your video and stayed and watched the whole thing! So informative even though I probably will never visit NYC 😅
Super cool!!! As someone who has not been to and has only known NY through movies and videos and stories and literature, this is suuuuuuuper cool to see on an actual map! More of this please! :)
Informative video but for those watching this before visiting nyc for the first time, there are a few inaccuracies that are worth pointing out: 1:30 - No one in their right mind refers to the entire area from Union Square down as the Financial District (FiDi). FiDi is essentially the southern tip of the island. If you're trying to go to union square or Houston street, etc. and ask for directions to the Financial District, you will be sent very far out of your way. Along that same vein, I would also argue that Midtown does not go nearly as far south as Union Square, but that's not as egregious. You can actually see this in the photo at 2:00. The tall buildings in the foreground are FiDi, and the tall buildings in the background are Midtown. That entire huge area of more low-lying buildings in the middle are almost entirely residential neighborhoods that are completely glossed over in this video. 2:24 - "The further uptown you get the more residential it becomes" statement isn't accurate. Yes, the neighborhoods uptown are mainly residential, but so is the massive area between Fidi and Midtown. In fact, many downtown neighborhoods are some of the most densely populated in the city. 3:03 - 4th Avenue is called Park Avenue for literally its entire length except for a small stretch between Union Square (14th Street) and Astor Place (8th Street), not because it's just in a particularly fancy part of town. 3:10 - Both Madison and Lexington Avenues span far longer than just the Upper East Side (UES). Both avenues pass through the entirety of Midtown and Harlem, as well as some downtown. 3:50 - The area circled is not all Alphabet City. Alphabet is only the upper half or so of the circled area. Lower East Side is the lower half of the circled area and is a distinct neighborhood. 4:20 - SoHo and NoHo are small neighborhoods that, yes, are located below and above Houston Street, respectively. But absolutely neither one covers the entire area below or above Houston. For example, nobody from New York would call the Lower East Side SoHo or the West Village NoHo. 4:58 - Yes, the two-way streets are exceptions to this rule, but there are also a few special case exceptions even with specifically 1-way streets. For example, both 60th and 61st streets on the east side flow West. 6:25 - Forgetting the pretty significant Union Square here on the intersection of Broadway and Park.
Yes to everything here. The only one I didn't catch was the 4th Ave. point. 81st between Columbus and Amsterdam also flows east to aid the flow of traffic around the Museum of Natural History and to the 79th St. Transverse.
This was SO USEFUL! For someone who’s never visited NY. but has grown up on a diet of Friends and Seinfeld - suddenly so many street references in them make sense!
I live in Essex county NJ which is very close to Manhattan and my family goes there to watch Broadway shows with our Grandma or just explore and this video will be so helpful 😊
Tbh I love how Manhattan's street layout was designed, main, long avenues with smaller roads cutting them into grid sections, with the FDR Drive outlining most of the island, everything well thought out and improved for centuries, amazing
Nicely explained for a Los Angeleno to understand…central, upper East/west, mid city, 5th, NOHO, SOHo, Broadway etc. I’ll probably watch this video again.
NY'er here. This is a truly wonderful video. It makes a good learning tool. Quick note...did you mean to say Houston is considered 1st Street? 1st Street is a separate street from Houston though..
This was sooooo helpful! I dream of living in nyc and watch lord of youtubers from the city and now I’ll feel way more oriented to the locations they discuss.
I watched a video last year about the history of settlement and growth of New York and it showed the implementation of the grid system quite well, but this gave me an education on how it actually works! Thank you!
This was great. I am a geography and map nerd and this kind of thing fascinates me. I've been to NYC a few times and absolutely love how well organized the grid is and have always found the subway very easy to navigate. You are very right though, about not trying to use a subway map to guide you above ground. It's similarly easy to get around above ground, but in a slightly different way, which may sound strange but I'm sure you know what I mean :)
@@BrightTripTravel Yes! The SF one was very interesting, I had heard about the reclaimed land but not to that level of detail. I'd love to see even more cities!
I'm not even planning to go to NY but I thought this was amazing. Fantastic job guys. I'd be interested to see New Zealand travel guides! It's a wonderful place
The area you called Financial District should have been called downtown. Same with Harlem because Harlem is uptown, The Financial District and Harlem are specific neighborhoods. Dyckman isn't in Harlem
Yeah, he lost me at the generalization of Harlem and “Financial District”. Uptown and Downtown are the appropriate references and terms that are completely relatable to most tourists.
I'm a New Yorker here, but I live in Queens, and well, I have just learned new things about the city. First of all, I didn't even know that there's a roundabout in the city! and now, the MTA central park is now going to haunt me for days
Since you mention Broadway and the various Squares, it's interesting to point out that Madison Square Garden is not, in fact, located on Madison Square. How it came to be built above Penn Station (at West 34th Street) is a whole other story.
Took a roatrip to Boston the other day which took me via the NJ Turnpike crossing the GW Bridge into Harlem and eventually the Bronx. One of my favorite parts of the overall roadtrip. It's just the drivers that suck there.
They enter Manhattan in different neighborhoods. Brooklyn Bridge comes out at City Hall, Manhattan Bridge in the middle of Chinatown, and the Williamsburg Bridge right in the old Lower East Side at Delancey St.
NYC is my favorite US city to visit. I am content to wander the streets and avenues once a year for a couple of days and just take in the atmosphere. Thanks for the lesson
@@BrightTripTravel That one won't be easy. Brooklyn is mostly a grid, except it's really like 19 different grids all mashed together lmao. I live on East 7th Street, and I'm like 6 blocks away from 35th street.
I’ve been to New York (Manhattan mostly, but I’ve been in every borough) every year to visit family (and I’m 22 now), but I never knew a lot of this! Thanks!
This is fantastic. You are one of the reasons I started a channel myself Johnny, and i look forward to be able to make videos as flawless as yours. The level of detail to make it as best as possible is inspiring, as always. Best of vibes for your new adventure with this channel.
I've learned so much from this video and I've lived in Manhattan since 2004. I did notice one error - there really is a 1st St. although it runs only a couple of blocks - Remember when Kramer found himself on 1st & 1st? He thought it was the nexus of the universe.
A New Yorker of 43 years, great job, simple and to the point.
Thanks!
As a New Yorker for 0 years and 0 days. He did ok
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43 years? You must be incredibly rich to live so long in the most expensive city!
Always thought Houston was pronounced Houston. Now I know Houston is pronounced Houston and not Houston.
Can you believe we read Houston and Houston differently? We totally get you!
I also think it’s crazy Houston is actually Houston cause it looks like Houston, I always assumed it was Houston. Lol
huh? i- all the 'houstons' are the same . i think i lost braincells reading this
@@chicoblackly3119 nah, you’re just not from NY, you wouldn’t get it lol
@@metro-sn but how do you differentiate its all spell the same
New Yorker here! This is a really helpful and concise video for those who don’t know the city. The one thing I would point out is that you referred to everything south of midtown at one point as the financial district, which I think could be a bit misleading as it is only the bottom tip of the island. Otherwise great video
Thank you for the feedback!
Are you a real New Yorker or an incomer hypster who pretends to be a new Yorker
@Bruno Lora which part
@Bruno Lora which part do you live? I'm from London pretty much like NYC but I've always dreamed about swapping cities and living in New York.
I've always referred to the area south of 14th as "Lower Manhattan" as a general name including the Financial District, East and West Villages, SoHo, Tribeca, etc. I call the Financial District "Downtown", and usually when I say Downtown, that's what I mean, but I also just use the word downtown when say I am going south, regardless of where I am above 14th street.
Manhattan's grid is amazing. About 30 years ago, my boyfriend and I were driving from Boston to a convention in NYC, held at a hotel near Madison Square Garden. We set off in the general direction of NY without a map, just following the signs. We figured that when we got closer to NYC, we'd stop and buy a map of the city. We ended up driving right into Manhattan from the highway, like, oh crap, there's nowhere to stop, we're in it now. We navigated right to the hotel using just the address. The street numbers were counting down to the street that our hotel was on, then we just found the cross street and we were there. I was astonished, as this is very much not possible to do in gridless Boston. We never did buy a map. We had our weekend at the convention and just drove out the same way we drove in. I loved it.
A helpful hint from a local: within the grid there are 20 streets to a mile. This means you can cover about a block per minute.
An avenue block is the length of *three* street blocks, so it'll take you about three minutes per avenue.
That means (for instance) a trip from the Flatiron Building at 23rd & 5th to Times Square at 42nd & 7th will take you:
- 19 streets = 19 minutes
- plus 2 avenues = 2x3 or 6 minutes
So you'll be in Times Square in 25 minutes if you hike it.
I used this all the time before map apps took all the adventure out of life.
PS - why isn't it pronounced SowHow?
Dang, this is super cool!
Now, is that a street per minute or a street per New York minute? 😉
The most helpful video I’ve ever seen on TH-cam
🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have been to New York City numerous times and I can say I know my way around Manhattan. Yet, getting out of a subway station and walking in the opposite direction to where I'm going still happens to me. Don't get me wrong, getting lost in NYC can be a magical experience since you get to "find" gems along the way that otherwise you'll never get to know, but learning that even streets runs East would be a time-saver on my next visits. Thank you for a very informative video!
just don't take the A train to the empire State bldg if you are looking for it. thake the B train. the 6 train to to the Chrysler bldg if you want that. when you get out it is to your left. also if you are getting out of Gran central past th Hyatt hotel walk another block east. right on your left side , .
@@timafiggy thank you! I stay in Central Harlem, close to Lennox Ave., so the No. 3 is my usual mean of transportation, quite convenient being an express train and running on 7th ave., I might add. Although, if I'm heading East, to the museums or any of the parks or shops on 5th Ave., I would frequently use one of the the buses lines that runs on 5th, since I enjoy the sightseeing opportunity, provided it is before noon, otherwise it will take forever to get anywhere.
I refuse to live in NOHO, can't live without 'em 'hos.
SoHo is much more fun. Who doesn't like to go south with some hos?
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*BRO'S BEFORE HO'S!*
This beautiful😂🙏
@@tylerdurden639 Join us in BROHO
I couldn't believe how well designed NYC was when I visited before google map was a thing in the 2000s. It was impossible to get lost as long as you knew the street and the avenue of your destination
Union Square: Am I a joke to you?
RIP Union Square
Just came across this...a TH-cam recommendation. A few points: for orientation and navigation purposes, it's good for visitors to know that streets are pretty close to each other but avenues are pretty far apart. So, it someone tells you to walk from 28th to 29th Streets on 5th Ave, that will take you at the most a minute, but walking from 28th and 5th to 28th and 6th is a longer trek. I agree with other posters about your over-simplification of the neighborhoods. I realize you were just trying to not clutter the map, but everything north of Central Park is NOT Harlem, and there are tons of very unique and distinct neighborhoods below Midtown. It's not all just the financial district! It also would have been helpful to explain why Broadway doesn't follow the grid pattern (it was an original trail used by the indigenous population prior to the arrival of the Europeans).
I'm not from Manhattan but I live in Brooklyn and everytime I look out my apartment window I see our beautiful Manhattan Skyline.
Proud New Yorker here 😘
Lucky you 😍
The Jersey side of the Hudson and Brooklyn have spectacular views of Manhattan at night, especially.
Those couple of miles away from the island provide a nice wide perspective.
for a foreigner who loves NYC this was insightful and fun!
One of the best videos, it was really good, I thought he’s gonna miss something (as i live here) but it was almost perfect…
This is one of those hidden gem channels on TH-cam, akin to SmarterEveryDay and Two Minute Papers
😊😍
the trick about orienting yourself out of the subway is much more useful when thinking about the avenues because of exactly what you said - the main streets that the subway stops stop at are two-way, like 23rd, 34th, 42nd, etc. Even avenues go north and odds go south - much more helpful when orienting yourself than 2-way streets!
Excellent 👍. I am going to NY 2 weeks from now. This video will surely help me a lot.
I’m from Australia and randomly stumbled upon your video and stayed and watched the whole thing! So informative even though I probably will never visit NYC 😅
I love to watch such videos and understand more about this beautiful world.
I lived in NYC my whole life and never connected the dots that even streets go east and odd streets go west. Wow.
Mindblowing!
Not very bright, are you?
no same learned so much and i lived here my whole life
@@markfox1545 Not very nice, are you?
Learned it when I was a bike messenger
Super cool!!! As someone who has not been to and has only known NY through movies and videos and stories and literature, this is suuuuuuuper cool to see on an actual map! More of this please! :)
Coming right up ;)
Informative video but for those watching this before visiting nyc for the first time, there are a few inaccuracies that are worth pointing out:
1:30 - No one in their right mind refers to the entire area from Union Square down as the Financial District (FiDi). FiDi is essentially the southern tip of the island. If you're trying to go to union square or Houston street, etc. and ask for directions to the Financial District, you will be sent very far out of your way.
Along that same vein, I would also argue that Midtown does not go nearly as far south as Union Square, but that's not as egregious.
You can actually see this in the photo at 2:00. The tall buildings in the foreground are FiDi, and the tall buildings in the background are Midtown. That entire huge area of more low-lying buildings in the middle are almost entirely residential neighborhoods that are completely glossed over in this video.
2:24 - "The further uptown you get the more residential it becomes" statement isn't accurate. Yes, the neighborhoods uptown are mainly residential, but so is the massive area between Fidi and Midtown. In fact, many downtown neighborhoods are some of the most densely populated in the city.
3:03 - 4th Avenue is called Park Avenue for literally its entire length except for a small stretch between Union Square (14th Street) and Astor Place (8th Street), not because it's just in a particularly fancy part of town.
3:10 - Both Madison and Lexington Avenues span far longer than just the Upper East Side (UES). Both avenues pass through the entirety of Midtown and Harlem, as well as some downtown.
3:50 - The area circled is not all Alphabet City. Alphabet is only the upper half or so of the circled area. Lower East Side is the lower half of the circled area and is a distinct neighborhood.
4:20 - SoHo and NoHo are small neighborhoods that, yes, are located below and above Houston Street, respectively. But absolutely neither one covers the entire area below or above Houston. For example, nobody from New York would call the Lower East Side SoHo or the West Village NoHo.
4:58 - Yes, the two-way streets are exceptions to this rule, but there are also a few special case exceptions even with specifically 1-way streets. For example, both 60th and 61st streets on the east side flow West.
6:25 - Forgetting the pretty significant Union Square here on the intersection of Broadway and Park.
Thank you for clarifying these things, we appreciate it 🙌
Yes to everything here. The only one I didn't catch was the 4th Ave. point.
81st between Columbus and Amsterdam also flows east to aid the flow of traffic around the Museum of Natural History and to the 79th St. Transverse.
@@BrightTripTravel haha taking this like a champ, W
Bro, as an author who's writing my novel that's based in Manhattan right now this is friggin' awesome of you for doing this. thx man.
Even flows to the East, never knew that before, helpful tip.
As a New Yorker, I appreciated this!
This was SO USEFUL! For someone who’s never visited NY. but has grown up on a diet of Friends and Seinfeld - suddenly so many street references in them make sense!
The Seinfeld restaurant is still there on 110th Street & Broadway, and is called Tom's btw. 👍
This little bit will take you a long way!
I finally know the "Soho"&"Noho" meaning!
Thanks for your great introduction
Would love to see these breakdowns for more cities around the world!
Stay tuned, it might happen 😉
Yes please 🥺
I have lived in the city for 2 years but God almighty this was so freaking helpful. Thank you!
And I thought I knew NYC. Wow, so informative.
So glad it was helpful for you!
I live in Essex county NJ which is very close to Manhattan and my family goes there to watch Broadway shows with our Grandma or just explore and this video will be so helpful 😊
Tbh I love how Manhattan's street layout was designed, main, long avenues with smaller roads cutting them into grid sections, with the FDR Drive outlining most of the island, everything well thought out and improved for centuries, amazing
The FDR Drive is only on the east side. The Westside Highway is on the, well, west side.
@@yutubetom ah, I mistook it with its equivalent from GTA, my bad
Fantastic video
I love it
I learned a lot
Thank you very much
Have a wonderful day
I watched this 2 years ago with zero intention to visit any time soon. Now I'm in NYC and my friends are in awe as to how I know this
Nicely explained for a Los Angeleno to understand…central, upper East/west, mid city, 5th, NOHO, SOHo, Broadway etc. I’ll probably watch this video again.
NY'er here. This is a truly wonderful video. It makes a good learning tool. Quick note...did you mean to say Houston is considered 1st Street? 1st Street is a separate street from Houston though..
Thanks for talking about how to orient yourself coming out of the subway. Check the street number and traffic direction.
THANKYOU
Yes!
Been living in NY for 49 years and I learned a few things from your video. Great explanation.
Yay, we're so glad!
every video is crafted with care and attention to detail, well done! ️
Excellent video man! Actually the best and only one i needed to watch to understand whats going on!
Your delivery (voice, volume, pacing} are perfect. Keep it up.
Thanks!
This was sooooo helpful! I dream of living in nyc and watch lord of youtubers from the city and now I’ll feel way more oriented to the locations they discuss.
Yay!
I watched a video last year about the history of settlement and growth of New York and it showed the implementation of the grid system quite well, but this gave me an education on how it actually works! Thank you!
You're so welcome 🙌
Please do a grid video on the other boroughs
I cant see how this would ever be useful to me but you do a bloody good job of explaining thank you👏
Glad you enjoyed it
It seems planed out pretty well
EXCELLENT VIDEO! I have been to NYC atleast a dozen times and learned so much! I wish I had watched this sooner!!
This was great. I am a geography and map nerd and this kind of thing fascinates me. I've been to NYC a few times and absolutely love how well organized the grid is and have always found the subway very easy to navigate. You are very right though, about not trying to use a subway map to guide you above ground. It's similarly easy to get around above ground, but in a slightly different way, which may sound strange but I'm sure you know what I mean :)
We’re so happy you liked it! Have you watched our San Francisco video yet? 😊
@@BrightTripTravel Yes! The SF one was very interesting, I had heard about the reclaimed land but not to that level of detail. I'd love to see even more cities!
Cheers mate, looking forward to using your tips on our next visit !
I'm not even planning to go to NY but I thought this was amazing. Fantastic job guys. I'd be interested to see New Zealand travel guides! It's a wonderful place
Noted! 😉
This was excellent. Going there next week. Hope we don't get lost but this will surely help. Thank you
Super cool! I’ve lived in Brooklyn for years and definitely just learned some things today. ☺️
This was amazing! As a visual learner and someone who loves understand map I'm in love with y'all and these videos!!!
Thank you!
As A Londoner heading to New York i LOVED this video!! 😃😃 So helpful 🫶😊
Much obliged!
Thank you for the best and most illustrative video on the NYC street grid.
Wow, thanks!
Outstanding breakdown…provided me a lot of new understanding of Manhattan. Very helpful.
The area you called Financial District should have been called downtown. Same with Harlem because Harlem is uptown, The Financial District and Harlem are specific neighborhoods. Dyckman isn't in Harlem
It was simplified for the tourists who will never go north of 110th Street.
Yeah, he lost me at the generalization of Harlem and “Financial District”. Uptown and Downtown are the appropriate references and terms that are completely relatable to most tourists.
Dykman is considered Washington Heights
@@determineddylan8793 dyckman is in between the heights and inwood but considered more inwood than the heights
I thought the same. The financial district should have been referred to downtown manhattan. That’s the way us locals calls it anyway
Bro this was the most useful video I have ever watched, thanks so much and it will help me on my next trip to NYC.
Have fun!
Thank you for your video. It's very helpful.
Wowww, I learned so much in 7 minutes! Thank you so much!
I hope Bright Trip grows to become a successful Company!! Y'all deserve the recognition!!
Thank you SO much!
*Avenues from east side to west side (MIDTOWN between 34th and 42nd)*
1st Avenue (one-way, north)
2nd Avenue (one-way, south)
3rd Avenue (one-way, north) _two-way below 23rd st_
Lexington Avenue (one-way, south)
Park Avenue (two-way)
Madison Avenue (one-way, north)
5th Avenue (one-way, south)
6th Avenue (one-way, north)
*Broadway (one-way, south)*
7th Avenue (one-way, south)
8th Avenue (one-way, north)
9th Avenue (one-way, south)
10th Avenue (one-way, north)
11th Avenue (one-way, south)
*Major cross streets*
Houston
14th
23rd
34th
42nd
57th/59th
72nd
79th
96th
106th/110th
125th
135th
145th
155th
I'm a New Yorker here, but I live in Queens, and well, I have just learned new things about the city. First of all, I didn't even know that there's a roundabout in the city! and now, the MTA central park is now going to haunt me for days
Hahaha 😂
I love this so much! Please do this for other cities, it pleases me so much seeing people equally interested in maps as me
We LOVE maps 😍
Great video. Thanks! I actually think I can navigate the city the next time I visit.
that was awesome, and so helpful for someone planning to visit and/or move to NY, NY! Thank you 😎
New Yorker here! Excellent summary
Best explanation! Most helpful for my tlc exam
Since you mention Broadway and the various Squares, it's interesting to point out that Madison Square Garden is not, in fact, located on Madison Square. How it came to be built above Penn Station (at West 34th Street) is a whole other story.
Thank you. I have been to the city several times, but this helped clear things up.
An excellent concise, entertaining and informative presentation. Love the format!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Useful. Thank you.
The buildings are taller and bigger where the bedrock can support the weight. Financial district and Midtown are examples.
Thanks! Super helpful, I am travelling to NYC/USA for the first time next May and this will come in handy!
Glad it was helpful!
Took a roatrip to Boston the other day which took me via the NJ Turnpike crossing the GW Bridge into Harlem and eventually the Bronx. One of my favorite parts of the overall roadtrip. It's just the drivers that suck there.
This is fascinating and very informative. Thank you from Sydney, Australia
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is incredible!!! My map loving heart is so grateful!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for orienting me re: Rent, Hamilton, Gossip Girl, hundreds of songs, etc etc etc
Never been to NY but this video was super cool, thanks
This video was SUPER informative! Thank you!
So glad! You're welcome 🙌
Super helpful, thanks! I'm debating moving there and getting this kind of layout breakdown is really great
Soooo helpful! Thank you for the easy breakdown!!!
Anytime 😊
“Orient yourself by finding Central Park”.
In Jersey City we “orient” ourselves throughout the area by if we can see the financial district
That's so cool!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
great video! i would also include the 3 bridges connecting to brooklyn and which part of the city they all meet in.
Great point!
They enter Manhattan in different neighborhoods. Brooklyn Bridge comes out at City Hall, Manhattan Bridge in the middle of Chinatown, and the Williamsburg Bridge right in the old Lower East Side at Delancey St.
Really good video for getting around the PlayStation 4/5 Spider-Man games
Hahahaha we love that
amazing video thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
NYC is my favorite US city to visit. I am content to wander the streets and avenues once a year for a couple of days and just take in the atmosphere. Thanks for the lesson
That's so cool!
Oh man this was so interesting! Thank you!
Fantastic video! Moving to NYC and hoping you can do this for all boroughs, especially brooklyn!
ooo yes! brooklyn would be great!
@@BrightTripTravel That one won't be easy. Brooklyn is mostly a grid, except it's really like 19 different grids all mashed together lmao. I live on East 7th Street, and I'm like 6 blocks away from 35th street.
Awesome vid. very helpful, thanks.
I’ve been to New York (Manhattan mostly, but I’ve been in every borough) every year to visit family (and I’m 22 now), but I never knew a lot of this! Thanks!
Yay! We're glad
This is fantastic. You are one of the reasons I started a channel myself Johnny, and i look forward to be able to make videos as flawless as yours. The level of detail to make it as best as possible is inspiring, as always. Best of vibes for your new adventure with this channel.
Wow! Best of luck! And thank you
Thank you... This was soooooo helpful. I now have a general idea of how to get around Manhattan.
Glad it was helpful!
As a Wellingtonian from New Zealand its mindboggling to think that our whole CBD is shorter than Central Park. The scale of Manhattan is insane.
Thank you for breaking that down to Barney level. Awesome video.
You need to do more map breakdowns.
That was absoluty brilliant, man! Thank you so much!!
I've learned so much from this video and I've lived in Manhattan since 2004. I did notice one error - there really is a 1st St. although it runs only a couple of blocks - Remember when Kramer found himself on 1st & 1st? He thought it was the nexus of the universe.
I was always curious about this, great explanation!
I’m so glad u liked it! Thanks for watching!