10 Most Popular Streets in New York

1.      Broadway: bright lights, flashy advertisements, and gigantic billboards of Times Square, hundreds of thousands of people daily, synonymous with the Theatre District and New York City’s historic venues, theatre-lined avenue

2.      Park Avenue: masterful architecture of New York’s iconic buildings, looming skyscrapers, historic structures like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, runs directly into Grand Central Terminal

3.      St. Mark’s Place: weird personality and authentically New York, epicentre of New York City’s counter-culture movement, Punks, poets, and hippies flourished on these short 3 blocks, creative street food vendors, hip restaurants, dive bars, and funky shops

4.      5th Avenue: Nicknamed “Millionaire’s Row”, nation’s elite in the 19th century, a few palatial Beaux-Arts buildingsh, high-end retailers, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Empire State Building

5.      Washington Street: famous viewpoint of the Manhattan Bridge, striking panorama of the bridge, Main Street Park, Beachfront restaurants

6.      Wall Street: world’s economic powerhouse, the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s most influential investors and banking moguls, housed America’s first Congress and Supreme Court

7.      Crosby Street: peaceful respite, supports a colourful array of independent shops and designers, local boutiques, Pre-war building

8.      Doyers Street: the curving 200-ft street, shady reputation as America’s most dangerous street, Chinatown, major artery of Chinatown, Restaurants, salons, and gift shops

9.      Riverside Drive: parallel to the Hudson River, picturesque escape from the urban jungle, city parks and sports complexes, pre-war townhouses, adjacent Riverside Park

10.  Prospect Park Wes: offers a gateway to Brooklyn’s version of Central Park, Prospect Park, gorgeous brownstones and apartment complexes, Greenmarket farmers market