# NYC street and subway geography for the visio-spacially challenged?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-street-and-subway-geography-for-the-visio-spacially-challenged/422026>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-street-and-subway-geography-for-the-visio-spacially-challenged/422026 "2007-10-09T02:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-street-and-subway-geography-for-the-visio-spacially-challenged/422026/21 "2007-10-17T18:23:44Z")

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[QUOTE=ArmenE]  
You’re mistaken, **Chuck**. I don’t know if this stems from your misinterpereting what **KidC** was saying or not. In Manhattan, even-numbered streets typically carry east-bound traffic, while odd-numbered streets carry west-bound traffic. As for avenues: North-bound traffic is carried by 1st, 3rd, Madison, 6th, 8th and 10th Aves. Sound-bound by 2nd, Lexington, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th.  
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True, but unless you’re taking your car along with you on the subway, the fact that a street is one way or not is not a concern. The question seemed to be about the streets themselves, not the traffic pattern.

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