Map of street alignments in New York
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New York, United States

Manhattan's tilted street grid is the most famous example of urban sun alignment on the planet. The east-west cross streets line up with sunset twice each year (and sunrise twice more), and CityHenge tracks every aligning street in the five boroughs — not just the days the crowds gather for.

6196+ Alignment spots · next 14 days
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Top Alignment Spots

The top sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset alignment in New York for the next 7 days, pulled live from the app's forecast.

  • Sunrise alignment 100

    75th Avenue

    Sat, 15 Aug · 6:06am Facing E Street View
  • Sunset alignment 100

    East 143rd Street

    Sat, 15 Aug · arrive 7:23pm Facing W Street View
  • Moonrise alignment 83

    84th Street

    Fri, 21 Aug · 3:47pm Facing SE Street View
  • Moonset alignment 64

    Hillcrest Street

    Thu, 20 Aug · arrive 11:11pm Facing SW Street View

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