All Messed up
Downtown Manhattan is a maze
Above 14th, mostly a grid
Brooklyn/The Bronx? I have NO clue
Queens - about 4-5 overlapping grids that are MOSTLY either Alphabetical/Numeric, but it gets REAL funky in some spots, particularly where the grids from the different original towns meet. Want to have fun? Go to Queens Blvd between say The Jackie Robinson (nee Interboro) Parkway, down to around 61st Street - 2 street grids cross there, and Queens Blv runs diagonal across both grids. One block you cross will be an Ave, the Next a Street, and they BOTH happen to have similar numbers in that area. I've lived, oh, 3-4 miles away for all but 18 months of my life, and I'll still scratch my head and say "OK, it's gotta be over THERE". The WORST part? If you're WRONG, and have to cross Queens Blvd. The whole area is 1 way streets, Not every street crosses QB, the Blvd has both "express" lanes (3) and Local lanes (2 + parking) in each direction - no left from a local, no right from an express, and crossovers are oh, every 1/4-1/2 mile or so