Which way does 1st ave run in Manhattan?

Answer 1

In Manhattan, the numbered streets run south to north in ascending order (meaning, 56th Street is one block north of 55th Street, 55th Street is one block north of 54th Street, etc.) or north to south in descending order (54th Street is one block south of 55th, 55th is one block south of 56th), depending on how you look at it.

The numbered avenues in Manhattan run west to east in descending order (9th Avenue is one block east of 10th Avenue, 10th Avenue is one block east of 11th Avenue, etc.) or east to west in ascending order (again, depending on how you look at it).

In Brooklyn, the numbered streets run south to north in descending order (19th Street is one block north of 20th Street, 20th Street is one block north of 21st Street, etc.) or vice versa, and the numbered streets and avenues that run west/east or east/west run west to east in ascending order (East 36th Street is one block east of East 35th Street, and 21st Avenue is one block east of 20th Avenue) or vice versa.

In Queens, the numbered streets run in ascending order from west to east (257th Street is one block east of 256th Street, 256th Street is one block east of 255th Street) or vice versa, and the numbered avenues run south to north in descending order (85th Avenue is one block north of 86th Avenue, 86th Avenue is one block north of 87th Avenue) or vice versa.

In the Bronx, the numbered streets run south to north in ascending order (or north to south in descending order) and there are very few numbered avenues.

Staten Island has very few numbered streets or avenues.

Answer 2

North and South

Answer 3

North to Spith