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Although Broadway is diagonal because it follows a much older Lenape trail that existed centuries before NYC’s grid system!
2026-03-24 03:06:13
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Sarah Jannetti :
Unrelated but this is crazy eye contact
2026-03-24 01:03:26
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Tusk Grabber :
That’s why it’s called the big apple
2026-03-23 16:51:25
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Jay :
Broadway actually follows an ancient trail that was used for travel and trade by the Native Americans and later the European settlers, which is why it cuts through the grid today. The grid was built around broadway
2026-03-24 03:35:47
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maria :
Tha BIG APPLE
2026-03-25 14:34:39
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iamdorkish :
That's also where you find the elusive 4th Ave for several blocks
2026-05-11 15:41:03
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the_lotus_blooms :
It’s because of the Halloween store which has been there for nearly 400 years
2026-05-07 19:34:17
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badgalvivian :
See, because I was wondering
2026-05-18 19:58:54
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shoes.mp3 :
It’s so funny to me that people are amazed that the modern city is built on top of an older city like that’s a brand new idea
2026-03-24 17:21:23
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sunshine :
Is this where big apple came from
2026-03-25 15:27:13
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MaddGrimey :
It’s giving…. Nicholas Cage in National Treasure about to tell us the answer to a clue
2026-03-24 21:16:34
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Scootaloo :
Awwww wish the apple orchard was still there
2026-03-24 09:35:19
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shaobohan :
Broadway was a wide cleared way used by the native Americans, populated with people and commerce and then later the colonist adopt around it
2026-03-24 04:01:22
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amanda🪻 :
i’m currently reading an entire book about the history of broadway (the street, not musical theater) and it’s absolutely fascinating
2026-04-27 17:38:58
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Rae :
Windiest corner in the city
2026-05-16 01:48:31
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Erin F :
Every NYU student should know that one! Next cover why Stuyvesant Street cuts across the grid. Why does 4th St. cross 10th St.?!? 😭
2026-05-13 14:49:39
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whitesttrash :
well can we have the apples back
2026-03-24 03:03:15
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slavicfairy :
the way i new EXACTLY where he’s standing before he said it and before he flipped the camera😭🙏
2026-05-15 13:17:55
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thenightauditor :
Imagine in an alternate universe there’s still an apple orchard there. Like New York City all around and then just an amazing apple orchard is in the middle right there. 😭🍎
2026-03-24 10:00:06
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Stone :
“Anyone who knows anything” baby I’ve lived here for 2 years and couldn’t find Broadway with a compass
2026-05-10 10:16:25
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Roydonk :
I never knew this!! 🔥🔥🔥
2026-03-23 16:29:28
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Paige Mitchell, MA :
Love nyc history
2026-03-23 17:17:41
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Andrea McLean B :
what happened with the apple orchard?
2026-03-24 21:46:16
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John OBrien :
Brother give “the island in the center of the world” a read
2026-03-24 00:34:11
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