New York
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.
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
Braddock Avenue
Aligned 27 Oct - 2 Nov, best Fri 30 Oct
- Sunset alignment 100
Union Turnpike
Aligned 31 Oct - 6 Nov, best Tue 3 Nov
- Moonrise alignment 100
Cambridge Avenue
- Moonset alignment 100
East 94th Street
Upcoming alignment windows
A street lines up for a few days in a row as the sun or moon drifts past it. These are the strongest coming up in New York, with the best day of each.
- Moonrise Cambridge Avenue Tue 27 Oct · 6:39pm
- Moonrise Midway Avenue Tue 27 Oct · 6:44pm
- Moonset East 94th Street Tue 27 Oct · arrive 8:30am
- Moonset Scranton Avenue Tue 27 Oct · arrive 8:42am
- Moonset 68th Street Tue 27 Oct · arrive 8:43am
- Moonset Bay Ridge Avenue Tue 27 Oct · arrive 8:43am
Explore New York Alignments
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