Abe Lebewohl Triangle

The Abe Lebewohl Triangle exists because of a colonial-era quirk in the New York City street grid. While most of Manhattan follows a strict numbered layout, this small space sits where Stuyvesant Street cuts across the grid at a diagonal angle, a remnant of the old farm paths belonging to Peter Stuyvesant. When the city formalized its street pattern in the early nineteenth century, this awkward wedge of land did not align with the new plan and was eventually set aside as a public sitting area.