Welcome back to Block by Block, your weekly photographic tour of New York, a street at a time.

Manhattan’s 16th Street traverses through Stuy Town, Gramercy, Chelsea, and the hearts of Stuyvesant Square and Union Square, all the way to the Hudson River. Enjoy the primed, rhymed walk, block by block:

1st Avenue / Stuy Town / 16th Street

1st Avenue —> Nathan D Perlman Place

Nathan D Perlman Place —> 2nd Avenue (Stuyvesant Square 1/2)

2nd Avenue —> Rutherford Place (Stuyvesant Square 2/2)

Rutherford Place —> 3rd Avenue

3rd Avenue —> Irving Place

Irving Place —> Park Avenue/Union Square East

Union Square East/Park Avenue —> Union Square West (Union Square Park)

Union Square West —> 5th Avenue

5th Avenue —> 6th Avenue

6th Avenue —> 7th Avenue

7th Avenue —> 8th Avenue

8th Avenue —> 9th Avenue

9th Avenue —> 10th Avenue

10th Avenue —> 11th Avenue

West Side Highway / Pier 57 / Hudson River