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New York City's 15 Narrowest Buildings, Mapped

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Space in New York City is finite, but those looking to fill it seem not to be. This has lead to some crazy real estate stunts, like 90-square-foot homes, and a plethora of downright terrifying, possibly illegal tiny apartments. The search for space where space is not is tireless, and is summed up so perfectly in the city's 15 narrowest buildings. Rounded up by PropertyShark, these sites—which begin in the countdown at a spacious 10 feet in width—may have better served as a pocket park, or even an alley; but this is New York, and no stone goes unturned if someone wants to build over it.


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83 South 6th Street

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The city's 15th most slender building is this ten-foot-wide three-family townhouse in Williamsburg. To put the width of this townhouse into some kind of perspective, it is less wide than a standard traffic lane. Get ready, folks; it all goes down from here.

194 State Street - 9.83 Feet

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This one doesn't look that slender until you realize that the red door belongs not to No. 194, but No. 196. 194 State Street is on the right of the red door, and contains that lonely stack of single windows.

469 Port Richmond Avenue - 9.5 Feet

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This little Port Richmond antique shop is just 9.5 feet wide. If it carries the long tradition of such shops to be overstuffed, it's probably best to just not go in there; especially if the store policy is "You Break It, You Buy It."

75 1/2 Bedford Street - 9.5 Feet

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Behold, New York City's narrowest single-family house, the 9.5-foot-wide Wonder of the West Village. The home has hosted esteemed guests like actor Cary Grant and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. It most recently sold in August of 2013 for a whopping $3.25 million.

2951 Nostrand Avenue - 9.33 Feet

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At just 9.33 feet wide, this Marine Park mixed-use building is, well, really narrow.

166-10 Jamaica Avenue - 9 Feet

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ABC Wigs in Jamaica is approximately as wide as the tree in front of it.

164 Division Avenue - 8.58 Feet

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Home to the esteemed Corner Lunchbox, this Williamsburg establishment is a mere 8.58 feet wide.

155 West 35th Street - 8 Feet

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Let's call this eight-foot-wide Midtown building what it is: an alley cork.

174 Greenpoint Avenue - 7.92 Feet

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Insurance and income tax offices are already generally depressing, but this 7.92-foot-wide one in Greenpoint probably takes the cake.

1125 Elm Avenue - 7.75 Feet

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According to PropertyShark, this Midwood building is divided into three apartments. Sheesh.

2939 Bruckner Boulevard - 7.75 Feet

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The 7.75-foot-deep building in Schuylerville is probably well served by the baseball paraphernalia store that inhabits half of it.

118-120 Parkinson Avenue - 7.67 Feet

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There are no words for this 7.67-foot-wide Concord building; just Italian ices to ease its sorrows.

24-24 36th Street - 6.42 Feet

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See where the roof goes uneven in this Steinway home? Yup.

139-33 89th Avenue - 6 Feet

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This Jamaica structure looks more like a decorative entrance for the apartment building behind it (or more like a bouncey castle) than its own building.

57 Division Street - 5.7 Feet

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And now, the city's narrowest building: this wisp of a thing in Chinatown. Here's a list of things that won't fit in this building horizontally: a king size mattress, a standard door, former b-ball playing shorty Allen Iverson.

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83 South 6th Street

The city's 15th most slender building is this ten-foot-wide three-family townhouse in Williamsburg. To put the width of this townhouse into some kind of perspective, it is less wide than a standard traffic lane. Get ready, folks; it all goes down from here.

194 State Street - 9.83 Feet

This one doesn't look that slender until you realize that the red door belongs not to No. 194, but No. 196. 194 State Street is on the right of the red door, and contains that lonely stack of single windows.

469 Port Richmond Avenue - 9.5 Feet

This little Port Richmond antique shop is just 9.5 feet wide. If it carries the long tradition of such shops to be overstuffed, it's probably best to just not go in there; especially if the store policy is "You Break It, You Buy It."

75 1/2 Bedford Street - 9.5 Feet

Behold, New York City's narrowest single-family house, the 9.5-foot-wide Wonder of the West Village. The home has hosted esteemed guests like actor Cary Grant and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. It most recently sold in August of 2013 for a whopping $3.25 million.

2951 Nostrand Avenue - 9.33 Feet

At just 9.33 feet wide, this Marine Park mixed-use building is, well, really narrow.

166-10 Jamaica Avenue - 9 Feet

ABC Wigs in Jamaica is approximately as wide as the tree in front of it.

164 Division Avenue - 8.58 Feet

Home to the esteemed Corner Lunchbox, this Williamsburg establishment is a mere 8.58 feet wide.

155 West 35th Street - 8 Feet

Let's call this eight-foot-wide Midtown building what it is: an alley cork.

174 Greenpoint Avenue - 7.92 Feet

Insurance and income tax offices are already generally depressing, but this 7.92-foot-wide one in Greenpoint probably takes the cake.

1125 Elm Avenue - 7.75 Feet

According to PropertyShark, this Midwood building is divided into three apartments. Sheesh.

2939 Bruckner Boulevard - 7.75 Feet

The 7.75-foot-deep building in Schuylerville is probably well served by the baseball paraphernalia store that inhabits half of it.

118-120 Parkinson Avenue - 7.67 Feet

There are no words for this 7.67-foot-wide Concord building; just Italian ices to ease its sorrows.

24-24 36th Street - 6.42 Feet

See where the roof goes uneven in this Steinway home? Yup.

139-33 89th Avenue - 6 Feet

This Jamaica structure looks more like a decorative entrance for the apartment building behind it (or more like a bouncey castle) than its own building.

57 Division Street - 5.7 Feet

And now, the city's narrowest building: this wisp of a thing in Chinatown. Here's a list of things that won't fit in this building horizontally: a king size mattress, a standard door, former b-ball playing shorty Allen Iverson.