Theatre Alley is a block-long cobblestone

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in the

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, between

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and Beekman Streets. It is one of Manhattan's few alleys that is not privately owned, and prior to the expansion of

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adjacent to the alley 2010, it was "dank and claustrophobic". The alley was named for adjacent Park Theatre, which burned down in 1848. According to

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, it was New York's first one-way street, created to alleviate traffic jams caused by horse-drawn carriages arriving at the theater.

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Streets in Manhattan Financial District, Manhattan {{Manhattan-geo-stub

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