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 Forgotten NY, it was New York's first one-way street, created to alleviate traffic jams caused by

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s arriving at the theater.

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

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