The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new, more detailed plan for laying off 25 percent of its employees and scrapping 56 programs including pesticide safety, water runoff control, and environmental cooperation with Mexico and Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
This would make most of the standard city blocks in Chicago 1/8 mile long and 1/8 mile wide. There are some areas of downtown Chicago where the blocks are 1/16 mile long. But the vast majority of the city has 1/8 mile blocks.
In New York City, approximately 17 to 20 street blocks (north/south blocks) equals a mile, and about 5 to 10 avenue blocks (east/west blocks) equals a mile. The length of the â¦ avenue blocks varies considerably, depending on what neighborhood you're in. If we say that 17 street blocks is a mile, then 1 block equals approximately 0.06 miles. If we say that 20 street blocks is a mile, then 1 block equals 0.05 miles. So, 5 street blocks would equal 0.25 to 0.30 miles.