Alley public, although other commentators feel that the lack of alleys is a benefit to the quality of life of the city. Two notable alleys in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan are MacDougal Alley and Washington Mews. The latter is a blind alley or "cul-de-sac". Greenwich Village also has a number of private alleys that lead to back houses, which can only be accessed by residents, including Grove Court, Patchin Place and Milligan Place, blind alleys. Patchin Place is notable for the writers who lived there. Shubert Alley is a long pedestrian alley at the heart of the Broadway theater
Blind Alley (film) Blind Alley (film) Blind Alley is a 1939 crime drama film directed by Charles Vidor. Chester Morris plays a prison escapee who hides out with his gang in the home of a noted psychologist, played by Ralph Bellamy. Though a prisoner, the doctor begins delving into his captor's psyche. The film was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name by James Warwick. It was remade as "The Dark Past", with William Holden in the Morris role and Lee J. Cobb in Bellamy's. David Sterritt of TCM praised "Blind Alley"s cinematography, and noted its influence on the home invasion