What does a 'hundred block' describe?

• A. The block's distance from baseline.
• B. The number of blocks in a street segment.
• C. The size of a block in square feet.
• D. The block's position within the 100-block grouping.

Answer: (D)

Hundred blocks are a naming convention for locating a block within the city’s street grid by grouping blocks into sets of 100. The number you see on a block tells you which hundred-block that location sits in, which is why this designation describes the block’s position within the 100-block grouping. It’s a way to quickly identify roughly where you are along a street without measuring exact distances or block sizes. For example, a block in the 32nd hundred-block sits in the same 100-block group as other blocks numbered from 3200 to 3299, indicating its general location within that grid. This concept is not about how far the block is from a baseline or about the block’s actual square footage or how many blocks are in a street segment.