Elk St Between Chambers St and Duane St

Elk is a really short street – so short that half of it is blockaded to traffic along with Duane Street. With hardly a marked crosswalk to help pedestrians access it from City Hall, its only real characteristic is a massive parking lot with an equally massive Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank mural painted high above (they own the building). 

As I mentioned, walking past Reade Street, there's no more vehicular access (for now – it's just barricaded), which is liberating but a tad uninviting. The tall buildings open up a little towards Duane Street when you encounter the African Burial Ground National Monument, which is particularly beautiful amongst all the boring stuff surrounding it. The corner of Elk and Duane is one of those comically over-named ones as Elk St, Duane St, Paul O'Dwyer Way, and African Burial Ground Way signs all share the same post.