Length of a city block?

Question

What is the average length of a city block in relation to a mile?(i.e. 1/4mi, 1/2mi, etc)

Answer 1

Shorter than a country mile for sure and easier to get a ride from there if you get tired walking.
I did find this explanation:

A city block is a central element of urban planning and urban design. A city block is the smallest area that is surrounded by streets.

In many areas of the world, streets are traditionally laid out on a grid plan, so that city blocks are square or rectangular. Since the spacing of streets in grid plans varies so widely among cities, or even within cities, it is impossible to generalize about the size of a city block.

In other areas, cities have grown in a more amorphous manner rather than being planned from the outset. For this reason, an even pattern of square or rectangular city blocks is relatively uncommon in much of Europe.

In much of the United States and Canada, the addressing systems follow a block-number system, in which each block of a street is allotted 100 building numbers.

In the 20th century, a popular feature in urban planning was the superblock. A superblock is much larger than a traditional city block and is typically bounded by widely spaced, high-speed, arterial or circulating routes rather than by local streets. Superblocks are generally associated with suburbs, planned cities, and the urban renewal of the mid-20th century — that is, in areas in which a street hierarchy has replaced the traditional grid. In a residential area of a suburb, the interior of the superblock is typically served by cul-de-sac roads.

Answer 2

Approx. 8 city blocks equals 1 mile. Or, at least that is what is was when I went to school.

Answer 3

That varies from city to city, and even from block to block within a city. There is no "standard" city block.

Answer 4

Manhattan, on the grid .2mi x.05mi

Answer 5

Finally a length question that has nothing to do with a penis!