Vasilyevsky Island
The shape of street blocks on Vasilyevsky Island are the same, as was later implemented in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan: elongated rectangles. The longest side of each block faces the relatively narrow street with a numeric name (in Petersburg they are called "Liniya" (Line)) while the shortest side faces wide avenues. To denote avenues in Petersburg, a special term "prospekt" was introduced. Inside the grid of Vasilyevsky Island there are three prospekts, named "Bolshoi" ("Big"), "Sredniy "("Middle") and "Maly" ("Small") while the far ends of each lines cross with the embankments of Bolshaya Neva and Smolenka rivers in the delta of the Neva River.