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    • About
      • Purpose and Applicability
      • Street Design Policy
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      • How to Use This Website
      • Background
      • Resources
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    • Process
      • Key Considerations
        • Agency Roles on the City's Streets
        • Community Participation
        • Operational & Capital Project Characteristics
        • DOT Design Reviews & Analyses
        • Reviews by Other Agencies & Utilities
        • Unified Stormwater Rule
      • Operational Projects
      • Capital Projects
      • External Projects (Initiated Outside NYC DOT)
    • Geometry
      • Principles & Policies
      • Key Considerations
        • Design Process
        • Roadway Design, Vehicle Swept Path Analysis, & Emergency Access
        • Drainage & Stormwater Control
        • Accessibility, Pedestrian Mobility Plan & Pedestrian Access Routes
        • Sustainability & Resiliency
        • Bridges, Step Streets, Street Ends & Private Streets
      • Curb Management
      • Designing Intersections
        • Intersection Types
        • Enhanced Crossings
        • Hardened Daylighting
        • Dedicated Turning Lanes
        • Turn Calming
        • Median Barrier
        • Signal Timing Applications
      • Designing Shared Spaces
        • Open Street
        • Shared Street
      • Designing for People
        • Full Sidewalk
        • Ribbon Sidewalk
        • Sidewalk Expansion
        • Pedestrian Ramps, Blended Transitions & Cut Throughs
        • Curb Extension
        • Mid-Block Narrowing
        • Pedestrian Safety Island
        • Raised Crosswalk
        • Raised Intersection
        • Pedestrian Plaza
      • Designing for Micromobility
        • Conventional Bike Lane
        • Protected Bike Lane
        • Two-Way Bike Lane
        • Grade-Separated Bike Lane
        • Greenway
        • Bike Boulevard
        • Bike Lane Table
      • Designing for Buses
        • Bus Stop
        • Curb Bus Lane
        • Offset Bus Lane
        • Median Bus Lane
        • Busway
        • Bus Bulb
        • Bus Boarding Island
      • Designing for Vehicles
        • Lanes
        • Curbs
        • Curb Cuts
        • Raised Median
        • Lane Narrowing & Lane Removal
        • Raised Speed Reducer
        • Gateway
        • Chicane
        • Neighborhood Traffic Circle
        • Roundabouts
    • Materials
      • Key Considerations
        • Accessibility
        • Maintenance
        • Review & Approval Process
        • Sustainability & Resiliency
        • Details & Specifications
      • Sidewalks
        • Unpigmented Concrete
        • Pigmented Concrete (Dark)
        • Pigmented Concrete (Historic Materials)
        • Detectable Warning Surface
        • Concrete with Exposed Aggregate
        • Concrete with Custom Scoring
        • Hexagonal Asphalt Paver
        • Bluestone Flag
        • Granite Slab
        • Granite Block
        • Permeable Interlocking Concrete Paver (PICP)
        • Precast Porous Concrete Panels (PPCP)
        • Asphaltic Concrete (Flexible Pavement)
      • Curbs
        • Cast-in-Place Concrete
        • Cast-in-Place Steel-Faced Concrete
        • Integral Curb and Gutter
        • Granite
      • Crosswalks
        • Granite Paver
        • Raised Crosswalk
      • Roadways
        • Composite Pavement
        • Reinforced Concrete (Rigid Pavement)
        • Porous Asphalt
        • Precast Porous Concrete Panel (PPCP)
        • Granite Block
      • Markings
        • Pavement Markings
        • Color Surface Treatments
    • Lighting
      • Key Considerations
        • Selection Criteria & Design Review Process
        • Photometric Standards
        • Inclusive Design & Resiliency
        • Details & Specifications
      • Standard Street Lighting
        • Davit (30'-0")
        • Octagonal
      • Distinctive Street Lighting
        • Alliance
        • Bishops Crook
        • City Light
        • Flatbush Avenue
        • TBTA
        • Type F
        • Type M
      • Pedestrian Lighting
        • Davit (14' - 0")
        • Flushing Meadow
        • TBTA (17'-0")
        • Type B
        • World’s Fair
      • Signal Poles
        • Type M-2A Signal Pole
        • Alliance Signal Pole (Type S)
        • Type S-1A Signal Pole
        • Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS)
    • Furnishings
      • Key Considerations
        • Clear Path
        • Furnishing Zone
        • Resiliency & Maintenance
      • Seating
        • Benches
        • Bus Stop Shelter
        • Dining Out NYC
        • Leaning Bar
        • Movable Seating
        • Street Seats
      • Bikes
        • Large Hoop Rack
        • Small Hoop Rack
        • Bike Corral
        • Bike Share Station
      • Information & Services
        • Automatic Public Toilet (APT)
        • Electric Vehicle Charger
        • LinkNYC
        • Litter Basket
        • Multirack
        • MuniMeter
        • Newsstand
        • Plaza Kiosk
        • Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI)
        • WalkNYC Wayfinding
        • Waste Containerization
      • Other Elements
        • Blocks
        • Bridge Fencing
        • Electrical Load Center
        • Irrigation Enclosures
        • Pedestrian Fencing
        • Plant Fencing
        • Planters
        • Site Fencing
        • Tree Guards
    • Landscape
      • Key Considerations
        • Benefits of Plantings in the Right-of-Way (ROW)
        • Project Team, Reviews & Approvals
        • Plant Selection
        • Diseases & Pests
        • Soils
        • Microclimate, Heat Mitigation & Waterfronts
        • Spacing & Siting Requirements
        • Tree Preservation & Protection
        • Plant Installation, Period of Establishment & Maintenance
        • Watering & Irrigation
      • Tree Beds
        • Tree Bed
        • Connected Tree Bed
      • Planted Stormwater Management Practices
        • Sidewalk Stormwater Management Practices
        • Stormwater Greenstreet
        • Median Stormwater Management Practices
      • Planting Locations
        • Roadway Plantings
        • Sidewalk Plantings
        • Plaza Plantings
        • Limited-Access Arterial Plantings
      • Planting Conditions
        • In-Ground Plantings
        • Raised Plantings
        • Container Plantings
    • Activations
      • Key Considerations
        • Process
        • Site Context
        • Sizing of Common Activation Components
        • Emergency Access and Safety
        • Accessibility
        • Staffing, Storage & Maintenance
      • Activation Type
        • Citywide Signature Events
        • Concessions
        • Open Streets
        • Public Art
        • Outdoor Seating
        • Public Realm Programming
        • SAPO
    • Case Studies
      • Current Case Studies
        • Bogardus Plaza
        • 181st Street Busway
        • Dining Out NYC: Setup Menu
        • Landscape Maintenance Program
      • Past Case Studies: 2020
        • Grand Concourse
        • Bx6 Select Bus Service Route
        • Diversity Plaza
        • Fifth Avenue Street Seat
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Standard Street Lighting

Davit pole

Davit (30-feet)

The Davit pole is an elegant, curved alternative to the Octagonal pole that can be used in the same streetscape contexts.

 

Octagonal pole

Octagonal

The tapered steel Octagonal pole, combined with the LED Cobra Head luminaire, constitutes a Standard Street Light (SSL).

 

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  • Lighting
    • Key Considerations
      • Selection Criteria & Design Review Process
      • Photometric Standards
      • Inclusive Design & Resiliency
      • Details & Specifications
    • Standard Street Lighting
      • Davit (30'-0")
      • Octagonal
    • Distinctive Street Lighting
      • Alliance
      • Bishops Crook
      • City Light
      • Flatbush Avenue
      • TBTA
      • Type F
      • Type M
    • Pedestrian Lighting
      • Davit (14' - 0")
      • Flushing Meadow
      • TBTA (17'-0")
      • Type B
      • World’s Fair
    • Signal Poles
      • Type M-2A Signal Pole
      • Alliance Signal Pole (Type S)
      • Type S-1A Signal Pole
      • Accessible Pedestrian Signal (APS)
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