blockfront

English

Etymology

From block +‎ front.

Noun

blockfront (plural blockfronts)

1. The buildings facing the street along an entire city block
   • 2007 August 19, Suzanne Slesin, “Small or Large, Uptown or Down?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 November 2025:

     The second stop is the 22-story Lucida, which fills the blockfront on Lexington Avenue between 85th and 86th Streets […] .