Move over! New Yorkers sound off on sidewalk etiquette — here’s the No. 1 thing we hate

Hey, we’re walkin’ here!

A new survey of New Yorkers tackles the thorny subject of sidewalk etiquette in the Big Apple — a simple set of rules so many visitors to the greatest city in the world fail to follow.

In the only American metropolis where hoofing it on a daily basis is a necessity rather than a choice or a leisure activity, failure to obey the rules of NYC’s other road system — roughly 12,000 miles worth — can turn the noted pedestrian paradise into straight-up hell.

The curious journalists at Gothamist recently broached the subject with their readership, asking everyone to send in their must-follow sidewalk etiquette rules.

A small but predictably spirited representative sampling of about 400 responded — almost as one — with a version of the same request:

Keep to the right.

“WALK ON THE (BLANK)ING RIGHT SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK, FOR (BLANK)’S SAKE!!!!” reader Jeanmarie Lally of Manhattan pleaded, speaking for 8 million-plus area pedestrians.

“I grew up here and it’s one of the first things we learned in elementary school,” Andrew Tripp of Astoria said of Gotham’s Golden Rule.

“When it’s followed, it makes everything less irritating,” Tripp pointed out.

Another frequent request was that slow walkers die a slow and painful death.

“New York streets operate like highways and if you’re walking slow as hell, I will definitely tailgate you until you move or abruptly jump in front of you to cut you off,” Aaliyah Pasols from Long Island City admitted.

“Treat your body like a car. Would you stop in the middle of the street to answer a text if you were driving?” Sydney Holmes of Queens asked.

And forget about groups — just because you’re in New York having a good time, doesn’t mean we all have to work around your schedule.

“If you’re in a group that insists on taking up the entire sidewalk, especially a more narrow one, I *will* play Red Rover and just walk in between your group,” Devin Rutland of Brooklyn wrote.

Of course, real New Yorkers know that there’s a time to bulldoze your way through foot traffic, and a time to hold back and be considerate.

The popular blog asked readers to vote on who, in these special cases, gets the right of way, pitting joggers against dog walkers, tourists against 9-to-5ers, seniors against stroller moms.

“Strollers whose parents are treating them like Mad Max vehicles need to be shamed,” Samuel Taylor in Bushwick insisted. “Old people should get zero hate.”

In the end, dog walkers and seniors had to battle it out to win — seniors swept the final vote, 889 to 124.

“As a 9-to-5er, the only people on this list I’ll happily yield to are seniors,” commented Grace Tyson.

“Seniors get priority and deserve zero annoyances,” Molly Arnn wrote. “Huge strollers, fast e-bikes, wayward dogs, tourists — it’s ok to be annoyed at them. Be nice to old people.”

In addition, some commenters pointed out that you might want to take a minute before letting rip with the forceful “Excuse me!” — after all, you might end up being the guy slowing everyone else down.

“Honestly, I used to be one of those people like, ‘Stay to the right, I have somewhere to be,’ ” Cynthia Blumberg, 34, confessed.

Then, The Bronx resident began to suffer from mobility issues — today, she needs a wheelchair to get around, making her much more empathetic to those who block the sidewalk at times by necessity.

“The way I’d want to be [addressed] is, ‘Ma’am I’m so sorry, I just need to get by you,’ ” she said. “At least they’ve expressed their need. Some people need to get where they’re going.”

Melody Kromenacker, 30, moved from Colorado to the Big Apple partly due to the lure of life in a “walking city.”

After getting pregnant, however, the Queens resident is noticing what it’s like to be at a slight disadvantage on the city’s bustling pedestrian pathways.

“In New York, everyone walks so quickly, you have to be really agile to be able to move around people,” Kromenacker told the outlet.

“When you can’t do that anymore, you just see that if people took one more second so they wouldn’t have to shoulder-check the pregnant lady, that would be great.”