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EAST VILLAGE

Home to a country estate in the 17th century, attracted the “Beat Generation,” and, ever since,
owned by Peter Stuyvesant, the East Village music clubs and theaters abound in the area.
neighborhood only really took shape in the From the 1990s, the culinary and bar scene
early 1900s. The Irish, Germans, Jews, Poles, here blossomed, making this one of the city’s
Ukrainians, and Puerto Ricans all left their most fashionable districts. To the west lies
mark on the area, not least in the form of NoHo (north of Houston), while to the east,
Manhattan’s most varied and least expensive avenues lettered A–D form “Alphabet City,” a
ethnic restaurants. In the 1950s, low rents trendy district of restaurants and gardens.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Streets and Buildings Churches Restaurants see pp294–9
1 Cooper Union 5 St. Mark’s-Church-in-the-Bowery 1 Angelica Kitchen
3 Colonnade Row 6 Grace Church 2 Caracas Arepa Bar
8 Bayard-Condict Building Parks and Squares 3 Dirt Candy
Museums and Galleries 7 Tompkins Square 4 Dumpling Man
4 Merchant’s House Museum Famous Theaters 5 Edi & the Wolf
6 Empellón Cocina
2 The Public Theater 7 Great Jones Cafe
8 Hearth
9 Ippudo
10 Jewel Bako
14th St- 11 Lil’ Frankies
14th St- Union Sq
Union Sq 4.5.6 12 The Mermaid Inn
L.N.Q.R 13 Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque
14 Momofuku Noodle Bar
F O U R T H AV E N U E EAST 1 4 TH STR E E T 16 Pardon My French
15 La Palapa
17 Il Posto Accanto
18 Prune
Third Ave
L
19 Veselka
8th St-NYU THIRD AVE NUE First Ave 20 Zum Schneider
N.R E A S T L E A S T
S E C O N D A V E N U E
B R O A D W A Y ASTOR PL Astor Place 9TH STREET E A S T 1 1 T H S T R E E T 1 4 T H S T R E E T
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A V E N U E A
LAFAYETTE STREET E A S T 5 T H E A S T 7 T H S T R E E T A V E N U E B
A V E N U E
E A S T 1 3 T H S T R E E T
COOPER
SQUARE
E A S T 1 2 T H S T R E E T

E A S T 9 T H S T R E E T

E A S T 1 0 T H S T R E E T
F I R S T
S T M A R K S P L A C E
GREAT JONES ST
S T R E E T
SQUARE
BLEECKER
Broadway- BOND STREET B O W E R Y E A S T 6 T H S T R E E T TOMPKINS EAST 9TH STREET N U E C
Lafayette St STREET
A V E N U E A EAST 7TH STREET A V E
B.D.F.M Bleecker St
6 EAST 8TH STREET
E A S T 3 R D S T R E E T
EAST 1 ST S T REET
EAST HOUSTON STREE T
E A S T 4 T H S T R E E T
Second Ave A V E N U E B EAST 6TH STREET
E A S T 2 N D S T R E E T
F EAST 5TH STREET
600m
PERETZ
SQUARE
0 meters 400
0 yards 400
Gothic bas-relief on the facade
of Grace Church See also Street Finder maps 4, 5
People relaxing in Tompkins Square Park For keys to symbols see back flap
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