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A 90-Minute Walk in the East Village

Originally the farm or bouwerie of the Stuyvesant family, Velvet Underground was among
this historic area now has a different appeal thanks to its the bands who played here.
musical and artistic associations, as well as many of the
city’s buzzing and affordable ethnic bars and restaurants. Little Ukraine
Turn left onto Second Avenue,
It also manages to balance a peaceful residential area with home to one of the largest
business and creativity, which is reflected in the constantly and longest­standing Ukrainian
changing trendy record shops, vegan cafés, craft stores, populations in the US, with
and live music clubs. For more details on sights in the East restaurants, bars, and centers
Village, see pages 112–17. such as the Ukrainian National
Home 8 on the right (140),
and the good­value, 24­hour
Astor Place Ukrainian eaterie Veselka 9
Adjacent to the Astor Place on the corner. Farther up
subway stop is a black steel Third Ave L
cube called the Alamo 1 – a
meeting point for students and
skateboarders. Walk towards BRO A D WAY TH I RD AVEN UE
Third Avenue through the FOU RT H AV E SECOND AVE NU E
large buildings that comprise First Avenue L E A S T 1 4 T H S T R E E T
Cooper Union 2 (see p116). This 8th St-NYU
N.R
scholarship college was found ed EAST 8TH ST Astor Place EAST 10TH STREET
in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an ASTOR PLACE 6 0 F I R S T A V E N U E E A ST 13TH S TREE T
illiterate but successful busi ness­ 3 EAST 9TH STREET E A ST 12TH S TREE T
man and proponent of free S T R E E T 1 2 7 A V E N U E A
education. Across the street is 4 5 6 9 q
the Continental 3, a live music FO URT H AVEN UE COOPER i 8 E A S T 1 1 TH S TRE E T
venue that has hosted acts such L A F AY E T T E E A S T 1 0 TH S TRE E T
as Iggy Pop and Guns N’ Roses. Locals enjoying celebrations on d SQUARE EAS T 7TH STREET w
In the East Village, 8th Street Ukrainian Day EAS T 6TH STREET o E A S T 9 T H S T REE T
becomes St. Mark’s Place 4, a
former jazz, then hippie, then “happenings,” and the EA S T 5 T H STREET S ECO N D AVE ST MA RK S P L A C E e
punk hangout. With so many US flag was burned GR E AT J O NE S ST s p TOMPKINS
sidewalk cafés and street as an anti­war protest EAST 4 TH S TREET E A S T 7 T H S T REE T A V E N U E A SQUARE t
vendors, this is one of the in 1967. At 19–25 BO N D S T EA ST 3RD STREET a u r
busiest pedestrian areas of St. Mark’s Place 7, E A S T 6 T H S T REE T y
Manhattan. St. Mark’s Ale House there was a Jewish f
5 on the right, formerly The hangout, then the AVENUE B
Five Spot, was where musicians Italian mafia ruled, until ELIZABETH ST B O W E R Y
and poets got together in Andy Warhol turned EAST 1ST ST EAST 2ND STREE T E AST 4 T H S T
the 1960s. A few steps down the space into the E A S T HO U S T ON F I R S T A V E N U E
(at no. 4) is the 1831 Hamilton­ infamous nightclub EAST 3RD ST
Holly House 6, that was once Electric Circus from
the Bridge Theater. The venue 1967 to 1971. The Second Ave F ST R EE T
was repeat edly shut down
due to con tro versial acts, then
reopened. Yoko Ono held
Tips for Walkers
Starting point: The Alamo.
Length: 1.75 miles (2.8 km).
Getting there: Take the subway
train 6 to Astor Place. Or take
M101, M102, or M103 buses.
Stopping-off Points: Many
good­value places on St. Mark’s
Place, but try Jules Bistro (French)
between 1st and 2nd avenues,
and Caracas Arepa Bar (cheap
Venezuelan) at 93½ East 7th St.
4 Stores in the busy neighborhood of St. Mark’s Place

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