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Touring Lower East Side
The district Lower East Side of in New York County (New York) is a subburb located in United States about 205 mi north-east of Washington DC, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 49 °F
Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Evening Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 38% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Sago Hotel
PUBLIC
Hotel On Rivington
Holiday Inn NYC - LOWER EAST SIDE
The Strayhorn - Self-Catering Apartment
OFF SOHO SUITES HOTEL
an Ascend Hotel Collection Member Gatsby Hotel
EAST HOUSTON HOTEL
Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Downtown East
Videos from this area
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Chinatown New York City
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Plant-in City at Mark Miller Gallery (Teaser)
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10 - Viagem a Nova York - Wall Street + Chinatown + Little Italy + CBGB`S
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Aboard an R160 (M), Essex to Chambers
A ride on board an (M) train of R160 cars, running between Essex Street and Chambers Street stations.
NYU - New York University - Campus visit with American College Strategies
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Opening Plenary: La MaMa—A Nexus for Ensemble and Universities—NET
Welcome Fourth Arts Block (FAB) 40 Years of Ensembles at La MaMa Four Generations of Ensembles La MaMa and Universities The Network of Ensemble Theaters presents Intersection: Ensembles +.
Video Tour of a Furnished Studio Apartment in the East Village (Manhattan - New York City)
Hello and welcome to another New York Habitat video tour of a furnished apartment in New York ( http://www.nyhabitat.com ). Today, we will be touring a nice furnished studio apartment located...
mirrored mural in east village
In a joint collaboration between the New School and Janos Korodi, independent visual artist with the people of "El Jardín del Paraiso" community garden we have created a mural. NYC, East Village,...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Ludlow Street
Ludlow Street runs between Houston and Division Streets on the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, an important cultural street rich with history. It is a destination street for musicians and music-lovers, and is heavily populated with fashion shops, art galleries, bars, restaurants, and clubs. Ludlow Street currently houses the performance venues Cake Shop, The Living Room, and Piano's, among its many other diversions.
Delancey Street
Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattan's Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge and Brooklyn. It is an eight-lane, median-divided street. Businesses range from delis to check-cashing stores to bars. Delancey Street has long been known for its discount and bargain clothing stores.
Rivington Street
Rivington Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which runs across the Lower East Side neighborhood, between Bowery and Pitt Street, with a break between Chrystie and Forsyth for Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Vehicular traffic runs west on this one-way street. It is named after James Rivington, who under cover of writing one of the most infamous Loyalist newspapers in the American colonies, secretly ran a spy ring that supplied George Washington with information.
ABC No Rio
ABC No Rio is a social center located at 156 Rivington Street on New York City's Lower East Side that was founded in 1980. It features a gallery space, a zine library, a darkroom, a silkscreening studio, and public computer lab. In addition, ABC No Rio plays host to a number of radical projects in New York City, including weekly hardcore punk matinees and the NYC Food Not Bombs collective.
Loisaida
Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino pronunciation of "Lower East Side", a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. The term was originally coined by poet/activist Bittman "Bimbo" Rivas in his 1974 poem "Loisaida". Loisaida Avenue is now an alternative name for Avenue C in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City, whose population has largely been Hispanic since the 1960s.
Rothko (club)
Rothko was a small nightclub and live music venue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The club opened in a former textile factory in May 2004, and closed in 2006. It featured a number of acts who subsequently went on to major chart success, such as The Killers, LCD Soundsystem and Futureheads, as well as already successful groups such as Sum 41 and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Guss' Pickles
Guss' Pickles was founded by a Polish immigrant, Isidor Guss. Guss arrived in New York in 1910, and like hundreds of thousands of other Jewish immigrants, settled in the Lower East Side. Clustered in the "pickle district" of Essex and Ludlow streets, early 20th century pickle vendors gave birth to what would be known as "New York style" pickles. Guss at first worked for L. Hollander and Sons, before later opening his own store.
East Broadway (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
East Broadway is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the F train at all times. There is an abandoned tower at the north end of the island platform. The station has two mezzanines, four open staircases, three closed staircases, and one escalator. The full-time entrance at Madison Street has one street staircase, while the part-time entrance at Canal and Rutgers Streets has three. A passageway outside of fare control connects the two areas.
Ludlow Street Jail
The Ludlow Street Jail was New York City's federal prison, located on Ludlow Street and Broome Street in Manhattan. Some prisoners, such as soldiers, were held there temporarily awaiting extradition to other jurisdictions, but most of the inmates were debtors imprisoned by their creditors. The two most famous inmates of the Ludlow Street Jail were Victoria Woodhull and Boss Tweed. Seward Park High School Educational Campus now sits on the site of the jail.
Shopsins
Shopsin's is a diner formerly located in New York City's Greenwich Village. It moved to Stall No. 16, 120 Essex Street in New York City's Essex Street Market.
Delancey Street – Essex Street (New York City Subway)
Delancey Street – Essex Street is a station complex shared by the BMT Nassau Street Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, just west of the Williamsburg Bridge.
Hotel on Rivington
The Hotel on Rivington is a 20-story luxury hotel on Rivington Street between Ludlow and Essex Streets in the Downtown Manhattan. Completed in 2005, the hotel's expensive rates, ultramodern design, upscale bar, and trendy clientele have made it a trademark of gentrification in the Lower East Side. Rooms range from about $275 to over $700 per night.
Kossar's Bialys
Kossar's Bialys (Kossar's Bialystoker Kuchen Bakery) located at 367 Grand Street (and Essex Street), on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest bialy bakery in the United States.
Seward Park (Manhattan)
Seward Park is a public park and playground in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, north of East Broadway, east of Essex Street. It is 3.046 acres in size and is the first municipally built playground in the United States.
Henry Street (Manhattan)
Henry Street is a street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City that runs in east one-way from Oliver Street in the west (locally called "south" because it is towards downtown, passing underneath the Manhattan Bridge and on to Grand Street in the east . The street is named for Henry Rutgers, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and prominent philanthropist. Rutgers Street, which intersects with Henry Street, is also named for him.
Little Fuzhou
Little Fuzhou (小福州, 紐約華埠), or Fujiantown, a prime destination status for immigrants from the Fujian Province of China, is a neighborhood in the Chinatown and Lower East Side areas of the borough of Manhattan in New York City in the United States. The term is now also being used to describe a similar neighborhood developing rapidly in the adjacent borough of Brooklyn.
Rivington Arms
Rivington Arms was an art gallery in New York City. Melissa Bent and Mirabelle Marden (daughter of artists Helen and Brice Marden) founded the gallery as a small storefront on Rivington Street in 2001, part of a new wave of galleries opening in the Lower East Side. In 2005, it moved to a larger space on East 2nd Street. The gallery participates in the following art fairs: The Armory Show, Frieze, NADA, and VOLTAshow.
Essex Street
Essex Street is a north-south street on the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. North of Houston Street, the street becomes Avenue A, and south of Canal Street it becomes Rutgers Street. Essex Street was laid out by James Delancey just before the Revolution as the east side of a "Delancey Square" intended for a genteel ownership; Delancey returned to England as a Loyalist in 1775, and the square was developed as building lots.
Allen Street
Allen Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Chinatown, and the Lower East Side. It is continued north of Houston Street as First Avenue, and south of Canal Street by Division Street and Pike Street. Northbound and southbound sides are separated by a meridian mall and each has a bike lane. The street's namesake was Captain William Henry Allen, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812.
Tonic (music venue)
Tonic was a music venue located at 107 Norfolk Street, New York City which opened in the Spring of 1998 and closed in April 2007. It was self-described as supporting "avant garde, creative and experimental music " and known for its commitment to musical integrity. A former kosher winery, the small and unassuming building provided a sense of intimacy by setting the performers within arms length of the audience. Tonic was the location of numerous live recordings by a variety of musicians.
Madison Street (Manhattan)
Madison Street is a two-way thoroughfare in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that begins under the Brooklyn Bridge entrance ramp and ends at Grand Street. It is roughly sixteen large city blocks long. Due to security measures implemented after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, public access to the street starts from St. James Place. The character of Madison Street changes quickly, from St.
St. Theresa's Church (New York City)
The Church of St. Teresa is a Roman Catholic parish located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at 16-18 Rutgers Street, northwest corner of Henry Street. The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York. The church building was built in 1841 for the Rutgers Presbyterian Church of New York in the Gothic Revival architectural style.
St. Mary's Church (Manhattan)
Not to be confused with St. Mary's Church, 69th Street (Manhattan) Mary's RCC Grand St jeh. jpgGeneral informationTown or city Manhattan, New York CityCountry United StatesConstruction started 1833 (original church), 1871 (enlarged with new facade)Design and constructionClient Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New YorkArchitect Patrick C. Keely (for 1871 facade) The Church of St.
Wd~50
wd~50 is a molecular gastronomy New American, eclectic/international restaurant located at 50 Clinton Street, on the Lower East Side in Manhattan in New York City. It was opened in 2003 by chef Wylie Dufresne. It was listed among the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants for 2010. In 2006 the restaurant received a Michelin star in the New York City guide, and has held onto it since. In 2013, Zagats gave it a food rating of 25.
LowLine
The Lowline is a proposal for the world's first underground park in the New York City borough of Manhattan that would be located under Delancey Street on the Lower East Side. Co-founders James Ramsey of Raad Studio and Dan Barasch have suggested the creation of a park below the ground, in which natural light would be directed using fiber optics — described in the proposed plan as "remote skylights" — to provide an area in which trees and grass could be grown beneath the city streets.