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East Village and the Lower East Side

The East Village and Lower East Side occupy the ground east of the Bowery in Manhattan, settled successively by German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Puerto Rican and Chinese communities, several of which still have institutions on the same blocks.

Type
neighborhood
Status
A name in common use with no authority defining its extent.

Also known as East Village, Lower East Side.

This record covers the East Village together with the adjoining Lower East Side. They are separate customary names for continuous ground, no boundary between them is defined, and the places recorded here sit within a few minutes' walk of one another.

What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Restaurants2
  • Shopping2
  • Nightlife1
  • Wellness & fitness1

Places in East Village and the Lower East Side

Restaurants

Katz's Delicatessen

East Village and the Lower East Side

Katz's Delicatessen is a Jewish delicatessen on East Houston Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, trading since 1888 and still operating a ticket system at the counter.

Restaurants

Veselka

East Village and the Lower East Side

Veselka is a Ukrainian diner on Second Avenue in Manhattan's East Village, opened in 1954 and open around the clock for much of its history.

Nightlife

McSorley's Old Ale House

East Village and the Lower East Side

McSorley's Old Ale House is a bar on East 7th Street in Manhattan's East Village, trading since the mid-nineteenth century, with sawdust floors and walls of un-dusted memorabilia.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Shopping

Russ & Daughters

East Village and the Lower East Side

Russ & Daughters is an appetizing store on East Houston Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, founded in 1914 and run by the same family for four generations.

Shopping

Economy Candy

East Village and the Lower East Side

Economy Candy is a confectionery shop on Rivington Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, trading since 1937 and stocked floor to ceiling.

Wellness & fitness

Russian and Turkish Baths

East Village and the Lower East Side

The Russian and Turkish Baths on East 10th Street in Manhattan's East Village have operated since 1892 and retain a Russian radiant-heat room fired by rock.

6 of 6 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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