New York
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.