Lower East Side
|
Lower East Side Historic District
|
|
Tenement buildings on the Lower East Side
|
|
Neighborhood location in Lower Manhattan (blue)
|
|
| Location | Roughly bounded by East Houston, Essex, Canal, Eldridge, South, and Grand Streets, and the Bowery and East Broadway, Manhattan, New York (original) Roughly along Division, Rutgers, Madison, Henry and Grand Streets (increase) |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°43′2″N 73°59′23″W / 40.71722°N 73.98972°W |
| NRHP Reference # |
00001015 (original) 04000297 (increase) |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2000 (original) May 2, 2006 (increase) |
The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan, roughly located between the Bowery and the East River, and Canal Street and Houston Street. Traditionally an immigrant, working-class neighborhood, it began rapid gentrification in the mid-2000s, prompting The National Trust for Historic Preservation to place the neighborhood on their list of America's Most Endangered Places.
The Lower East Side is roughly bounded by the Bowery to the west, East Houston Street to the north, the F.D.R. Drive to the east and Canal Street to the south. The western boundary below Grand Street veers east off of the Bowery to approximately Essex Street.
The neighborhood is bordered in the south and west by Chinatown – which extends north to roughly Grand Street, in the west by Nolita and in the north by the East Village.
Historically, the "Lower East Side" referred to the area alongside the East River from about the Manhattan Bridge and Canal Street up to 14th Street, and roughly bounded on the west by Broadway. It included areas known today as East Village, Alphabet City, Chinatown, Bowery, Little Italy, and NoLIta. Parts of the East Village are still known as Loisaida, a Latino pronunciation of "Lower East Side." Avenue C is known directly as "Loisaida" and is home to the Loisaida Festival every summer.
...
Wikipedia