A neighborhood located within the Lower East Side and East Village of Manhattan. Alphabet City’s borders are roughly Houston Street to the south, 14th Street to the north, and First Avenue to the east. To the west runs the FDR Drive. Alphabet City get its name from the avenues that run through it, avenues A, B, C and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single letter names. This neighborhoods long history includes serving as a cultural center and hub for Manhattan’s Jewish, Polish, German and Hispanic populations. This neighborhood has seen its share of changes over the years, all of them adding to the history and flavor of the area. Tomkins Square Park was the scene of a riot in 1988 between police and the large group of homeless people who called the park home at the time.
Office Space - Alphabet City, NYC
Office Space - Alphabet City, NYC
Avenue C in Alphabet City is also called Loisaida Avenue (a Spanglish version of Lower East Side) in recognition of the neighborhood’s Puerto Rican heritage. Some of the areas famous landmarks include, Tompkins Square Park, Nuyorican Poet’s Café, C-Squat and St. Marks Place. The neighborhood’s gritty history has been the inspiration for films, books, songs and the Broadway musical Rent. Some of these films include Rent, Supersize Me, Flawless, Alphabet City and 7th Avenue. Alphabet City’s diverse cultural heritage has led to some of the best restaurants in Manhattan. Among them are Esperanto Latin Cuisine, Sunburnt Cow, 7A Café and Odessa Restaurant.
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