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February 12, 2010. Little Italy (also Italian: Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its Italian population. [ 2] It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita .
Designated NYCL. August 14, 1973. May 11, 2010 (extension) SoHo, short for "South of Houston Street ", [ 4] is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Since the 1970s, the neighborhood has been the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and has also been known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques ...
Five Points, Manhattan. Coordinates: 40°42′52″N 74°00′01″W. Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot, 1889. Five Points neighborhood. Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake ...
January 20, 1972. Designated NYCL. January 18, 1966. Firehouse, Engine Company 31 is a historic fire station located at 87 Lafayette Street between Walker and White Streets in the Tribeca and Civic Center neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in 1895 and designed by architects Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, who styled it after ...
Defunct. 2020. Headquarters. New York. , United States. Shop. John Jovino Gun Shop, or the John Jovino Company, was a firearms dealer and factory at 183 Grand Street, in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was the oldest gun retailer in the city [ 1] and said to be the oldest gun shop in the United States. [ 2]
February 12, 2010. The Chinese American experience has been documented at the Museum of Chinese in America in Manhattan's Chinatown since 1980. Manhattan 's Chinatown[ a ] is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west.
Bensonhurst is part of Brooklyn Community District 11, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11204 and 11214. [ 1] It is patrolled by the 62nd Precinct of the New York City Police Department. [ 7] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council 's 38th, 43rd, and 47th Districts. [ 8]
In 1824, 65 Mott Street became New York City's first building specifically built to be a tenement [12] (2013 photo) Ah Ken is reported to have arrived in the area in 1858; he is the first Chinese person credited as having permanently immigrated to Chinatown. As a Cantonese businessman, Ah Ken eventually founded a successful cigar store on Park Row.