Essex Street (Manhattan)
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Essex Street is a north-south street on the Lower East Side
of the New York City
borough
of Manhattan
. North of Houston Street, the street becomes Avenue A
, and south of Canal Street
it becomes Rutgers Street.
Essex Street was laid out by James Delancey just before the Revolution as the east side of a "Delancey Square" intended for a genteel ownership; Delancey returned to England as a Loyalist in 1775, and the square was developed as building lots.
Long a part of the Lower East Side Jewish enclave, many Jewish-owned stores still operate, including a pickle
shop (The Pickle Guys), a packaging supply store (Crystal Packaging and Tape, Co./Big Apple Boxes), many Judaica shops (Zelig Blumenthal, Rabbi Eisenbach, Israel Wholesale Judaica, Nat Weisberg & Sons), a furniture store (M.Katz & Sons), electronic store (eTronics) and a sporting goods store (G & S Sportinggoods). It is also home to the Essex Street Market
.
South of Hester Street it is bordered on the east by Seward Park
.
The IND Sixth Avenue Line
of the New York City Subway
runs under Essex Street and has a station at Delancey Street ( trains).
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
of the New York City
New York City
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borough
Borough (New York City)
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of Manhattan
Manhattan
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. North of Houston Street, the street becomes Avenue A
Avenue A (Manhattan)
Avenue A runs from north to south and is the westernmost of the avenues to be defined by letters instead of using the numbering system in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Avenue A runs from Houston Street to 14th Street, where it continues into a loop road in Stuyvesant Town, connecting to...
, and south of Canal Street
Canal Street (Manhattan)
Canal Street is a major street in New York City, crossing lower Manhattan to join New Jersey in the west to Brooklyn in the east . It forms the main spine of Chinatown, and separates it from Little Italy...
it becomes Rutgers Street.
Essex Street was laid out by James Delancey just before the Revolution as the east side of a "Delancey Square" intended for a genteel ownership; Delancey returned to England as a Loyalist in 1775, and the square was developed as building lots.
Long a part of the Lower East Side Jewish enclave, many Jewish-owned stores still operate, including a pickle
Pickled cucumber
A pickled cucumber is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation.-Gherkin:A gherkin is not only...
shop (The Pickle Guys), a packaging supply store (Crystal Packaging and Tape, Co./Big Apple Boxes), many Judaica shops (Zelig Blumenthal, Rabbi Eisenbach, Israel Wholesale Judaica, Nat Weisberg & Sons), a furniture store (M.Katz & Sons), electronic store (eTronics) and a sporting goods store (G & S Sportinggoods). It is also home to the Essex Street Market
Essex Street Market
The Essex Street Market is an indoor retail market that was one of a number of such facilities built in the 1930s under the administration of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at 120 Essex Street at the corner of Delancey Street...
.
Seward Park (Manhattan)
Seward Park is a public park and playground in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, north of East Broadway, east of Essex Street...
.
The IND Sixth Avenue Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line
The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in the United States. It runs mainly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, and continues south through the Rutgers Street Tunnel to Brooklyn...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
runs under Essex Street and has a station at Delancey Street ( trains).
External links
- New York Songlines: Avenue A with Essex Street, a virtual walking tour.
- Essex Street storefronts - photographs of storefronts on Essex St.