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Alphabet City

Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the in the borough of . Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, USA
  • Also known as: “Alphabet City, Manhattan” and “Loisaida”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New York University and Tompkins Square Park.

University
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is a private research university in , New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near based on a curriculum focused on a secular education.

Park
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 10.5-acre public in the Alphabet City portion of , , . The square-shaped park, bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the west by Avenue A, is abutted by St.

Museum
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The is a not-for profit museum founded by the Times Up! Environmental Organization in 2012. It is dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the neighborhood of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Village and Lower East Side.

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , east of the on , was traditionally considered part of the , and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of is a mix of old and new, bohemian and upscale: you can find trendy bars and music venues, a venerable old no-nonsense place that just might serve up the best pastrami sandwich in the world, and great bialys.

Neighborhood
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, short for "North of Houston Street", is a primarily residential neighborhood in , . It is bounded by Mercer Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, 9th Street to the north, and Houston Street to the south.

Alphabet City

Latitude
40.7251° or 40° 43′ 30″ north
Longitude
-73.97958° or 73° 58′ 47″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87G8P2GC+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158801311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11819914
Wiki­data ID
Q1156938
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Satellite Map

Discover Alphabet City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Alphabet City” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Alphabet City”
  • Chinese: “字母城”
  • Czech: “Alphabet City”
  • Dutch: “Alphabet City”
  • Finnish: “Alphabet City”
  • French: “Alphabet City”
  • German: “Alphabet City”
  • Hebrew: “אלפבית סיטי”
  • Italian: “Alphabet City”
  • Japanese: “アルファベット・シティ”
  • Japanese: “アルファベット・シティー”
  • Japanese: “アルファベットシティ”
  • Japanese: “アルファベットシティー”
  • Korean: “알파벳 시티”
  • Korean: “알파벳시티”
  • Papiamento: “Alphabet City”
  • Portuguese: “Alphabet City”
  • Romanian: “Alphabet City, Manhattan”
  • Romanian: “Alphabet City”
  • Russian: “Алфабет-сити”
  • Russian: “Алфабет-Сити”
  • Russian: “Алфавитный город”
  • Serbian: “Alfabet siti”
  • Serbian: “Алфабет сити”
  • Slovak: “Alphabet City”
  • Spanish: “Alphabet City”
  • Swedish: “Alphabet City”
  • Turkish: “Alphabet City”
  • Ukrainian: “Альфабет-Сіті”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alphabet City”. Photo: Rtd2101, Public domain.