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Sunshine Hotel

The Sunshine Hotel was a flophouse at 245 Bowery in , . It received media attention in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a result of numerous radio and film documentaries about the hotel.
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  • Type: Hotel
  • Description: New York City flophouse
  • Address: 245 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Museum and New York University.

Museum
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The of Contemporary Art is a at 235 Bowery, on the of in New York City. It was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker.

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. is situated 2,500 feet north of Sunshine Hotel.

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The is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in , spanning the between the boroughs of and . Opened on May 24, 1883, the was the first fixed crossing of the East River. is situated 1¼ miles south of Sunshine Hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include NoHo and SoHo.

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.

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, short for "South of Houston Street" and a reference to its supposed similarities to the , is a diverse and increasingly upscale neighborhood of .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in in , once known for its Italian American population. It is bounded on the west by and , on the south by , on the east by the Bowery and , and on the north by .

Sunshine Hotel

Latitude
40.72264° or 40° 43′ 22″ north
Longitude
-73.99292° or 73° 59′ 35″ west
Open location code
87G8P2F4+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3683156293
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­hotel
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q24675804
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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 “Sunshine Hotel”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0.