ABC No Rio
ABC No Rio is a collectively-run nonprofit arts organization on New York City's Lower East Side. Founded in 1980 in a squat at 156 Rivington Street, following the eviction of the 1979–80 Real Estate Show, the center featured an art gallery space, a zine library, a darkroom, a silkscreening studio, and public computer lab.- Email: zine@abcnorio.org
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: formerly squatted cultural center in New York City
- Address: 156 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brooklyn Bridge and Angel Orensanz Center.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. Brooklyn Bridge is situated 1 mile southwest of ABC No Rio.
Angel Orensanz Center
Arts center
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The Angel Orensanz Center is an art and performance space at 172 Norfolk Street, between Stanton Street and East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Angel Orensanz Center is situated 670 feet north of ABC No Rio.
Stanton Street Synagogue
Synagogue
Stanton Street Synagogue, also known as Stanton Street Shul and Congregation Bnai Jacob Anshei Brzezan, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 180 Stanton Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States. Stanton Street Synagogue is situated 530 feet northeast of ABC No Rio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower East Side and Alphabet City.
Lower East Side
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lower East Side of Manhattan 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.
Alphabet City
Neighborhood
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Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
Chinatown
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Manhattan's famous Chinatown is a lively neighborhood, full of good values in restaurants and food shopping. Also on sale are cheap knockoffs of designer labels made in China, and all sorts of trinkets and toys.
ABC No Rio
- Categories: art gallery, nonprofit organization, cultural center, self-managed social center, zine library, and industry
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71937° or 40° 43′ 10″ northLongitude
-73.98536° or 73° 59′ 7″ westInception
1980Open location code
87G8P297+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 278276337OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q4650212
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Serbo-Croatian—“ABC No Rio” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “ABC No Rio”
- Esperanto: “ABC No Rio”
- French: “ABC No Rio”
- German: “ABC No Rio”
- Portuguese: “ABC NO RIO”
- Serbian: “ABC No Rio”
- Serbian: “Ej-bi-si nou rio”
- Serbo-Croatian: “ABC No Rio”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pilates Coven and Teatro LATEA.
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