Bowery

Delancey Street in the Bowery, Manhattan
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Bowery is the name of a street in Manhattan. The name also refers to the surrounding neighborhood which is bounded by East 4th Street and the East Village to the north, Canal Street and Chinatown to the south, Allen Street and the Lower East Side to the east and Bowery (the street) and Little Italy to the west. The street called the Bowery was previously known as Bowery Lane before 1807. The name refers to the bouwerij, or farm, owned by Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor-General of New Netherland, in the area. Today the Bowery runs from Chatham Square in the south to Cooper Square in the north. Along the way, it is intersected by Canal Street, Delancey Street, Houston Street, and Bleecker Street. At the intersection of the Bowery and Delancey Street is the Bowery Subway Station.

An impoverished area in the 1920s and 30s, the Bowery area has seen rapid gentrification in the last decade of the 20th century. New high-rise condominiums were being built in the area such as Avalon Bowery Place while upscale retailers such as Whole Foods Market also moved in.

Whole Foods Market, Manhattan
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Author: David Shankbone

Getting there

The northern end of Bowery is served by the Astor Pl subway station (6 train) while the middle and southern portions by Bowery subway station (J train).

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