Delancey Street

Delancey Street is one of the major streets in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It runs from the Bowery to the Williamsburg Bridge. Once a beautiful boulevard, today Delancey Street is a busy road leading to the bridge.

Delancey Street, Manhattan, New York City
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Delancey Street was named after James De Lancey, who owned a farm here during the Colonial period. A loyalist of King George III, he fled to England during the American Revolution, and his land was possessed by the government. Among the streets that intersect with Delancey Street, from west to east, include Chrystie Street, Forsyth Street, Eldridge Street, Allen Street, Orchard Street, Ludlow Street, Essex Street, Norfolk Street, Suffolk Street, Clinton Street, Attorney Street, Ridge Street, Pitt Street, Willett Street, Sheriff Street, Columbia Street, Lewis Street, Baruch Drive, Margin Place, and the FDR East River Drive, which is below the Williamsburg Bridge.

Masaryk Towers, Delancey Street
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How to reach Delancey Street

Take the F, J, M or Z trains to the Essex Street/Delancey Street subway station.

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