The East Village - Where is it?

When we talk about the East Village, we can't help but go back to the 60s, the hippie movement, Andy Warhol with the famous multimedia show "The Exploding Plastic Inevitable" and all the American counter-culture of those years. The main, and busiest, artery remains St. Marks Place with lots of stores and bars. The East Village is considered one of the last "Bohemians"/"alternative" neighborhoods still alive in Manhattan offering a mix of laid-back, cool, and 60s vibes.

The East Village is also remembered as Klein Deutschland ("Little Germany") as this was the area where most German-immigrants settled after their arrival in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As well as Jewish Rialto (2nd Avenue above 10th Street) and Little Ukraine. If you pay attention, you will see some buildings still have Ukrainian names on their facades.

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How to visit the East Village and Lower East Side

The neighborhood around Tompkins Square Park has seen an incredible number of immigrants, artists, musicians but also drug dealers, gangsters, beatniks, hippies, anarchists, punks, and tourists. There are so many restaurants, bars, pubs, galleries, music shops ... There is definitely a lot to see and discover and our recommendation is to walk around the neighborhood to take it all in and enjoy the quiet tree-lined streets.

While walking through the East Village, it is easy to cross into the Lower East Side neighborhood, and when it comes to the Lower East Side, one cannot help but talk about food ... As the Lower East Side was the main Immigrant Enclave during the 19th Century, here we still find authentic foods and cuisines tied to New York immigration past.

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What to visit around the East Village:

Here some things you should not miss:

• The Fillmore East was located on Second Avenue and 6th Street. Opened by Bill Graham in 1968, it quickly became known as "The Church of Rock and Roll".
• CBGB, the nightclub considered by some to be the cradle of punk music.
• St. Marks Place is definitely the center of punk.
• Tompkins Square Park, 500 E 10th St,
• 6BC Botanical Garden E 6th St, New York,
• The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), 155 Avenue C, between 9th and 10th Street. The best way to discover the history of the East Village!
• The Former Homes of Allen Ginsberg, you can find the first apartment at 206 E 7th Street, between Avenues B and C, the second apartment at 170 E 2nd Street, between Avenue A and B.
• Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E 3rd Street, between Avenues B and C , on eof the few places dedicated to poetry!
• Parque de Tranquilidad on 4th Street, between Avenues C and D. The East Village is home to the largest concentration of community gardens in the United States. It is impossible to completely enter the atmosphere of the Village without visiting some of them. Parque de Tranquilidad is exactly what the name suggests, a place of total tranquility.

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