Delancey Street at Bowery

Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Manhattan's Lower East Side, running east from the Bowery to connect to the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 216 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 216 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco The Lower East Side is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... The Bowery is a well-known street in Manhattan that more or less marks the boundary between Chinatown and Little Italy on one side and the Lower East Side on the other—running from Chatham Square in the south to Astor Place in the north. ... The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ...

Businesses range from delis to check-cashing stores to bars. Delancey Street has long been known for its discount and bargain clothing stores. Famous establishments include the Bowery Ballroom, built in 1929, Ratner's kosher restaurant (now closed), and the Essex Street Market, which was built by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to avoid pushcart congestion on the neighborhood's narrow streets. As the Lower East Side becomes gentrified, more upscale retail and nightlife establishments have moved in. A delicatessen (also deli) is a type of store. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A Depression-era bar in Louisiana. ... The Bowery Ballroom is a music venue in the Bowery section of New York City. ... Ratners was a famous Jewish kosher dairy (milchig) restaurant on the Lower East Side of New York City. ... The Essex Street Market is an indoor retail market that was one of a number of such facilities built in the 1930s under the administration of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at 120 Essex Street at the corner of Delancey Street. ... Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. ...

Delancey Street is named after James De Lancey, Sr., whose farm was located in what is now the Lower East Side.

The F, J, M and Z subway trains stop at Delancey Street/Essex Street,and the J, M, and Z trains stop at Delancey Street at Bowery. The M9, M14 and M15 buses stop on Delancey Street, and the B39 bus traverses the Williamsburg Bridge. The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Essex–Delancey Streets is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Nassau Street Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. ... Essex–Delancey Streets is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Nassau Street Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. ... Essex–Delancey Streets is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Nassau Street Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. ... The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. ...

Delancey Street used to be one of the main shopping streets in the Jewish Lower East Side. Today the neighborhood around Delancey is a mix of young professionals and artists along with working class African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Chinese. Delancey Street is considered by many to be the unofficial northern border of Manhattan's Chinatown. Shopping bargains can still be found along Delancey Street, mostly at chain stores such as Payless ShoeSource, Hyperactive, and Gem Value Stores. A Starbucks opened on Delancey Street in 2005, signaling the further gentrification of the neighborhood. The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Starbucks is the worlds largest multinational chain of coffee shops. ...

From west to east, Delancey Street starts from the Bowery, intersects 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, Columbia Street (Bialystoker Place), and Lewis Street, and ends at the FDR East River Drive. The street continues as Kenmare Street west of the Bowery. Forsyth Street runs from Houston Street south to East Broadway in Manhattan. ... Sunday street market on Orchard Street, Lower East Side, New York (2004) Orchard Street is a street in Manhattan which covers the eight city blocks between Division Street in Chinatown and East Houston Street on the Lower East Side. ... Ludlow Street runs between Houston and Canal Street on Manhattans Lower East Side. ... FDR Drive at night FDR Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...

There is also a Delancey Street, of no particular distinction, in London NW1, England London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

In art and pop culture

The well-known song "Manhattan" (Rodgers and Hart) informs: "It's very fancy On old Delancey Street, you know."

The 1988 film Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy focusing on the different shades of urban life in the area. Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film released in 1988. ...

In the fictional comic book Marvel Universe, the Fantastic Four character Ben Grimm (AKA "The Thing") is known for coming from a "Yancy Street", which is based on and in reference to Delancey Street. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... It has been suggested that Earth-616 be merged into this article or section. ... The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics flagship comic book superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... thing, see Thing (disambiguation). ...

"Chrystie Delancey" is thought to be a woman's name by several characters in the 2000 film Happy Accidents, starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei, until it is revealed to be a reference to the corner of Chrystie and Delancey streets. Happy Accidents is a 2000 film starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent DOnofrio. ... Vincent Phillip DOnofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and producer. ... Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. ...

In a song by Regina Spektor she sings "Hey remember that time I found a human tooth down on Delancey?" Regina Spektor (Russian: Регина Спектор) (born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. ...

In the song Delancey Street (1986), by 80's rapper, Dana Dane, he raps "...You'll tell your friends, and they'll chuckle and giggle// Now this little story's called Delancey Street// It's the place where clothes are bought and people meet// Each city has a place that's quite the same// Even though it might go by a different name// Delancey Street//Delancey Stree-eet//Delancey Street// This story can't be beat"

The 1987 Sonic Youth song Stereo Sanctity refers to "satellites flashing down Orchard and Delancey." Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

In the song "Sunken-Eyed Girl" off of the album Haughty Melodic by Mike Doughty, "Sunken-eyed girl on Delancey street.." Haughty Melodic is an album by Mike Doughty released on May 3, 2005. ... Mike Doughty and bassist Scrap Livingston performing at the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival Mike Doughty (born June 10, 1970), is a singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of Soul Coughing (generally as M. Doughty). ...