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Lower East Side
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neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- City
- New York City
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Community district
- Manhattan 3
- Total
- 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km )
- Density
- 85,000/sq mi (33,000/km )
- White
- 31.2%
- Hispanic
- 30.7%
- Asian
- 25.0%
- Black
- 8.2%
- Other
- 4.1%
- Median income
- $51,649
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( EDT )
- Area code
- 212, 332, 646 , and 917
- Location
- Roughly bounded by East Houston , Essex , Canal , Eldridge, South , and Grand Streets , and the Bowery and East Broadway , Manhattan , New York (original), Roughly along Division , Rutgers, Madison , Henry and Grand Streets (increase)
- Coordinates
- 40°43′2″N 73°59′23″W / 40.71722°N 73.98972°W / 40.71722; -73.98972
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is located roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets. Historically, it was understood to encompass a much larger area, from Broadway to the East River and from East 14th Street to Fulton and Franklin Streets.
Traditionally an immigrant, working class neighborhood, it began rapid gentrification in the mid-2000s, prompting the National Trust for Historic Preservation to place the neighborhood on their list of America's Most Endangered Places in 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lower East Side” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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