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NoHo, short for "North of Houston Street" (as contrasted with SoHo), is a primarily residential neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.It is bounded by Mercer Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, 9th Street to the north, and Houston Street to the south.
Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta and deriving from "Northern Little Italy", [1] [2] [3] is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Nolita is situated in Lower Manhattan, bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south roughly by Broome Street, and on the west by Lafayette Street. [4]
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
[1] One Madison's height of 621 feet was surpassed by Madison Square Park Tower's (left) 777 feet in 2017. The cross-section of One Madison's tower is 50 ft x 53 ft (15.25 m x 16.15 m), which makes it, at the height of 621 feet (189.3 m), one of the slenderest buildings in New York City; its height-to-width ratio is 12:1.
The five boroughs: 1: Manhattan, 2: Brooklyn, 3: Queens, 4: The Bronx, 5: Staten Island. The neighborhoods in New York City are located within the five boroughs of the City of New York. Their names and borders are not officially defined, and they change from time to time. [1]
Wooster Street is a street in SoHo and Greenwich Village in Manhattan, which runs south to north from Canal Street to Washington Square. [1] It is a prime location for on-location filming and photo shoots due to its relatively low traffic, and the flagstone sidewalks and cobblestone street give it an old gritty feel.
SoHo, short for "South of Houston Street", [4] is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.Since the 1970s, the neighborhood has been the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and has also been known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques to national and international chain store locations.
The New York City Department of Education operates public schools in the Lower East Side as part of Community School District 1. [85] District 1 does not contain any zoned schools, which means that students living in District 1 can apply to any school in the district, including those in the East Village. [86] [87]