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Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names. It is bounded by Houston Street to the south and 14th Street to the north, and extends roughly from Avenue A to the East River. [4]
Alphabet City is a 1984 American crime-drama film directed by Amos Poe. The story follows a young New York City gangster of Italian descent named Johnny, who has been given control over his own neighborhood by the Mafia. Then unknown actors Vincent Spano (as Johnny), Jami Gertz, and Michael Winslow are featured in this low-budget thriller.
Alphabet City is the fourth studio album by English pop band ABC. It was originally released in August 1987, on the labels Mercury , Phonogram and Neutron, two years after their previous album How to Be a ...
"When Smokey Sings" is a song by English pop band ABC, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Alphabet City (1987). The lyrics and title of the song are a tribute to R&B and soul singer Smokey Robinson.
Alphabet City may refer to: Alphabet City, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City; Alphabet City, a 1987 album by the band ABC; Alphabet City, a 1984 crime drama film directed by Amos Poe; Alphabet City, a song by Clare and the Reasons off of their 2007 album, The Movie.
The Tompkins Square Park riot occurred on August 6–7, 1988 in Tompkins Square Park, located in the East Village and Alphabet City neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. Groups of "drug pushers, homeless people and young people known as squatters and punks," had largely taken over the park.
New York City portal; Pages in category "Alphabet City, Manhattan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The city itself moved to address the problem when it built First Houses, the first such public housing project in the United States, in 1935–1936. The development, located on the south side of East 3rd Street between First Avenue and Avenue A , and on the west side of Avenue A between East 2nd and East 3rd Streets, is now considered to be ...