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P O I N TS O F I N TEREST 37 THE EDuCATIONAL ALLIANCE 197 East Broadway y 212-780-2300 www.edalliance.org y Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm The Educational Alliance serves a diverse group of downtown New Yorkers through 44 programs, including preschools, camps, after school, senior centers, health & wellness, arts & culture classes, counseling services, and addiction recovery programs. ESSEx STREET MARKET 120 Essex Street y 212-388-0449 www.essexstreetmarket.com Mon–Sat 8am–7pm; Sun 10am–6pm A neighborhood landmark since 1939, the Market’s vendors offer fresh foods, ethnic delicacies and other goods and services at unbeatable prices. Managed by the New York City Economic Development Corporation. THE FORWARD BuILDINg L 175 East Broadway This building once housed the Jewish Daily Forward, the Yiddish-language newspaper, founded in 1897. The paper brought a wider vision of American life to the as-yet unassimilated Jewish population and had a circulation of 250,000 readers at its peak. gRAND STREET SETTLEMENT M 294 Delancey Street y 212-777-0656 www.grandstreet.org Since its founding in 1916, Grand Street Settlement has offered a continuum of innovative programs ranging from early childhood and youth development to community support for adults and seniors. HENRy STREET SETTLEMENT 265 Henry Street y 212-766-9200 Mon–Fri 8:30am–6pm y www.henrystreet.org Each year Henry Street Settlement serves 50,000 people from 17 sites on the LES through innovative social services, arts programs and health care services. Its headquarters occupy the 1832 federal row houses where progressive reformer Lillian Wald founded the settlement in 1893. J Educational Alliance K N KEHILA KEDOSHA JANINA O SyNAgOguE & MuSEuM 280 Broome Street y 212-431-1619 www.kkjsm.org Open to the public Sun 11am–4pm or call for appt/ Opened in 1927 to serve individuals of Greek- Romaniote descent, this landmark synagogue is the only one of its kind in the Western hemisphere. LOWER EAST SIDE ECOLOgy CENTER PO Box 20488 y 212-477-4022 www.lesecologycenter.org twitter.com/lesecologyctr facebook.com/ecobiznyc Mon–Fri 10am–6pm LES Ecology Center offers community based recycling, composting and e-waste, programs, educational & stewardship opportunities in East River Park and works with small businesses to reduce their environmental impacts while saving money in their day-to-day operation. THE LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH P CONSERvANCy/KLINg & NIMAN FAMILy vISITOR CENTER 235 East Broadway y 212 374-4100 www.nycjewishtours.org facebook.com/lowereastside jewishconservancy Tours available Mon–Thu 9:30am–4pm; Fri 9:30am–2pm Sun 10am–5pm This non-profit educational organization enters historic, landmarked synagogues on public & private customized walking tours for groups of all backgrounds & ages. The LESJC is dedicated to preserving, sharing & celebrating the Jewish heritage of the LES. The Visitor’s Center is located at 400 Grand Street. THE LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MuSEuM 103 Orchard Street y 212-431-0233 Q www.tenement.org y twitter.com/tenementmuseum facebook.com/tenementmuseum 7 days, 10am–6pm The Lower East Side Tenement Museum tells the story of immigrant families. Visitors view restored apartments of past residents from different time periods of 97 Orchard Street, which was home to 7000 people from 1863–1935. Shop Life, our first new tour since ’08, opened in Dec 2012.
Lower East Side NY Business Improvement District P LOWER EAST SIDE vISITOR CENTER 54 Orchard Street y 212-226-9010 R www.lowereastsideny.com Mon–Fri 9:30am–5:30pm; Sat–Sun 9:30am–4pm The Lower East Side Visitor Center is run by the Lower East Side Business Lower East Side NY Business Improvement District Improvement District, a non-profit economic development organization, dedicated to revitalizing the Lower East Side while preserving its unique and diverse character. The LES BID sponsors community events and walking tours throughout the year. THE (FORMER) MuNICIPAL BATH HOuSE S 133 Allen Street y 212-254-3886 Mon–Sun 9am–5pm One of 15 free public bathhouses in NYC, the bathhouse was built to provide tenement dwellers - most of whom had no bathtubs in their homes - with a place to bathe. The space now hosts the Church of Grace to Fujianese. MuSEuM AT ELDRIDgE STREET/ ELDRIDgE STREET SyNAgOguE T 12 Eldridge Street y 212-219-0302 www.eldridgestreet.org y Sun–Thu 10am–5pm; Fri 10am–3pm; Tours on the hour Completed in 1887, this synagogue built by East European immigrants boasts one of the finest facades on the Lower East Side, an exuberant neo-Moorish interior, and a monumental new stained-glass window by artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans. SEWARD PARK LIBRARy 192 East Broadway y 212-477-6770 www.nypl.org/locations/seward-park Mon & Wed 11am–7pm; Tue & Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sat 10am–5pm Built in 1909 with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, the recently renovated library was designed with a rooftop garden reading area (no longer open) since land was so scarce. It houses a large Lower East Side Heritage Collection (available by appointment). ST. AuguSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHuRCH 440 Grand Street y 212-673-5300 W www.staugnyc.org y Prayer noon–1pm Completed in 1828, this landmark Greek revival church was constructed by the All Saints Free Church congregation. Above the balcony there are two small restored “Slave Galleries,” designated seating areas for slaves in the early nineteenth century. ST. MARy’S CHuRCH X 440 Grand Street y 212-674-3266 NYC’s third Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Parish began in 1826 on Sheriff Street. In 1832 the cornerstone was laid for the present location. Open daily for mass and prayer, the church has services in both English and Spanish. ST. TERESA’S CHuRCH Y 141 Henry Street y 212-233-0233 www.stteresany.org Call for appointment Built in 1841 as a Presbyterian church, the structure has been used as a Catholic church since 1863. Today, masses are held in all three of the LES’s main languages: English, Spanish and Chinese. V O I N TS O F I N TEREST NEW MuSEuM 235 Bowery y 212-219-1222 www.newmuseum.org Wed 11am–6pm; Thu 11am–9pm; Fri–Sun 11am–6pm; closed Mon and Tue Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a leading destination for new art and new ideas. It is Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum and is respected internationally for the adventurousness and global scope of its curatorial program. U uNIvERSITy SETTLEMENT 184 Eldridge Street y 212-674-9120 www.universitysettlement.org Mon–Fri 9am–5pm University Settlement is one of New York’s most dynamic social service institutions with deep roots on the Lower East Side. Each year University Settlement’s diverse programs help over 25,000 low-income and at-risk people build better lives for themselves and their families. Z 38
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