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East Village, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The East Village covers part of the East Side of Lower Manhattan, east of the Bowery and south of 14th Street.
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Where to stay in East Village
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Two sides split the choice. Alphabet City, the lettered avenues east of First Avenue, sits furthest from the through traffic, while the blocks near the Bowery and Third Avenue put the New Museum and the Merchant's House Museum within a short walk. Little Ukraine holds the streets around Second Avenue and 7th Street.
Rooms toward Houston Street sit closest to the Lower East Side and the Tenement Museum.
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Alphabet City
Residential streets on the lettered avenues, the corner of the East Village that sits furthest from Broadway and the Bowery.Find hotels in Alphabet Citythe Ukrainian Museum and the side streets off Second AvenueLittle Ukraine
A compact pocket near 6th and 7th Streets where the Ukrainian Museum and the Anthology Film Archives stand a few doors apart.Find hotels in Little Ukrainea short walk to the New Museum and the Merchant's House MuseumThe Bowery
The western edge along the Bowery and Third Avenue, the side of the East Village nearest Broadway and Lower Manhattan.Find hotels in The BoweryHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around New York City
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Museums & Galleries
3- Tenement Museum Heritage
- New Museum
- National Academy of Design
Churches & Religious Sites
8- St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Heritage
- St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery Heritage
- Grace Church Heritage
- Judson Memorial Church Heritage
- Bialystoker Synagogue Heritage
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- St. George's Episcopal Church Heritage
- Church of the Ascension, Episcopal Heritage
- German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
4- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site Heritage
- Hamilton Fish House Heritage
- House at 20 West 16th St Heritage
- 37 East 4th Street Heritage
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About East Village
What are the main landmarks in East Village?
Museums crowd the small streets: the New Museum stands on the Bowery, the Merchant's House Museum keeps a preserved interior on 4th Street, and the Ukrainian Museum anchors Little Ukraine near Second Avenue. More follow street by street. Grace Church and the National Academy of Design stand toward Broadway.
The Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and the Tenement Museum record older lives in Lower Manhattan, one house at a time.
What is the history of East Village?
The Lower East Side came first. The East Village was counted as part of it before the name split off, and the immigrant streets of that older district survive in the Bialystoker Synagogue, the Tenement Museum, and the Ukrainian Museum. Older houses remain as well, among them the Merchant's House Museum and the Stephen Van Rensselaer House.
Three subsections still divide the map: Alphabet City, Little Ukraine, and the Bowery.
Where is East Village?
The East Village lies east of the Bowery and Third Avenue, south of 14th Street and north of Houston Street, on the East Side of Lower Manhattan.
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What is the best area to stay in East Village?
Alphabet City: quiet blocks along the lettered avenues east of First Avenue. Little Ukraine: the Ukrainian Museum and the side streets off Second Avenue. The Bowery: a short walk to the New Museum and the Merchant's House Museum.
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Updated October 2026