The East Village is located North of Houston to 14^th Street, from Broadway to Avenue D.

Home to New York University, the area naturally attracts students and the vibe of the neighborhood is always a buzz. Recently, rundown tenement houses have given way to chic luxury structures, attracting a professional crowd that prefers the light hearted vibe of the Village to the stuffiness of their midtown office locale.

During the nineteenth century millionaires like the Astors and Vanderbilts had homes in East Village. But the waves of Irish, German, Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian immigrants who flooded into New York City in the 1900s soon displaced the elite, who moved uptown.

Since then, the area has been home to the "beat generation" of the 1950s, Hippies in the 1960s, and later the Punks. The latest musical styles and avant-garde theater are presented here and the East Village contains the most varied assortment of ethnic restaurants in New York City.

Apartments here range from rent stabilized, bargain gems to sprawling, doorman attended luxury buildings. Alphabet City, at one time considered to be "dicey," has since been transformed into "trendy," as artists, models, creative professionals have moved into newly remodeled high-end elevator buildings stretching as Far East as Avenue D. Avenue C has since become the "New Second Avenue," as the area continues to gentrify at a rapid pace. Most Manhattan locals consider the "hip" area that is still predominantly locally inhabited.

Lower East Side is located in east of Lafayette Street and south of Houston Street. It was here, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, that Italians, Jews, and Chinese immigrants first settled after arriving in New York. They settled in different neighborhoods, uniquely preserving the heritage of their homelands.

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