Today's East Village was originally a farm owned by Dutch Governor Wouter van Twiller. Petrus Stuyvesant received the deed to this farm in 1651, and his family held on to the land for over seven generations, until a descendant began selling off parcels of the property in the early 1800s. Wealthy townhouses dotted the dirt roads for a few decades until the great Irish and German immigration of the 1840s and 1850s.

Speculative land owners began building multi unit dwellings on lots meant for single family homes, and began renting out rooms and apartments to the growing working class. The "East Village" was formerly known as Klein Deutschland ("Little Germany, Manhattan"); however, Little Germany dissolved after the SS General Slocum burned into the water in New York's East River on June 15, 1904. From the years roughly between the 1850s and the first decade of the 20th century, the "East Village" hosted the largest urban populations of Germans outside of Vienna and Berlin. It was America's first foreign language neighborhood; hundreds of political, social, sports and recreational clubs were set up during this period, some of these buildings still exist.

What is now the East Village once ended at the East River where Avenue C is now located. A large portion of the neighborhood was formed by landfill, including World War II debris and rubble from London, which was shipped across the Atlantic to provide foundation for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive

Currently the East Village houses several internal neighborhoods which are well known in their own rights. These include Alphabet City, St. Mark’s Place and The Bowery.

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK from 7^th to 10^th St. between Avenues A and B

MCSORLEY’S OLD ALE HOUSE 15 East 7^th St.

THE PUBLIC THEATER 425 Lafayette St.

LITTLE INDIA, LITTLE JAPAN, LITTLE UKRAINE 1^st Ave. and 5^th St.

EAST VILLAGE WALKING TOUR http://www.avenuea.org/ev/tour/index.html

ROCK JUNKET TOUR http://www.rockjunket.com/default.esp

ANGELICA KITCHEN 300 East 12^th St. between 1^st and 2^nd Ave.

BUTTER 415 Lafayette St. between Astor Place and 4^th St.

CANDELA, CANDELA 92 2^nd Ave. between 5^th and 6^th St.

CARNE VALE 46 Ave. B between 3^rd and 4^th St.

COSMIC CONTINA 101 3^rd Ave. between 12^th and 13^th St.

MAX BRENNER 141 2^nd Ave. and 9^th St.

MOUSTACHE 265 East 10^th St. between 1^st and A Ave.

S’MAC 345 East 12^th St. between 1^st and 2^nd Ave.

YUCA BAR 111 Avenue A and 7^th St.

ADIDAS 136 Wooster St.

SHOE MANIA 853 Broadway

STEVE MADDEN 540 Broadway

ALDO SHOES 700 Broadway

NEW YORK SPORTS CLUB 232 Mercer St.

10 Irving Place

CRUNCH 113 4^th Ave.

ELEMENTARY

BETH JACOB PAROCHIAL SCHOOL 142 Broome St.

EAST SIDE TORAH CENTER 313 Henry St.

GRADE CHURCH SCHOOL 86 4^th Ave.

MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS SCHOOL 435 East 11^th St.

MESIVTA TIFERETH JERUSALEM 145 East Broadway

PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS SCHOOL 123 Ridge St.

PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO SCHOOL 100 Attorney St.

PS 124 YUNG WING SCHOOL 40 Division St.

PS 020 ANNA SILVER SCHOOL 166 Essex St.

ST. BRIGID’S SCHOOL 185 East 7^th St.

TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL 600 East 6^th St.

UNITED NATIONS INTL SCHOOL 2450 FDR Dr.

HIGH SCHOOLS

BARD HIGH SCHOOL 525 East Houston St.

BARUCH COLLEGE CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL 111 East 18^th St.

MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS SCHOOL 435 East 11^th St.

MESIVTA TIFERETH JERUSALEM 145 East Broadway

SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE 127 East 22^nd St.

ST. GEORGE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL 215 East 6^th St.

UNITED NATIONS INTL SCHOOL 2450 FDR Dr.

UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL 200 Monroe St.

WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL 40 Irving Pl.

COLLEGE

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY http;//www.nyu.edu/

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY http://www.nyfa.com

SUBWAY

6, F, N, R

BUS

M8, M14

9^TH PRECINCT 321 East 5^th St.

PETER STUYVESANT POST OFFICE 432 East 14^th St.

COOPER POST OFFICE 93 4^th Ave.

PRINCE STREET POST OFFICE 103 Prince St.

MADISON SQUARE POST OFFICE 149 East 23^rd St.

U.S. POST OFFICE 244 East 3^rd St.

185 Clinton St.

BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER 1^st Ave. and 16^th St.

GOUVERNEUR HOSPITAL 227 Madison St. # 470

HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES 301 East 17^th St.

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING 55 5^th Ave. # 12

NEW YORK EYE & EAR INFIRMARY 310 East 14^th St.