Hester Street (Manhattan)
- Hester Street (Manhattan)
Hester Street is a street in the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street stretches from Essex Street to Centre Street, with a discontinuity between Chrystie Street and Forsyth Street for Sara Delano Roosevelt Park.
It has historically been a center for Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture. More recently, it has been absorbed by Chinatown, although some kosher and Jewish-owned stores can be found.
As a symbol of the immigrant experience, the street was the title of the 1975 period film "Hester Street".
Notable establishments
*Kadouri & Sons (51 Hester Street
*The Sweet Life (63 Hester Street)
External links
* [http://radio.weblogs.com/0100669/images/2002/03/17/HesterSt.jpgpicture of Hester Street near Essex]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a12044 Panorama of Hester St. c1902]
* [http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/hester.html Hester Street Storefronts] - photographs of buildings and stores along Hester St from the Lower East Side through Chinatown and Little Italy.
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