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Bleecker Street is an east–west street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is most famous today as a
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nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood today popular for music venues and comedy, but which was once a major center for American
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. The street is named after the family name of
Anthony Lispenard Bleecker Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (June 13, 1741 – April 26, 1816) was a prominent banker, merchant and auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. He worked as well as a vestryman and churchwarden for Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. He is ...
, a banker, the father of
Anthony Bleecker Anthony Bleecker (October 1770 – 13 March 1827) was a lawyer and author who was a friend of Washington Irving and William Cullen Bryant. Biography He was born in New York City, the son of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, one of the wealthiest and ...
, a 19th-century writer, through whose family farm the street ran. Bleecker Street connects
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(the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street in the
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) to the
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and East Village.


History

Bleecker Street is named by and after the
Bleecker family Bleecker is a Dutch-language occupational surname. Bleecker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher"). Most if not all people listed below are descendants of Jan Jansen Bleecker/Bleeker, who came to New Amsterdam in 1658. In the Ne ...
because the street ran through the family's farm. In 1808,
Anthony Lispenard Bleecker Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (June 13, 1741 – April 26, 1816) was a prominent banker, merchant and auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. He worked as well as a vestryman and churchwarden for Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. He is ...
and his wife deeded to the city a major portion of the land on which Bleecker Street sits. Originally Bleecker Street extended from Bowery to Broadway, along the north side of the Bleecker farm, later as far west as Sixth Avenue. In 1829 it was joined with Herring Street, extending Bleecker Street northwest to Abingdon Square.


LeRoy Place

LeRoy Place is the former name of a block of Bleecker Street between Mercer and Greene Streets. This was where the first palatial "winged residences" were built. The effect was accomplished by making the central houses taller and closer to the street, while the other houses on the side were set back. The central buildings also had bigger, raised entrances and lantern-like roof projections. The houses were built by Isaac A. Pearson, on both sides of Bleecker Street. To set his project apart from the rest of the area, Pearson convinced the city to rename this block of the street after the prominent international trader Jacob LeRoy.


Transportation

Bleecker Street is served by the at Bleecker Street/Broadway – Lafayette Street station. The serve the Christopher Street – Sheridan Square station one block north of Bleecker Street. Traffic on the street is one-way, going southeast. In early December 2007, a
bicycle lane Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor v ...
was marked on the street.


Notable places


Landmarks

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Bayard–Condict Building The Bayard–Condict Building at 65 Bleecker Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, at the head of Crosby Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is the only work of architect Louis Sullivan in New York City. It was ...
* Bleecker Sitting Area contains a sculpture by
Chaim Gross Chaim Gross (March 17, 1902 – May 5, 1991) was an American sculptor and educator of Ukrainian Jewish origin. Childhood Gross was born to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa (now known as Mizhhiria, Ukraine), in ...
and won a
Village Award Village Preservation (formerly the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, or GVSHP) is a non-profit organization which advocates for the preservation of architecture and culture in several neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, New York. ...
. *
Bleecker Street Cinema The Bleecker Street Cinema was an art house movie theater located at 144 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It became a landmark of Greenwich Village and an influential venue for filmmakers and cinephiles through its screenings ...
, closed in 1991 * Lynn Redgrave Theater, formerly known as Bleecker Street Theater * The Little Red Schoolhouse, one of the nation's first progressive schools, on the corner of 6th Avenue and Bleecker Street. * Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Carmine Street * Overthrow, a boxing club, is located at 9 Bleecker Street, in the former home of the
Youth International Party The Youth International Party (YIP), whose members were commonly called Yippies, was an American youth-oriented radical and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the late 1960s. It was founded on D ...
(Yippie) *
Mills House No. 1 Mills House No. 1 or the Mills Hotel at 160 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City was built as a hotel for poor men. It was funded by banker Darius Ogden Mills and designed by Ernest Flagg and opened in 1897. The building ...
at 160 Bleecker Street was planned to be designated as an official landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967, but the owner's lawyer objected. * The Silver Towers at 100 Bleecker Street are home to New York University faculty housing * Washington Square Park In addition, there are several Federal architecture-style row houses at 7 to 13 and 21 to 25 Bleecker Street on easternmost block of Bleecker Street, in NoHo between Lafayette Street and the Bowery. 21 and 29 Bleecker Street were also once the home of the
National Florence Crittenton Mission The National Florence Crittenton Mission was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton. It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills ...
, providing a home for "fallen women". 21 Bleecker Street's entrance now bears the lettering "Florence Night Mission", described by '' The New York Times'' in 1883 as "a row of houses of the lowest character". The
National Florence Crittenton Mission The National Florence Crittenton Mission was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton. It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills ...
was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton. It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills. The building at 58 Bleecker Street (formerly 64 Bleecker Street) was built in 1823 for
James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...
, great-grandfather of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was there that
Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Ki ...
, America's first female doctor, established a clinic with her sister Emily. Across the street from the former home of the
National Florence Crittenton Mission The National Florence Crittenton Mission was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton. It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills ...
is both the headquarters of
Planned Parenthood The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Reven ...
, and the Catholic Sheen Center, immediately adjacent to it. Bleecker Street now features the Margaret Sanger Square, at the intersection with
Mott Street Mott Street () is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north–south direction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is regarded as Chinatown's unofficial " Main Street". Mott Street runs from Bleecker Street in the north to ...
. Bleecker Street was the original home of Sanger's Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, operated from another building from 1930 to 1973. The street features in the 2020 drama film ''
Never Rarely Sometimes Always ''Never Rarely Sometimes Always'' is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Eliza Hittman. It stars Sidney Flanigan (in her acting debut), Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold and Sharon Van Etten. It had its world premiere at t ...
'', written and directed by
Eliza Hittman Eliza Hittman (born December 9, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer from New York City. She has won multiple awards for her film '' Never Rarely Sometimes Always'', which include the New York Film Critics Circle Award ...
.


Night spots

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The Bitter End The Bitter End is a 230-person capacity nightclub, coffeehouse and folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village. It opened in 1961 at 147 Bleecker Street under the auspices of owner Fred Weintraub. The club changed its name to ''The Ot ...
at 147 Bleecker Street *
Cafe Au Go Go The Cafe Au Go Go was a Greenwich Village night club located in the basement of the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre building in the late 1960s, and located at 152 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, New York City. The club featured many musical groups, ...
was in the basement of the
New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre The Garrick Cinema (periodically referred to as the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre, Andy Warhol's Garrick Cinema, Garrick Theatre, or Nickelodeon) was a 199-seat movie house at 152 Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower ...
(in the 1960s) at 152 Bleecker Street *
(Le) Poisson Rouge (Le) Poisson Rouge (often referred to as LPR) is a music venue and multimedia art cabaret in New York City founded in 2008 by Justin Kantor and David Handler on the former site of the Village Gate at 158 Bleecker Street. The performance space was ...
at 158 Bleecker Street *
The Village Gate The Village Gate was a nightclub at the corner of Thompson and Bleecker Streets in Greenwich Village, New York. Art D'Lugoff opened the club in 1958, on the ground floor and basement of 160 Bleecker Street. The large 1896 Chicago School structu ...
was at 160 Bleecker Street


Restaurants

* John's of Bleecker Street, famous
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established in 1929 * Kesté, highly rated
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-style pizzeria established in 2009 * Quartino Bottega Organica, or "Quartino" for short, at 11 Bleecker Street


Former

* The
CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kr ...
club, which closed in 2006, was located at the east end of Bleecker Street, on
Bowery The Bowery () is a street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The street runs from Chatham Square at Park Row, Worth Street, and Mott Street in the south to Cooper Square at 4th Street in the north.Jackson, Kenneth L. "Bow ...
* Bleecker Bob's record shop started at 149 Bleecker street


Notable residents

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James Agee James Rufus Agee ( ; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for ''Time Magazine'', he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. ...
lived at 172 Bleecker Street, above Cafe Espanol (1941–1951) *
John Belushi John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known for being one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). Throughout his c ...
lived at 376 Bleecker Street (1975) * Mykel Board *
Peter Cunningham (photographer) Peter Cunningham is an American photographer who is best known for his concert and theatre photographs made in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. Family and education Cunningham is the eldest son of the American cloud physicist Robert M. Cun ...
* Robert De Niro grew up on Bleecker Street *
Robert Frank Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled ''The Americans'', earned Frank comparisons to a modern-da ...
lived at 7 Bleecker Street * Glen Hansard lived at 21 Bleecker Street *
Mariska Hargitay Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) is an American actress, director and philanthropist. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a People' ...
*
Lorraine Hansberry Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play ''A Raisin in the Sun'', highlig ...
(1953-1960) *
Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Colu ...
* Dua Lipa (2019-2020) *
Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a r ...
lived at 33 Bleecker Street as a boy. *
Cookie Mueller Dorothy Karen "Cookie" Mueller (March 2, 1949 – November 10, 1989) was an American actress, writer, and Dreamlander who starred in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films, including '' Multiple Maniacs'', '' Pink Flamingos'', '' Female Tro ...
lived at 285 Bleecker Street, above Ottomanelli's (1976–1989) * Jeweler and Sculptor Jill Platner lives and works at 58 Bleecker *
Craig Rodwell Craig L. Rodwell (October 31, 1940 – June 18, 1993) was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967, the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors, and as the prime move ...
lived at 350 Bleecker Street (1968–1993), from which he organized New York's first
gay pride parade A pride parade (also known as pride march, pride event, or pride festival) is an outdoor event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride. The events so ...
. *
James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...
at 58 Bleecker Street * Edward Thebaud *
Mark Van Doren Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thi ...
*
Gernot Wagner Gernot Wagner (1980 in Austria) is a climate economist at Columbia Business School. He holds an AB and a PhD in political economy and government from Harvard University, as well as an MA in economics from Stanford University. A founding co-direct ...
* Dave Winer


In popular culture


Literature

* Valenti Angelo's 1949 novel ''The Bells of Bleecker Street'' is set in the Italian American community in that neighborhood. *
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laureate
Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem '' Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walc ...
wrote a poem about Bleecker Street entitled "Bleecker Street, Summer". * In Marvel Comics, 177A Bleecker Street is the location of Doctor Strange's
Sanctum Sanctorum The Latin phrase ''sanctum sanctorum'' is a translation of the Hebrew term ''קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים'' (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of t ...
. * "The Repairer of Reputations"—the first short story in
Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895. Life Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...
1895 collection '' The King in Yellow—''includes a storyline featuring an
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on Bleecker Street.


Film and television

* The '' Kate & Allie'' television show from the 1980s depicted two single mothers living on Bleecker in a basement apartment. *In the original ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Miche ...
'' movie from 1990, the corner of 11th and Bleecker is where
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lives and runs her father's old antique store known as The Second Time Around. * Much of the film '' No Reservations'' (2007), starring
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and
Aaron Eckhart Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. He began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his hi ...
, is set in a restaurant on the corner of Bleecker and Charles Streets. The name of their fictitious restaurant is 22 Bleecker. * In
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series '' What I Like About You'', Holly and Valerie live in an apartment on Bleecker Street. * The Matthews family in ''
Girl Meets World ''Girl Meets World'' is an American comedy television series created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that premiered on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. The series ran for three seasons, consisting of 72 episodes, and concluded on January 2 ...
'' live near Bleecker Street and frequent the Bleecker subway station. *
New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre The Garrick Cinema (periodically referred to as the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre, Andy Warhol's Garrick Cinema, Garrick Theatre, or Nickelodeon) was a 199-seat movie house at 152 Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower ...
(in the 1960s) at 152 Bleecker Street. * Akin to the comics, the
New York Sanctum The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise features many fictional elements including locations, weapons, and artifacts. While many of these features are based on elements that originally appeared in the American comic books published ...
is located on 177A Bleecker Street in the
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(MCU). It appeared in the films '' Doctor Strange'' (2016), '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017), '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), and ''
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'' (2022); as well as the Disney+ series '' Loki'' (2021). * In the 2002 film ''
Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The film stars ...
'', there is a scene where a man mentions Bleecker Street whilst singing the sea shanty
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. *
Bleecker Street Bleecker Street is an east–west street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood today popular for music venues and comedy, but which was ...
, a film distribution company, is named after the street.


Music

*
Gian-Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti (, ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept h ...
wrote an opera ''
The Saint of Bleecker Street ''The Saint of Bleecker Street'' is an opera in three acts by Gian Carlo Menotti to an original English libretto by the composer. It was first performed at the Broadway Theatre in New York City on December 27, 1954. David Poleri and Davis Cunn ...
'' * Japanese pop star
Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and entrepreneur. By 2002, Hamasaki had earned the nickname "Empress of J-pop" due to her popularity in Japan and throughout Asia. Due to her success and relevanc ...
visited Bleecker Street during recording of her ''
(Miss)understood ''(Miss)understood'' (stylized in all lowercase) is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released January 1, 2006 by Avex Trax. Hamasaki acted as the album's sole lyricist, as she had on all of her preceding alb ...
'' album. The pictures were later published in Hamasaki's famous "Deji Deji Diary" that is published in each issue of '' ViVi Magazine''. * Iggy Pop discusses dying on Bleecker Street in his song "Punk Rocker". * The
Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits—including the electric remix of " ...
album '' Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.'' contains a song called "Bleecker Street". * "Growing Old on Bleecker Street" is a song featured on the debut album, ''Living Room'', of pop trio
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. * "Downtown Bleecker" is a modern instrumental jazz piece for saxophone which appears on the digital EP ''Midnight Sun'', produced by independent artist Simon Edward. * "Country Boy and Bleecker Street” is a song which appears on the 1967 album “H.P. Lovecraft”, by the folk-rock band H.P. Lovecraft. * Fred Neil has mentioned Bleecker Street in multiple works in his carrier, most notably in two of his album covers. *
Peter Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio consisted of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Paul Stookey, and contralto Mary Travers. The group's repertoir ...
mentioned Bleecker Street in their song "Freight Train" on the album ''
In the Wind ''In the Wind'' is the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in October 1963, a few months before the arrival of the Beatles heralded the British Invasion. It was reissued on audio CD in 1990. The lead-off s ...
'' * Joni Mitchell mentioned Bleecker Street in her song "Tin Angel" on her 1969 album Clouds, and later in "Song for Sharon" on the album '' Hejira''. *
Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter. He was lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo. Early life Cole was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. He grew up in ne ...
mentioned Bleecker Street in his song "What Do You Know About Love?" on his 1990 album ''
Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (born 31 January 1961) is an English singer and songwriter. He was lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo. Early life Cole was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. He grew up in ne ...
'' * "77 Bleeker Street" is a song by
Jill Jones Jill Jones (born July 11, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, who performed as a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s. Overview Jones was born in Lebanon, Ohio on July 11, 1962. Her mother, a fashion model, ...
, written, composed and produced by Prince. It was a b-side to the single Mia Bocca from the album
Jill Jones Jill Jones (born July 11, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, who performed as a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s. Overview Jones was born in Lebanon, Ohio on July 11, 1962. Her mother, a fashion model, ...
. *
Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. Nutini's debut album, '' These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, '' Sunny Side Up'' (2009), de ...
mentioned Bleecker Street in his song "Better Man" on his 2014 album Caustic Love.


Other

* A bar named “Bleecker Street Lounge” is open in the Disneyland Paris' Hotel New York — The Art of Marvel since its themed reopening of 21 June 2021. *There is a character from Dimension 20's ''The Unsleeping City'', The Great Dragon of Bleecker Street, that is named after this street.Dimenstion 20, imenstion 20 (2020, October 30). ''Borough of Dreams (Ep. 9) │ The Unsleeping City'' ideo YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22jrl5-8tNQ


References


External links


Forgotten New York



Downtown Bleecker : Instrumental Jazz
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