Sullivan Street
 Row Houses on Sullivan Street are part of the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District | |
| Former name(s) | Varick Place |
|---|---|
| Location | Greenwich Village, South Village and SoHo, Manhattan, New York City |
| Postal code | 10012, 10013[1] |
| North end | Washington Square South |
| South end | Canal Street/Sixth Avenue/Watts Street at Duarte Square |
| East | Thompson Street |
| West | Macdougal Street |
Sullivan Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, which runs north from Duarte Square at Canal Street to Washington Square South, through the neighborhoods of Hudson Square, SoHo, the South Village and Greenwich Village. It runs parallel to and between Macdougal Street (to the west) and Thompson Street (to the east). Part of the street is in the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District. The street was named for Revolutionary War Major General John Sullivan.
Notable places include 83 and 85 Sullivan Street; 116 Sullivan Street; Vesuvio Playground at Spring Street, a neighborhood park, formerly named Thompson Street Playground; and St. Anthony of Padua Church (Manhattan) 155 Sullivan Street, near the corner of Houston Street.
Notable residents include Vincent Gigante; Fiorello LaGuardia, three-term Mayor of New York City, who was born at 177 Sullivan Street;[2] and Anna Wintour; Edgard Varèse and his wife Louise lived at no. 188.[3]
References
- ^ "Zip Code Finder and Boundary Map". Maps.huge.info. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ "Neighborhood Report: Greenwich Village – Neighborhood Mystery; La Guardia Was Born Somewhere, But Where?" by Tom Deignan, The New York Times, August 31, 2003
- ^ "What Do Anna Wintour and Bob Dylan Have in Common? This Secret Garden" by Steven Kurutz, The New York Times, September 28, 2016
External links
Media related to Sullivan Street (Manhattan) at Wikimedia Commons
