East End

American  

noun

1. a section of E London, England.

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East End British  

noun

1. a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices

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Example Sentences

She has one cramped unit not far from her Lower Manhattan apartment, and another on the East End of Long Island, where she used to own a house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

But so far, no one has signed up to make a project at East End Studios’ newest property, even as state and local leaders tout new tax incentives to boost the film industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Wherever Mr. Fox travels, and especially in Hackney, in London’s East End, he has noted the rapid proliferation of craft breweries, quilters, potters, basket-makers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Sixteen miles south of Epping, residents in Canary Wharf, east London, live in gleaming glass towers and traditional East End houses alongside another asylum hotel.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

By the time they were ready, half the kids in the East End were there, from the tiniest pipsqueaks to high-schoolers.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli