Lower East Side

noun

1. a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.

Example Sentences

For the first time in nearly two decades, CBGB, the beloved Lower East Side punk venue, was back in the New York groove, but in a different form and in a new setting.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Lower East Side is not what the Lower East Side used to be,” Sandhaus said.

From Los Angeles Times

Imagine the shock, then, when I found myself grinning ear to ear during the final act of Aronofsky’s latest, “Caught Stealing,” a rollicking lark through New York City’s semi-gentrified Lower East Side circa 1998, based on Charlie Huston’s 2005 novel of the same name.

From Salon

Jason Trucco, a former resident of Beverly Hills who now lives in New York on the Lower East Side, said he believed Beverly Hills was still relatively safe compared with other places where he stayed.

From Los Angeles Times

The cat-sitting happens after Hank moves across the country from California to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where he works the closing shift at a dive bar.

From Los Angeles Times