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72 Allen Street Harry Zarin Fabrics, trims
95 Allen Street El Portal Restaurant, Mexican
99 Allen Street Fried Dumpling Fast Food, Dumplings
100 Allen Street Congee Village Asian Restaurant
115 Allen Street Allen & Delancey Am. Restaurant
133 Allen Street Church of Grace Fujianese Church
158 Allen Street Jutta Neumann Boutique
163 Allen Street People Lounge Lounge, Cocktails
165 Allen Street Rayuela Latin Restaurant
170 Allen Street Tiengarden Vegan Vegan Restaurant
172 Allen Street Bluestockings Bookstore Activist Bookstore
182 Allen Street Makeup Mania Stage Makeup Effects
188 Allen Street Maradona Hookah Lounge Mid Eastern Lounge
196 Allen Street Rockwood Music Hall Rock Music Club
198 Allen Street Pala Pizza Pizza

Welcome to Allen Street on the lower east side of Manhattan. Once known by its numeric designation of 4th Street, Allen Street is on western border of the lower east side and is adjacent to Sara Roosevelt Park. Crossing Allen Street to the west puts you into the Chinatown section. Walking east from Allen Street brings you into the heart of the lower east side.

Allen Street is one of five streets in this area which were named after military heroes of the War of 1812. In one grand municipal gesture of honor back in 1817, Allen Street was so named after William H Allen of the Navy; Chrystie Street was named for

Lieutenant-Colonel John Christie, who was killed on the New York Niagara frontier; Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth who was wounded in Canada is honored with Forsyth Street; Lieutenant Eldridge (Eldridge Street) was scalped in Canada and Lieutenant Ludlow, who was killed in action in a ship battle between the ship Chesapeake and the HBMS Shannon. Pike Street is named for General Pike, who was killed in the attack upon York, near Toronto, Canada. All of them died in 1813 and were honored in New York City with street names in this area in 1817. More about Wiliam H Allen can be found here.

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Welcome to the Lower East Side of New York City! A completely unique neighborhood, these streets most closely resemble early New York, when immigration made this the most densely populated area on the planet! Come visit!

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In the early 21st Century, however, the names of Allen and Pike Streets are under fire by political groups which would like to rename these streets to match the poitical times of the day.

In 2004, United Neighborhoods to Revitalize Allen & Pike Streets (UNRAP), a coalition of neighborhood organizations, hired Project for Public Spaces (PPS) to undertake a community-based study of Allen and Pike Streets.

 

They would like to transform Sara Roosevelt Park into a grand pedestrian friendly boulevard and rename Allen and Pike Streets, "Avenue of the Immigrants". You may review their proposal here.

In April 2004, the NYC Council approved the "co-naming" of the streets Read the report here.

In April 2006, the Hester Street Collaborative got on board with UNRAP. Read the article in The Villager here.

Editorial: New York City is certainly the Immigration Capitol of the World and the United States has been the most successful country the world as ever seen. Over the course of three hundred years, however, history naturally occurs. Hidden beneath the gesture to wipe out the names of the war heroes of 1812, Pike and Allen, is the ME ME ME new immigrant sentiment that is pervasive in the USA at the start of the 21st Century. ME ME ME NOW NOW NOW slaps at the history of the country which enabled the new immigrants to have the opportunity the US offers.

There is a need to restore the park. There is no need to rename, or "co-name" as the current municipal manglers deftly say, the streets.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Allen was a war hero in his day as was General Pike. New York City's municipal officers of the day were grateful to them for their service to this country and dedicated these streets to the men for giving their lives for this country.

The current wave of immigrants to New York should be grateful to these men and cherish their memories, not co-opt a shallow opportunity to diminish their contributions and replace it with spotlights on themselves.

 
 

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