Bone Alley

Bone Alley was a city block on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City bounded by Houston Street, Willett Street, Stanton Street, and Pitt Street. In 1897, the block contained sixty-three houses, three hundred and sixty-three families, and one thousand six hundred and fifty people. The death rate on the block of Bone Alley was 26.06%, while the death rate in the alley itself was 47.97%.

The locale was filthy. Located in New Israel, Bone Alley was known as the most crowded place on earth. A park was planned to replace it by the last years of the 19th century. Its population consisted of Italians, Poles, Germans, Hungarians, and Russians.[1]

Bone Alley was razed to make room for Hamilton Fish Park, which was constructed from 1896 - 1898. It was located south of Houston Street, between Pitt Street and Sheriff Street.[2] The park consisted of a playground with a gymnasium and a kindergarten. There was also an expanse of green lawns, benches, and a rest house containing baths.[3]

References

The American Metropolis: from Knickerbocker days to the present, Frank Moss and Charles Henry Parkhurst, P.F. Collier, 1897, pg. 206.
Historical guide to the city of New York, Frank Bergen Kelly, City History Club of New York, F.A. Stokes Company, 1909, pg. 92.
The better New York, William Howe Tolman , Charles Hemstreet, and Josiah Strong, American Institute of Social Science, Baker and Taylor Company, 1904, pg. 66.

Lower East Side

Manhattan, New York City

Green spaces
Coleman Playground East River Greenway East River Park Hamilton Fish Park Lowline Pier 42 Sara Delano Roosevelt Park Seward Park

Education
Bard High School Early College NEST+m Seward Park Campus

Religion
Adath Jeshurun of Jassy Synagogue Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Bialystoker Synagogue Chapel of Free Grace Christ Church Lutheran Church of Our Lady of Sorrows Congregation Chasam Sopher First Roumanian-American Congregation Kehila Kedosha Janina Meserich Synagogue Podhajcer Shul St. Augustine's Church St. Mary Church St. Rose of Lima Old Church St. Teresa Church Sea and Land Church

Culture

Community/ museums	Hebrew Free Burial Association Henry Street Settlement International Center of Photography Lower East Side Conservancy Lower East Side History Project Lower East Side Tenement Museum University Settlement Society of New York
Food/ nightlife	Cake Shop NYC Clinton Street Baking Company & Restaurant Colors Dirt Candy Essex Market Katz's Delicatessen King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Kossar's Bialys Mercury Lounge Rothko Russ & Daughters Sin-é
Arts	ABC No Rio Angel Orensanz Center Dixon Place Envoy Enterprises Foley Gallery The Lodge Gallery Orchard Rivington Street Wall Shin Gallery Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Theater	Folksbiene Rockwood Music Hall Metrograph National Theater The Slipper Room WOW Café

Other buildings

Designated landmarks	97 Bowery Jarmulowsky Bank Building Westchester House
Residential buildings	247 Cherry Alfred E. Smith Houses Baruch Houses Blue Condominium Cooperative Village Hernandez Houses Knickerbocker Village Rutgers Houses Vladeck Houses
Other developments	Essex Crossing Rivington House Rivington Street municipal bath

Transportation

Subway stations	Bowery Delancey Street/Essex Street East Broadway Grand Street Second Avenue
Streets	Allen Street Bowery Broome Street Chatham Square Cherry Street Chrystie Street Delancey Street Division Street East Broadway Eldridge Street Elizabeth Street Essex Street Forsyth Street Grand Street Henry Street Hester Street Ludlow Street Madison Street Mott Street Mulberry Street Orchard Street Rivington Street South Street Stanton Street

History
The Bugs and Meyer Mob Ludlow Street Jail Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal Yiddish Black Hand

Related topics
East Village/Lower East Side Historic District Little Fuzhou Little Germany Yiddish Theatre District

See also: Manhattan Community Board 3

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