Mulberry Street (Manhattan)

The Mulberry Street is a main road in the south of New York City's district of Manhattan, USA.

History

The road can be found on maps of this area since at least 1755. Through a " bend " ( Mulberry Bend ), which changes the direction of the road, dodged the wetlands around the Collect Pond. This bend was a historic part of the Five Points.

At the time of the American Revolution (the second half of the 18th century ) the Mulberry Street "Slaughter -house Street" was called - after the slaughterhouse (English: " slaughterhouse " ) by Nicholas Bayard. This was until the summer of 1784 on the southwest corner of the intersection of Mulberry Street and Bayard Street. Then you had this in my statement to Corlaer 's Hook ( Crown Point ) to move to the Lower East Side.

Location

The Mulberry Street is located in Downtown Manhattan between Baxter Street and Mott Street. It runs from north to south through the old center of Little Italy. The southern end of Mulberry Street is located in Chinatown. Here you will find Chinese greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers.

Further south - after Bayard Street - located on the west side of the street of Columbus Park, which was created in 1897. On the east side are located on this road section the undertakers of Chinatown.

Mulberry Bend

The road was under the mulberry trees (English mulberry tree ) named that once stood at the Mulberry Bend: " Mulberry Bend is a slight bend in the Mulberry Street, a turbulent canyon of tall apartment buildings ... so full of people that the swarm of coming and going from the sidewalk almost to the middle of the road spreading ... the crowds are on the streets because a large part of the walkway and the gutter of stalls is claimed. " for urban reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was the Mulberry Bend the epitome of the worst slums of the city.

Feast of San Gennaro

During the Italian-American Festival Feast of San Gennaro ( St. Januarius feast of ), which takes place annually in September since 1926, the entire street is closed off to traffic to make room for the street party. It is the largest Italian-American festival in New York and possibly in the United States.

Important buildings

The Puck Building is located near the northern end of the street on the southwest corner of the intersection with Houston Street. Further south is the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral Complex. The Church of the Most Precious Blood is located at the 113 Baxter Street, was built by Italians, which was prohibited as new immigrants, the worship of the Church of the Transfiguration and the Old St. Patrick's Cathedral participate. Below the Prince Street ( house number 247 ) is the former Ravenite Social Club, where evidence was secured by telecommunications surveillance that led to the conviction of John Gotti.

Media

Mulberry Street was the subject of books, movies and music: Billy Joel wrote the song "Big Man on Mulberry Street", which was released on his album The Bridge (1986). The road is also mentioned in the song Io tengo n'appartamento the Italian singer Renato Carosone, who sings the old story of a rich singer in Little Italy who misses his hometown of Naples. The Old St. Patrick's Cathedral served as the location for some scenes of the Mafia film The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola with Al Pacino. Also, the scene is honored in The Godfather III, in the Michael Corleone of the parish. A scene of the film Mean Streets played in the walled churchyard. In 2006, the horror film Mulberry Street was filmed.

The street name Mulberry Street in Dr. Seuss' book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street refers to the Mulberry Street in Springfield ( Massachusetts), the birthplace of the author.