Walking Tour: Jewish Lower East Side
Stroll through the neighborhood's 100-year-old history! See how many of these historic places have been transformed, repurposed, or restored.
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A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets.
Highlights:
- Visit the Museum at Eldridge Street and see a fully restored magnificent 1887 synagogue
- Stop at Straus Square and learn about its history and its significance during the heyday of Jewish immigration
- Visit The Forward building and learn the role of this important Jewish newspaper and its Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief
- Stop by Seward Park, the first municipally-built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children, the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions
Join a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Sunday, January 19th at 1:30pm as we walk in the footsteps of these immigrants and tell their stories.
This Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (25 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families.
Image Credit: "A Group of Peddlers (The Ghetto)," color postcard, William A. Rosenthall Judaica Collection Postcards.
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Organization:
Museum at Eldridge StreetLocation:
12 Eldridge Street
New York, NY, 10002United States
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
2122190302Contact name:
Maya Locker
Email address:
Dates:
01/19/2025
Time:
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Price:
Ticket Price (Includes Museum Admission):
Adults $25
Seniors / Students $20
Children 5 and Under FREE
Cool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5
Ages
Adults without kidsWeb Service