Thompson Street is a street in the Lower Manhattan neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo in New York City, which runs north–south, from Washington Square Park at Washington Square South (West Fourth Street) to the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) below Grand Street, where the street turns right to Sixth Avenue; it thus does not connect with Canal Street just a half block south of the turning point. It runs parallel to and between Sullivan Street (to the west), and LaGuardia Place (formerly Laurens Street) which becomes West Broadway (to the east). Vehicular traffic goes southbound.[2][3]
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| Location | Greenwich Village and SoHo, Manhattan, New York City |
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| Postal code | 10012, 10013[1] |
| North end | Washington Square South |
| South end | Avenue of the Americas |
| East | LaGuardia Place |
| West | Sullivan Street |
The street was named for Revolutionary War Brigadier General William Thompson, who served in New York and Canada.[4]
Notable places edit
- Carbone, at 181 Thompson Street; an Italian restaurant.
- Vesuvio Playground, on the corner of Thompson Street and Spring Street; a neighborhood park, formerly named Thompson Street Playground.[5]
- The Uncommons, at 230 Thompson Street, formerly the Village Chess Shop, now Manhattan's first and only board game cafe.[6][7]
Notable residents edit
- Abraham David Christian, at 59 #27 Thompson Street, sculptor.[8]
- Thomas Eboli, at 177 Thompson Street, mobster who was acting boss of the Genovese crime family.[9]
- Carmine Galante, at 206 Thompson Street, mobster and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family.[9]
- Vincent Gigante, at 181 and 238 Thompson Street, Italian-American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family.[9]
- Bernhard Goetz, at 211 Thompson Street, the Subway Shooter.[10]
- Anthony Strollo, 177 Thompson Street, mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family.[9]
- Frank Zappa, at 180 Thompson Street, composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director.[11]
- Tom Shaner, at 222-224 Thompson Street, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and video director
Gallery edit
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The Judson Memorial Church on the corner of Thompson Street and Washington Square South -
Furman Hall of New York University Law School, at Thompson and West 3rd Streets -
22 Thomson Street at the corner of Grand Street was built c.1900
References edit
- ^ "Zip Code Finder and Boundary Map". Maps.huge.info. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Luther S Harris (2003). Around Washington Square: an illustrated history of Greenwich Village. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801873416. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Google. "Thompson Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ Feirstein, Sanna (2001). Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6.
- ^ Dobkin, Jake (April 24, 2006). "Playground Mystery on Thompson Street Solved". Gothamist. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
- ^ Peter Julius Aravena Sloan (2012). NY Chess Since 1972: A Guide Book of Places to Go and People You Will See Around NY Chess. Sloans Book Press. ISBN 9781460961414. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Holly Hughes (2007). Frommer's New York City with Kids. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470125694. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ The June 2001 issue of Art in America [No. 6 - p 116-121, 143] featured an article by Janet Koplos on his work. Abraham David Christian has been described as an "international artist whose work cannot be confined to any one country or defined by any one culture."
- ^ a b c d Eric Ferrara (2011). Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes and Headquarters. The History Press. ISBN 9781609493066. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (January 6, 1985). "Vigilante: portrait of the subway shooter". The Hutchinson News. p. 9. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ The Real Frank Zappa Book. Simon and Schuster. 1990. ISBN 9780671705725. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
External links edit
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