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neighborhoods of

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and

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, which runs north–south, from

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Washington Square South 4th Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It starts at Avenue D (Manhattan), Avenue D as East 4th Street and continues to Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, where it becomes West 4th Street. It continues west until the Sixth Avenue ...

(West Fourth Street) to the

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(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 Sullivan Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, which previously ran north from Duarte Square at Canal Street, but since around 2012 begins at Broome Street, to Washington Square South, through the neighborhoods of Hudson Square, SoHo, the So ...

(to the west), and LaGuardia Place (formerly Laurens Street) which becomes

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(to the east). Vehicular traffic goes southbound. The street was named for Revolutionary War

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William Thompson, who served in New York and Canada.

Notable places

* Carbone, at 181 Thompson Street; an

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. *

Vesuvio Playground Vesuvio Playground is an neighborhood park located on the corner of Thompson Street and Spring Street, off of Prince Street, in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. It was named in the late 1990s after the nearby popular Vesuvio Bakery on nearby Pr ...

, on the corner of Thompson Street and

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; a neighborhood park, formerly named Thompson Street Playground. *

The Uncommons The Uncommons is a board game café in New York City established in 2013, located at 230 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. It has claimed to be the first board game café in Manhattan, and the largest board game library on the East Coast. ...

, at 230 Thompson Street, formerly the Village Chess Shop, now Manhattan's first and only board game cafe.

Notable residents

Thomas Eboli Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli (June 13, 1911 Scisciano, Italy – July 16, 1972 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York) was a New York City mobster who eventually became the acting boss of the Genovese crime family. Early life Born in Scisciano, in the P ...

, at 177 Thompson Street, mobster who was acting boss of the

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. * Carmine Galante, at 206 Thompson Street, mobster and acting boss of the

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. *

Vincent Gigante Vincent Louis Gigante (; March 28, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "The Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fough ...

, at 181 and 238 Thompson Street, Italian-American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family. *

Bernhard Goetz On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz () shot four young men on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him. Goetz surrendered to police nine days later and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckles ...

, at 211 Thompson Street, the Subway Shooter. *

Anthony Strollo Anthony C. Strollo (June 18, 1899 – disappeared April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family for several decades. Biography Early years Anthony Strollo was ...

, 177 Thompson Street, mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family. *

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...

, at 180 Thompson Street, composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director. * Tom Shaner, at 222-224 Thompson Street, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and video director

Gallery

File:Judson Church from east.jpg, The

Judson Memorial Church The Judson Memorial Church is located on Washington Square South between Thompson Street and Sullivan Street, near Gould Plaza, opposite Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It ...

on the corner of Thompson Street and Washington Square South File:Furman Hall NYU Law School from West 3rd and Thompson Streets.jpg, Furman Hall of

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Law School, at Thompson and West 3rd Streets File:22 Thompson Street.jpg, 22 Thomson Street at the corner of Grand Street was built c.1900

References

External links

* {{Streets of Manhattan, state=collapsed SoHo, Manhattan Streets in Manhattan Greenwich Village