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neighborhoods of

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and

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, which runs north–south, from

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at Washington Square South (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 (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 Brigadier General William Thompson, who served in New York and Canada.

Notable places

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

Notable residents

* Abraham David Christian, at 59 #27 Thompson Street, sculptor. * Thomas Eboli, 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

Bonanno crime family The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City. The family was known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Sal ...

. *

Vincent Gigante Vincent Louis Gigante ( , ; March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "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 fo ...

, 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 youths on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him. All four victims survived, though one, Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered brain damage as a res ...

, at 211 Thompson Street, the Subway Shooter. *

Anthony Strollo Anthony C. Strollo (born Antonio Strollo, ; June 18, 1899 – disappeared April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high-ranking Caporegime, capo and underboss of the Genovese crime family for several deca ...

, 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 guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

, 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 Manhatt ...

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