Lower East Side

The Lay Of The Land

South of Houston Street and east of the Bowery, the Lower East Side holds one of the most concentrated stretches of nineteenth-century building stock in the country. The streets are narrow and the tenements stand shoulder to shoulder, their fire escapes and stone lintels intact, and only near the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges does the skyline jump with newer residential towers. It remains one of the busiest ground-floor neighborhoods in Manhattan, thick with restaurants, bars, and galleries.

The housing reflects that layering. Most of the supply is prewar walk-up, in railroad and tenement layouts, some barely touched and others fully gut-renovated into modern one- and two-bedrooms. Against that base sit the newer towers along the river and Delancey Street, where doormen, gyms, and elevators come standard and rents rise to match, so the spread within a few blocks is wide.

Transit clusters around Delancey and Essex, where the F, J, M, and Z meet, with the B and D a short walk west at Grand Street, putting both the Sixth Avenue and Nassau Street lines within reach. The Williamsburg Bridge walkway also makes Brooklyn an easy crossing on foot or by bike.

The blocks fill at night, and the area's restaurants and music venues are a large part of why people choose it. The Lower East Side suits someone who wants downtown energy and prewar character at a slightly lower premium than the West Village or SoHo, and who would rather live above a busy street than away from one.

Asking rents among listings active on Sidewalk, updated September 27.

• Katz's Delicatessen★ 4.5 (55,616) · Deli205 E Houston StWebsite
  0.2 mi away
• Clinton St. Baking Company★ 4.4 (6,721) · American Restaurant4 Clinton StWebsite
  0.2 mi away
• Shu Jiao Fu Zhou★ 4.6 (3,258) · Chinese Restaurant295 Grand StWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Metrograph★ 4.6 (1,530) · Movie Theater7 Ludlow StWebsite
  0.3 mi away
• Thai Diner★ 4.4 (3,088) · Thai Restaurant186 Mott StWebsite
  0.4 mi away
• Prince Street Pizza★ 4.4 (9,249) · Pizza Restaurant27 Prince StWebsite
  0.5 mi away

• 119 Orchard Street
• La Nicola164 Attorney Street
• Sioné171 Suffolk Street
• 63 Pitt Street
• 161 Stanton Street
• 118 Ridge Street
• 152 Ludlow Street
• 165 Ludlow Street
• 81 Orchard Street
• 122 Norfolk Street
• 261 Bowery
• 245 Eldridge Street
• 75 Orchard Street
• 106 Ridge Street
• 90 Stanton Street
• 179 Essex St
• 163 Ludlow Street
• 198 Rivington Street
• 68 CLINTON ST.
• 171 Chrystie Street
• 133 Ludlow Street
• 99 Suffolk Street
• 248 Broome Street
• 114 Ridge Street
• 243 East Broadway
• 250 Broome Street
• 195 Stanton Street
• 134 Orchard Street
• 200 Stanton Street
• 151 Rivington St
• 120 Allen Street
• 171 Attorney Street
• 165 Attorney Street
• 155 Attorney Street
• 47 Clinton Street
• 101 Delancey Street
• 167 Ludlow Street
• 89 Clinton Street
• 176 Rivington Street
• 205 Allen Street
• 124 Ridge Street
• 7 RIVINGTON STREET
• 254 Broome Street
• 303 Broome Street
• 53 Ludlow Street
• 243 Henry Street
• 86 Clinton Street
• 206 Rivington Street

Live Listings In Lower East Side

• 
  245 Eldridge Street · 1B

  3.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $9,000/mo
• 
  152 Ludlow Street · 7D

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $5,150/mo
• 
  122 Norfolk Street · 12

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $5,400/mo
• 
  120 Allen Street · PH

  2.0 bed · 2.0 bath

  $8,795/mo
• 
  171 Suffolk Street · PH2A

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $6,995/mo
• 
  171 Suffolk Street · A3

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $5,895/mo
• 
  261 Bowery · 2

  3.0 bed · 2.0 bath

  $11,995/mo
• 
  152 Ludlow Street · 4B

  2.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $5,995/mo
• 
  206 Rivington Street · 2B

  1.0 bed · 1.0 bath

  $4,100/mo