November 30th, 2025

Block by Block: Hester Street & Howard Street

Hester Street stretches from the edge of the Lower East Side into Chinatown. Just a quarter block smidge north, Howard Street takes the reins and runs westward into SoHo. Enjoy the meandering gandering walk, block by block:

Hester Street

Seward Park / Hester Street

Ludlow St

Orchard St

Allen St

Allen Mall

Eldridge St

Forsyth St

Chrystie St

Bowery

Elizabeth St

Mott St

Mulberry St

Baxter St

Centre St

Howard St

Lafayette St

Crosby St (it isn’t a SoHo-adjacent Block by Block w/o a mannequin)

Broadway

Mercer St

Howard St / Mercer St

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