A rather desolate-feeling block with a Latino flair, this opening stretch of Suffolk Street isn't the most inviting place in the world. With just as much character as any other LES block, you wont be at a loss of things to look at and admire. However it's got no equivalent north of Houston St - so unlike Essex or Clinton (to the West and East respectively), there's no natural traffic feeding in here.

There's plenty of apartment buildings here, and as you get closer towards Stanton (and deeper into the lower east side), you begin to feel more like you're in a neighborhood and less like you're in some weird development zone. There's a community garden party way down the block, which looks like a really great use of what must have been an empty lot (let's hope it stays that way). And of course, this wouldn't be the neighborhood that it is without a bunch of random stuff painted on buildings - Everything from flags to murals, to graffiti- this block has it all.