Eldridge St Between Broome St and Delancey St

  

A quiet enclave for Chinatown residents, which lacks major commercial presence but more than makes up for it with grit, Eldridge Street is exclusive to this neighborhood. Since Delancey Street to the north and Sara Roosevelt Park to the west act as major barriers, it feels like you're blocked in. A few high end-looking galleries can be found hiding amongst the run down tenement apartments, but the dirty parts of the block are overwhelming in comparison.

Some shoes that can be found hanging from the phone lines over Broome Street feel like something from another era. I couldn't remember the last time I encountered this – but I was racking my head trying to remember if it had any significance. I had heard everything from it signifying a crack house to a murder, to a wedding…So I just assume it has no meaning.

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