MULBERRY STREET (MANHATTAN)

In Manhattan, 'Mulberry Street' is the street along which Manhattan's Little Italy is centered, and where it meets Chinatown. During the Feast of San Gennaro each September, the entire street is blocked off to vehicular traffic and pedestrians can roam free.
Heading south into Chinatown, the street is lined with Chinese green grocers, butcher stores, fish mongers. Further south past Bayard Street, on the west side of the street lies Columbus Park, the only park in New York's Chinatown. This was the center of the infamous Five Points section of NYC. On the east side of the street is lined with Chinatown's funeral homes.
Mulberry Street's most famous resident is perhaps Merle Allin, GG Allin's brother. It was also the subject of Billy Joel's song ''Big Man on Mulberry Street''. The street is often identified as the setting of Dr. Seuss' story, ''And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street'', but that distinction belongs to Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Theodor Geisel (a.k.a "Dr. Seuss").

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★ Mulberry Street Storefronts - photographs of buildings and stores along Mulberry St from Chinatown through Little Italy.

★ Current View of 80 Mulberry St. (Google Maps, Street View) - Same view today, as circa 1900 photo.