St. Marks Place is the heart of the East Village, between Third Avenue and Avenue A, where '50s capes like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac used to live and write, '60s geeky skinheads and pink-headed ponchos followed (now at night), and today's hipster look is "skin fetish" tattoos plus brass rings hung everywhere from eyebrows to bellybuttons and everywhere you'd expect, if not expect, to find them. Today's most fashionable look is the "dermatophile" tattoo with a brass ring hanging from your eyebrow to your bellybutton and anywhere else you can think of, or even don't think of.
There's a comforting vibe in the East Village that's a bit too commercial for SoHo and too crowded for Greenwich Village, but St. Mark's Place is just the right amount of serenity and down-to-earth, with two rows of overflowing street trees that sift through the sun's blinding rays, small, chic restaurants that sprawl out onto small, alfresco courtyards, and, most importantly, prices that are quite affordable.
The Pearl Theatre Company at 80 St. Mark's Place near First Avenue performs classical operas from around the world, and the surrounding walkway area is encrusted with handprints, footprints and photographs of once-popular superstars, including Joan Cwawford, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Myrna Loy ....... Address: 425 Lafayette St. Phone: 212-260-2400
Located in Astor Place (Astor Place) near the Public **** Theater (Public Theater), is New York's most influential theater hall, see the facade written Library Library can never doubt that this is the original Astor! Library, inaugurated in 1849, is the first free library in New York, 1965 "Shakespeare Festival" (New York Shakespeare Festival) founder Popp (Joseph Popp) persuaded the government to change into a theater, was once popular cabaret Hair and A Chorus Line were first performed here. In addition, the Public **** Theater has a number of non-commercial theatrical performances, which are now run by director George C. Wolfe, with a focus on modern cabaret and Shakespeare's classical operas, while the Public **** Theater also produces the Central Park The Public*** Theater is also responsible for producing the free summer open-air productions at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. （St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church
Address: 30 E. 7th St. Phone: 212-674-1615
With its striking copper dome and three brightly colored frescoes, St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church is one of the largest Catholic churches in the country. St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church, with its striking copper dome and three brightly colored religious frescoes, is a landmark in the Little Ukrainian neighborhood and a gathering center for the neighborhood's more than 30,000 Ukrainian immigrants, who gather here every spring for the Ukrainian Folk Festival. Location: 15 E. 7th St. Phone: 212-473-9148
This venerable Irish pub is one of the oldest in New York, having opened in 1854, and features a century-old gas lamp and mahogany bar that, until 1970, denied female patrons access to the men's paradise! McSorley's Old Ale House is famous for its beer and ploughman's lunch (beer, cheese and bread). Little India, located on East 6th Street South, is home to many inexpensive Indian restaurants and small stores selling Indian statues, spices, and jewelry.