Two Bridges | |
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![]() Two Bridges neighborhood (right), seen from the East River in 2017 | |
![]() Location in New York City | |
Coordinates: 40°42′43″N 73°59′49″W / 40.712°N 73.997°W | |
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City | New York City |
Borough | Manhattan |
Community District | Manhattan 3[1] |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 10002 |
Area codes | 212, 332, 646, and 917 |
Two Bridges is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, nestled at the southern end of the Lower East Side and Chinatown on the East River waterfront, near the footings of Brooklyn Bridge and of Manhattan Bridge. The neighborhood has been considered to be a part of the Lower East Side for much of its history. Two Bridges has traditionally been an immigrant neighborhood, previously populated by immigrants from Europe, and more recently from Latin America and China. The Two Bridges Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in September 2003.[2]
Two Bridges has a mix of tenement-style walk-up buildings and high-rise buildings that include mixed-income and affordable housing developments as well as public housing provided by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).