Explore Manhattan’s Alphabet City, from neighborhood favorites to unique curated events. Start with the best-known things to do, then check out "What's happening" for upcoming limited events in Alphabet City.
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Collectors have been bringing records to A-1 Record Shop since 1996, keeping its secondhand selection moving as collections change hands. You can browse across genres, with soul, funk and hip-hop among the shop’s documented strengths. On East 6th Street just west of Avenue A, it’s an approach to Alphabet City with plenty to occupy anyone interested in recorded music.
Artists, photographers and independent publishers fill the shelves at Mast Books on Avenue A, south of the record shop. You’ll find rare and out-of-print books alongside contemporary small-press publications from around the world. Art, photography, design, fashion and cinema are particular strengths, making this a good stop for anyone whose book interests run toward images and the people who make them.
Volunteers tend Creative Little Garden together, caring for the whole space rather than dividing it into private plots. You can settle in with a book or lunch during its April–October visiting season. East of Avenue A on East 6th Street, this former tenement site became a shared neighborhood backyard through residents’ work.
Regional growers and food producers gather at Tompkins Square Park Greenmarket every Sunday, year-round, at Avenue A and East 7th Street. You can shop for local vegetables, orchard fruit and cider, or assemble lunch from the bread and cheese stalls. The market sits beside the park, close to the garden and the shops around Avenue A.
Local vintage sellers contribute to East Village Vintage Collective, a women-owned shop on East 12th Street, northeast of the park. You can browse hand-selected clothing, accessories and gifts, with consignment pieces adding other sellers’ choices to the mix. Stock changes frequently as new finds arrive.
Improvising musicians, Latin bands, funk groups and DJs all appear in Nublu’s programming at 151 Avenue C, also called Loisaida Avenue. You can build an evening around a live group or a night devoted to records. South and east of the vintage shop, the small club places its stage in the middle of the floor.
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6 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
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 Medicinal Garden Growing: Drink Herbal Tea & Learn about Traditional & Scientific Plant Uses | Sat, Oct 17 | 674 E 9th St,, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C, East Village, Manhattan, 10009Alphabet City · Manhattan | 2pm |
 Rutgers University Researchers Lead Lesson on Local Bees | Sat, Oct 17 | 674 E 9th St,, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C, East Village, Manhattan, 10009Alphabet City · Manhattan | 12pm |
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 Multi-Level Yoga in the Park | Sun, Oct 18 | 674 E 9th St,, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C, East Village, Manhattan, 10009Alphabet City · Manhattan | 11am |
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 Producer Mondays with Ray Angry | Mon, Oct 19 | Nublu, Lower East SideAlphabet City · Manhattan | Mondays 10pmPrice not listed |
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 Latin Wednesdays | Wed, Oct 21 | Nublu, Lower East SideAlphabet City · Manhattan | Not posted yetPrice not listed |
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 Live at the Barbershop | Thu, Oct 22 | East Village Stand Up Comedy, Alphabet CityAlphabet City · Manhattan | Thursdays 8:30pmFrom $14.64 |
| Multi-Level Yoga in the Park | Thu, Oct 22 | 674 E 9th St,, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C, East Village, Manhattan, 10009Alphabet City · Manhattan | 11am |
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Learn how to identify different bee species with entomology researchers from Rutgers University.
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Drink herbal tea and learn to identify medicinal herbs while discussing their traditional uses.
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Practice yoga outdoors in a class that welcomes multiple experience levels.
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Ray Angry and the Council of Goldfinger perform at Nublu's weekly Producer Mondays.
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A live band and Latin DJs share the program at Nublu’s Latin Wednesdays.
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You’ll hear a secret lineup of stand-up comics inside a real East Village barbershop.
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A record store dealing in secondhand vinyl across every genre.
4.6★ from 809 Google reviews
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A small club programming jazz, world music and other live sets.
4.4★ from 249 Google reviews
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A no-frills bookshop dealing in secondhand and rare titles across a wide range of subjects.
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A weekly stand-up show staged inside a working East Village barbershop.
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A gallery and working hologram lab on East 2nd Street where you walk through hundreds of holograms — celebrity portraits, computer-generated holograms and hologram novelties.
4.9★ from 90 Google reviews
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A planted outdoor space dotted with sculptures and bird houses.
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Vintage clothing spanning roughly the 1960s through the 1990s, alongside accessories, artwork, gifts and assorted odds and ends.
4.8★ from 70 Google reviews
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You can choose B Cup Cafe for breakfast or lunch throughout the day, or Tompkins Square Bagels for a bagel and coffee.
Choose Green Oasis for birdwatching and goldfish, or 6BC for a weekend garden visit.
Beyond Nublu, the choices range from recurring jazz and Irish traditional music to a stage that books performers from many genres.
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