 - 1. Where was the population of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam primarily located?
A) Above Houston Street
B) East of the Bowery
C) Below Fulton Street
D) North of Astor Place
- 2. What was the Dutch term 'bouwerij' equivalent to in present-day Dutch?
A) Bouwman
B) Boerderij
C) Stad
D) Dorp
- 3. What served as a buffer between the Dutch and the Native Americans?
A) Enclaves of free or half-free Africans
B) The city Commissioners of Forfeiture
C) The grid of streets
D) The Delancey farm
- 4. Where was one of the largest enclaves of black farmers located?
A) North of Fulton Street
B) Near the West End of London
C) Between Division Street and Houston Street
D) Between Prince Street and Astor Place
- 5. Much of the Lower East Side was eventually consolidated into which farm?
A) Delancey farm
B) Stuyvesant farm
C) New Amsterdam farm
D) Fulton farm
- 6. Which street names survive from James Delancey's pre-Revolutionary farm?
A) Prince Street and Astor Place
B) Delancey Street and Orchard Street
C) Fulton Street and Division Street
D) Hester Street and Broome Street
- 7. The Delancey farm corresponds to which area on the modern Manhattan map?
A) Fulton Street south to the harbor
B) Division Street north to Houston Street
C) The area surrounding London's West End
D) Prince Street to Astor Place
- 8. When did Delancey begin surveying streets in the southern part of his 'West Farm'?
A) During the founding of New Amsterdam
B) After the American Revolution
C) In the 17th century
D) In the 1760s
- 9. What was the fate of the planned Delancey Square?
A) It was eliminated
B) It was renamed after James Delancey
C) It was transformed into a park
D) It was built to resemble London
- 10. Who confiscated the Delancey family property after the American Revolution?
A) The city Commissioners of Forfeiture
B) The Dutch colony administration
C) The free black farmers
D) The London urban planners
- 11. What did the Commissioners of Forfeiture replace the planned square with?
A) A buffer zone
B) A royal garden
C) A grid
D) A series of plantations
- 12. James Delancey wanted New York to be laid out like which location?
A) A typical Dutch colony
B) The city of Amsterdam
C) The Bowery plantations
D) The West End of London
- 13. What is the common abbreviation for the Lower East Side?
A) LST
B) LES
C) LESI
D) LSE
- 14. In which borough is the Lower East Side located?
A) Queens
B) Bronx
C) Manhattan
D) Brooklyn
- 15. What is the primary ZIP Code for the Lower East Side?
A) 10002
B) 10003
C) 10004
D) 10001
- 16. Which police precinct patrols the Lower East Side?
A) 9th Precinct
B) 7th Precinct
C) 1st Precinct
D) 5th Precinct
- 17. In what year was the neighborhood placed on the list of America's Most Endangered Places?
A) 2005
B) 2008
C) 2010
D) 2002
- 18. Which organization placed the Lower East Side on their list of America's Most Endangered Places?
A) Lower East Side Conservancy
B) New York Historical Society
C) Manhattan Preservation League
D) National Trust for Historic Preservation
- 19. The Lower East Side is part of which Manhattan Community District?
A) District 3
B) District 1
C) District 5
D) District 7
- 20. What is the Latino pronunciation of 'Lower East Side'?
A) Loisaide
B) Losada
C) Loisada
D) Loisaida
- 21. Which tribe originally occupied the Lower East Side area?
A) Canarsie
B) Mohawk
C) Iroquois
D) Lenape
- 22. Which major thoroughfare roughly followed the main trail of the Lenape?
A) Bowery
B) Broadway
C) Houston Street
D) Canal Street
- 23. In which congressional district is the Lower East Side located?
A) 14th
B) 12th
C) 10th
D) 8th
- 24. Which of these neighborhoods is included in the extensive definition of the Lower East Side?
A) Tribeca
B) Chelsea
C) Chinatown
D) Harlem
- 25. What event prompted the National Trust for Historic Preservation to list the neighborhood?
A) Rapid gentrification
B) Natural disaster
C) Population decline
D) Rising crime rates
- 26. According to the less extensive definition, what neighborhood is to the west of the Lower East Side?
A) SoHo
B) Nolita
C) Tribeca
D) Financial District
- 27. Who was the schoolmaster that Corlears Hook was named after?
A) Herman Melville
B) Gerardus Beekman
C) Jacobus van Corlaer
D) Wilhelmus Hendrickse Beekman
- 28. What was the Lenape name for the area now known as Corlears Hook?
A) Beekman
B) Coenties
C) Wiechquaesgeck
D) Nechtans
- 29. During the British occupation in the Revolution, what was Corlears Hook briefly called?
A) Beekman Landing
B) Crown Point
C) Van Corlaer Point
D) New Amsterdam Hook
- 30. Who purchased the plantation from Jacobus van Corlaer?
A) Herman Melville
B) Gerardus Beekman
C) Kieft
D) Wilhelmus Hendrickse Beekman
- 31. When was Gerardus Beekman christened at the plantation?
A) August 17, 1653
B) February 25, 1643
C) July 18, 1832
D) September 15, 1833
- 32. What conflict involved the Massacre at Corlears Hook in 1643?
A) The War of 1812
B) The Revolutionary War
C) The Civil War
D) Kieft's War
- 33. Approximately how many years was the projection into the East River an important landmark for navigators?
A) 500 years
B) 100 years
C) 50 years
D) 300 years
- 34. When did the spelling of the area begin to be anglicized to 'Corlears'?
A) Late 20th century
B) Mid 18th century
C) Early 17th century
D) Early 19th century
- 35. Which publication noted the presence of thieves and prostitutes in Corlears Hook in 1821?
A) The Beekman Gazette
B) The Christian Herald
C) Moby Dick
D) The New York Times
- 36. How many patients died at the makeshift cholera hospital in 1832?
A) 17
B) 40
C) 93
D) 281
- 37. In what year were some of the first tenements in New York City built at Corlears Hook?
A) 1843
B) 1833
C) 1816
D) 1851
- 38. Which famous novel mentions Corlears Hook on the first page of the first chapter?
A) The Beekman Chronicles
B) The Christian Herald
C) Kieft's War
D) Moby Dick
- 39. What obscured the original location of Corlears Hook?
A) Shoreline landfill
B) The cholera hospital
C) The FDR Drive construction
D) Modern tenements
- 40. What was the name given to the area settled by Germans in the 1840s?
A) Kleindeutschland
B) New Berlin
C) Little Germany
D) German Town
- 41. How many Jewish people lived in the neighborhood by 1920?
A) 100,000
B) 500,000
C) 400,000
D) 250,000
- 42. Where were many Yiddish theatres located in the Lower East Side?
A) Houston Street
B) Second Avenue
C) Orchard Street
D) Grand Street
- 43. Who wrote the book 'How the Other Half Lives'?
A) Jacob Riis
B) Jimmy Durante
C) Irving Berlin
D) Al Jolson
- 44. What was the first public housing project in the United States called?
A) Cooper Square
B) First Houses
C) The Settlement Houses
D) New Law Tenements
- 45. In what years were the First Houses built?
A) 1935–1936
B) 1945–1946
C) 1956–1957
D) 1920–1921
- 46. What contributed to the decline of the German population in the early 20th century?
A) Economic depression
B) Natural disaster
C) Lack of jobs
D) The General Slocum disaster
- 47. What was the main purpose of the Cooper Square Urban Renewal Plan of 1956?
A) Build more public parks
B) Redevelop the area with new cooperative housing
C) Establish a historical museum
D) Create a new subway station
- 48. What were the 'new law' tenements required to have for better living conditions?
A) Air shafts
B) Central heating
C) Elevators
D) Indoor plumbing
- 49. Which entertainer grew up in the Lower East Side?
A) Bob Hope
B) Eddie Cantor
C) Frank Sinatra
D) Charlie Chaplin
- 50. In what decade did an agreement finally occur to redevelop a portion of the Cooper Square site?
A) 1961
B) 1991
C) 1980
D) 1975
- 51. During which decade did the demographics of the East Village begin to shift, attracting artists and writers?
A) 1990s
B) 1980s
C) 2000s
D) 1960s
- 52. Which group of people helped popularize the name 'East Village'?
A) Religious leaders
B) Local politicians
C) Real estate brokers
D) Government officials
- 53. Which country is NOT mentioned as a source of immigrants to the Lower East Side in the 1980s?
A) Poland
B) Brazil
C) Taiwan
D) Bangladesh
- 54. What is the name of the 16-story luxury condominium completed in 2007 at 105 Norfolk Street?
A) The Rivington Tower
B) The Bowery Palace
C) Blue Condominium
D) The Essex Heights
- 55. In what year was the Essex Crossing redevelopment project announced?
A) 2007
B) 2005
C) 2013
D) 2006
- 56. What was the population of the Lower East Side according to the 2020 Census?
A) 47,424
B) 171,103
C) 49,149
D) 51,649
- 57. What is the approximate land area of the Lower East Side?
A) 373.8 acres
B) 450 acres
C) 151.3 acres
D) 200 acres
- 58. What was the Asian population percentage in the Lower East Side in 2020?
A) 9.2%
B) 25.0%
C) 33.6%
D) 28.6%
- 59. Between 2000 and 2010, which group experienced the largest percentage increase in the Lower East Side?
A) Black population
B) Hispanic/Latino population
C) White population
D) Asian population
- 60. Which age group represents the plurality of inhabitants in the district?
A) 25–44
B) 65 or older
C) 18–24
D) 45–64
- 61. What was the median household income on the Lower East Side in 2017?
A) $51,649
B) $45,000
C) $39,584
D) $55,000
- 62. In 2018, what percentage of Community District 3 residents lived in poverty?
A) 8%
B) 18%
C) 20%
D) 14%
- 63. What was the unemployment rate in Community District 3 as of 2018?
A) 9%
B) 10%
C) 7%
D) 8%
- 64. What is the rent burden rate in Community District 3?
A) 39%
B) 51%
C) 48%
D) 45%
- 65. How many inhabitants lived in Community District 3 as of 2018?
A) 49,149
B) 15,930
C) 47,424
D) 171,103
- 66. Which group was known to populate the area once called 'Little Germany'?
A) Germans
B) Irish
C) Italians
D) Poles
- 67. Hasia Diner's 2000 book focuses on which immigrant group's beginnings in the Lower East Side?
A) Puerto Ricans
B) Ashkenazi American Jews
C) Japanese
D) Italians
- 68. Which famous deli is mentioned as being located in the Lower East Side?
A) Junior's
B) Katz's Deli
C) Second Avenue Deli
D) Carnegie Deli
- 69. Which of these celebrities grew up in the Lower East Side?
A) Al Jolson
B) Irving Berlin
C) George Gershwin
D) Bob Dylan
- 70. What kind of small shops have replaced many of the former Jewish shops in the neighborhood?
A) Tech stores
B) Bodegas
C) Art galleries
D) Boutiques
- 71. The influx of which immigrant group has led to many new Japanese restaurants and food markets?
A) Chinese
B) Korean
C) Vietnamese
D) Japanese
- 72. Which of these is the only Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Kehila Kedosha Janina
B) Beth Hamedrash Hagadol
C) Eldridge Street Synagogue
D) Bialystoker Synagogue
- 73. Which area south of Delancey Street and west of Allen Street has become part of Chinatown?
A) Lower East Side
B) East Village
C) Little Italy
D) The Bowery
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