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