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St. Mark's Place
Once the heart of hippiedom, this block still has a counter-culture feel and is
headquarters for the East Village youth scene. Sidewalks are crowded until late into
the night with patrons of funky, punky bars and shops selling music, books, T-
shirts,vintageclothing,beads,posters,andblack-leathereverything.Theplacetoget
pierced or tattooed.
• East 8th St, between 3rd Ave & Ave A
St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church
Thesecond-oldestchurchinNewYorkstandson
land where Peter Stuyvesant, governor of Dutch
New York in the 1600s, had his private chapel.
Stuyvesant is also buried here. In the 1960s it
served as one of the city's most politically com-
mitted congregations and continues to live on
the avant-garde edge.
• 131 East 10th St
• Open 8:30am-4pm Mon-Fri, service
10:30am Sun
• Free
St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church
