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Sullivan Street

Street in Manhattan, New York

Sullivan Street

Row Houses on Sullivan Street are part of the MacDougal–Sullivan Gardens Historic District
Former name(s)	Varick Place
Location	Greenwich Village, South Village and SoHo, Manhattan, New York City
Postal code	10012, 10013[1]
Coordinates	40°43′37″N 74°00′07″W / 40.727°N 74.002°W / 40.727; -74.002
North end	Washington Square South
South end	Canal Street/Sixth Avenue/Watts Street at Duarte Square
East	Thompson Street
West	Macdougal Street

Sullivan Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, which previously ran north from Duarte SquareatCanal Street,^{[citation needed]} but since around 2012 begins at Broome Street, to Washington Square South, through the neighborhoods of Hudson Square, SoHo, the South Village and Greenwich Village. It runs parallel to and between Macdougal Street (to the west) and Thompson Street (to the east). Part of the street is in the MacDougal–Sullivan Gardens Historic District. The street was named for Revolutionary War Major General John Sullivan in 1799; before then, it was known as Locust Street.^[2]

Notable places include 83 and 85 Sullivan Street; 116 Sullivan Street; Vesuvio PlaygroundatSpring Street, a neighborhood park, formerly named Thompson Street Playground; and St. Anthony of Padua Church at 155 Sullivan Street, near the corner of Houston Street.

Notable residents include Vincent Gigante; Fiorello La Guardia, three-term Mayor of New York City, who was born at 177 Sullivan Street;^[3] Anna Wintour; Edgard Varèse and his wife Louise lived at no. 188.^[4]

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