Bond Street (Manhattan)

Bond Street is an east–west street running between Broadway and Bowery, in the NoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.^[1][2]

Bond Street in Lower Manhattan

History

The actual namesake of the street is undetermined. It may have been named for city surveyor William Bond, or for a mention in an 1817 guidebook referring to Broadway as "The Bond Street of New York".^[3]

24 Bond Street was the location of Beatrice and Sam Rivers' studio RivBea^[4] and of Robert Mapplethorpe's first studio.^[5] Mile End Sandwich, a spin-off restaurant of Mile End Delicatessen, the Jewish deli in Brooklyn, is located on Bond Street between Bowery and Lafayette Street.^[2] The Robbins & Appleton Building is located at the western end of the street, at 1–5 Bond Street,^[6]: 255 while the Bond Street Savings Bank is at the eastern end at 54 Bond Street.^[6]: 241 More recently, Bond Street became the location of stores for Billy Reid^[7] and Drake's OVO Clothing clothing brand.

References

1. Seibert, Brian (March 2, 2016). "Eiko Invites You to Her Inner Land of Wraiths". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
2. Mishan, Ligaya (July 5, 2012). "When a Deli Goes Boutique". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
3. Feirstein, Sanna (2001). Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names. NYU Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780814727119.
4. Capraro, Douglas (May 15, 2014). "The Hidden History of 24 Bond Street, the Birthplace of NYC's DIY Scene". Untapped Cities.
5. Colacello, Bob (March 8, 2016). "When Robert Mapplethorpe Took New York". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
6. Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (2011). The Landmarks of New York (5th ed.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-3769-9.
7. Woolf, Jake (November 5, 2015). "How James Bond's Peacoat Changed Billy Reid's Business". GQ.

External links

• Media related to Bond Street (Manhattan) at Wikimedia Commons