Bleecker Street is a famous street in New York City's Manhattan borough. It is perhaps most famous today as a Greenwich Village night club district. The street is a spine that connects a neighborhood today popular for music venues and comedy, but was once a major center for American bohemia.
Bleecker Street connects Abingdon Square, the intersection of Eighth Avenue, and Hudson Street in the West Village, to the Bowery in the East Village.
Nearby sites include Washington Square Park and music venue Cafe Wha?, where Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Kool & the Gang, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and many others began their careers. The legendary club CBGB, which closed in 2006, was located at the east end of Bleecker Street, at the corner of Bowery.
The street is also the address of Abercrombie & Fitch's upscale Ruehl No.925's exclusive RUEHL Accessories store.
It also includes other upscale boutiques ranging from Juicy Couture to Marc Jacobs.
