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The Lower East Side is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It has traditionally been an immigrant, working class neighborhood, but it has been gentrified in recent years and is increasingly populated by young professionals, artists, students and hipsters. While the exact boundaries of the neighborhood are open to debate, it today refers to the area of Manhattan south of East Houston Street along the East River, roughly bounded on the west by Bowery and the south by Canal Street.

Chinatown borders the Lower East Side on the south and the west up to roughly Broome Street, Nolita on the east from Broome Street to East Houston Street, and East Village on the north. Online source for commercial foodservice equipment and supplies.

Historical boundaries

Originally, "Lower East Side" referred to the area alongside the East River from about the Manhattan Bridge and Canal Street up to 14th Street, and roughly bounded on the west by Broadway. Today, the neighborhood is bounded to the north by East Houston Street and to the west by Bowery. The area north of Houston Street is now known as the East Village, although parts of East Village are still known as Loisaida, a Latino pronunciation of "Lower East Side".

A part of Alphabet City in East Village around Tompkins Square Park was once known as Little Germany. Online dealers in food service equipment including new and used restaurant equipment.