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Street in Manhattan, New York
Thompson Street is a street in the
Lower Manhattan neighborhoods of
Greenwich Village and
SoHo in
New York City , which runs north–south, from
Washington Square Park at
Washington Square South (West Fourth Street) to the
Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) below
Grand Street , where the street turns right to Sixth Avenue; it thus does not connect with
Canal Street just a half block south of the turning point. It runs parallel to and between
Sullivan Street (to the west), and LaGuardia Place (formerly Laurens Street) which becomes
West Broadway (to the east). Vehicular traffic goes southbound.
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The street was named for
Revolutionary War
Brigadier General
William Thompson , who served in New York and Canada.
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Notable places
Notable residents
Abraham David Christian , at 59 #27 Thompson Street, sculptor.
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Thomas Eboli , at 177 Thompson Street, mobster who was acting boss of the
Genovese crime family .
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Carmine Galante , at 206 Thompson Street, mobster and acting boss of the
Bonanno crime family .
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Vincent Gigante , at 181 and 238 Thompson Street, Italian-American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family.
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Bernhard Goetz , at 211 Thompson Street, the Subway Shooter.
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Anthony Strollo , 177 Thompson Street, mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family.
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Frank Zappa , at 180 Thompson Street, composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director.
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Tom Shaner , at 222-224 Thompson Street, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and video director
Gallery
References
^
"Zip Code Finder and Boundary Map" . Maps.huge.info. Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^ Luther S Harris (2003).
Around Washington Square: an illustrated history of Greenwich Village . JHU Press.
ISBN
9780801873416 . Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^
Google .
"Thompson Street" (Map).
Google Maps . Google.
^ Feirstein, Sanna (2001).
Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names . New York:
New York University Press .
ISBN
978-0-8147-2712-6 .
^ Dobkin, Jake (April 24, 2006).
"Playground Mystery on Thompson Street Solved" . Gothamist. Archived from
the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2013 .
^ Peter Julius Aravena Sloan (2012).
NY Chess Since 1972: A Guide Book of Places to Go and People You Will See Around NY Chess . Sloans Book Press.
ISBN
9781460961414 . Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^ Holly Hughes (2007).
Frommer's New York City with Kids . John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN
9780470125694 . Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^ The June 2001 issue of Art in America [No. 6 - p 116-121, 143] featured an article by Janet Koplos on his work. Abraham David Christian has been described as an "international artist whose work cannot be confined to any one country or defined by any one culture."
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d Eric Ferrara (2011).
Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes and Headquarters . The History Press.
ISBN
9781609493066 . Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^ McFadden, Robert D. (January 6, 1985).
"Vigilante: portrait of the subway shooter" .
The Hutchinson News . p. 9. Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
^
The Real Frank Zappa Book . Simon and Schuster. 1990.
ISBN
9780671705725 . Retrieved April 11, 2013 .
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Italics indicate streets no longer in existence.
All entries are streets, circles, or squares unless otherwise noted
See also:
Manhattan address algorithm