Best things to do Lower East Side New York City on Friday morning (US)

Essex Market is most popular around 3 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay 20 min to 2,5 hr here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

Established in 1940, Essex Market is New York's most historic public market. Located in the heart of the Lower East Side, shoppers can find the freshest foods and international specialties from over 20 vendors. Complete with public seating and the Essex Kitchen space, there are also year-round community cooking classes, cookbook talks, holiday events, and more!

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Tenement Museum is most popular around 2 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 2 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

The Tenement Museum tells the stories of working-class tenement residents, who moved to New York City from other countries and other parts of the country. Their work helped build the city and nation, and their stories help us understand our history. We share these stories through guided tours of recreated 19th and 20th-century tenement apartment exhibits, walking tours of the Lower East Side neighborhood, and virtual tours and programs.

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John V. Lindsay East River Park is most popular around 5 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is most popular around 4 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

Roman Catholic Church

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Lucky Star Bus is most popular around 12 PM on Sundays. Visitors usually stay 20 min to 1 hr here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

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Sara D. Roosevelt Park is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Sundays.

A shimmering stretch of green amidst the sea of concrete, asphalt, and tightly-packed buildings, Sara D. Roosevelt Park provides a refreshing respite for residents and visitors of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Named for philanthropist and Presidential mother Sara Delano Roosevelt in 1934, the park remains a vibrant common ground for senior citizens, children, and recent immigrants, as well as the more recent addition of artists and young professionals.

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