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- Mile 0.5
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
Look at the fieldstone church set back behind the iron fence. Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland, bought a farm here, a bowery, and by 1660 had built a family chapel on this spot. He's buried here, in a vault under the church.
- Mile 0.8
Russian and Turkish Baths
On this block of East 10th Street, look for the sign for the Russian and Turkish Baths. There's not much to see from the street. The banya is down in the basement, and it has been here since the 1890s. Here's the odd part: two owners, Boris Tuberman and David Shapiro, run it on alternate weeks.
- Mile 1.1
Veniero's
Look at the long old neon sign reading Veniero's, and the pastry cases in the windows.
- Mile 2.1
97 Orchard Street
Look at 97 Orchard Street: five stories of plain brick, shops at street level, almost identical to its neighbors. That's exactly why it matters. Its landmark nomination says it represents "great numbers of unexceptional but courageous people."
- Mile 2.5
Supermoon Bakehouse
Look for Supermoon Bakehouse on Rivington Street, near the corner of Essex. Its pastries are famously photogenic. Eater calls its croissant one of the most Instagrammed on its croissant list.
- Mile 3.5
Dominique Ansel Bakery
Look at the small bakery with Dominique Ansel's name over the door. Ansel grew up in Beauvais, an hour north of Paris, the youngest of four in a working-class family. At 16, he left school to work in a restaurant and help support them.
- Mile 4.4
L'Appartement 4F (West Village)
Look for the little takeout window on West 10th Street. This is the Manhattan shop of L'Appartement 4F. The name comes from a Cobble Hill apartment, unit 4F, where Gautier Coiffard started making bread. He and his wife, Ashley, went on to open a Brooklyn Heights shop, known for mini croissant cereal.
- Mile 5.3
The High Line at Gansevoort
Look up at the riveted steel viaduct ending above Gansevoort Street. Freight trains once ran through the West Side streets, right among the other traffic. The railroad hired "West Side cowboys," men who rode horses and waved flags in front of the trains.
Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source