Sheldon, G.W. (July 1, 1882). "The Old Ship-Builders of New York". Harper's New Monthly Magazine. No.65. Louis Abolafia (1941-1995) — artist, social activist, folk figure, and hippie candidate for President of the United States Grossman, Joel W. (May 12, 1995). The Archaeology of Civil War Era Water Control Systems on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York (PDF) (Report). New York City Housing Authority. p.24. Nine Inch Nails sampled "Alphabet St." for the song "Ringfinger" from their 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine.

Stories of the "Mechanics' Bell" differ in many particulars. [106] [107] [108] There is general agreement that the bell first hung in the Manhattan Island shipyards, roughly on Mangin between Stanton and Rivington, around 1831-4. Here it also served as the alarm for the wharf's volunteer fire company, called the Mechanics' Association, where "mechanic" was used in the historical sense of "artisan." Subsequently, a larger bell rang near the river on 5th Street from about 1844-1873, after which it led an on-again-off-again existence on 4th Street and was finally mothballed in 1897. Saint Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 16, 2008 . Retrieved September 28, 2019. Public National Bank of New York Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. September 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2021 . Retrieved December 2, 2021.Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.5, no.22. May 28, 1988. p.24 . Retrieved August 28, 2020. Alphabet St." is a song from American musician Prince's tenth album, Lovesexy (1988). It was the first single from that album and the album's only top 10 single, reaching the top 10 in both the UK and US. Initially written as an acoustic blues song, the song's final version includes a rap by Cat Glover and is full of samples. "Alphabet St." generally echoes themes from the rest of Lovesexy. In his book Kitchen Confidential (2000), Anthony Bourdain says, "Hardly a decision was made without drugs. Cannabis, methaqualone, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms soaked in honey and used to sweeten tea, secobarbital, tuinal, amphetamine, codeine and, increasingly, heroin, which we'd send a Spanish-speaking busboy over to Alphabet City to get."

Geraldo Rivera (born 1943) — television personality, resident during the late 60s - early 70s [203] Grumet, Robert S. (2012). First Manhattans: A History of the Indians of Greater New York. University of Oklahoma Press. p.6. ISBN 9780806182964. Apple Martini, Chilli coconut Margarita, South Beach martini OR Salted Caramel Espresso Martini 18 Each Foderaro, Lisa W. (May 17, 1987). "Will it be Loisaida of Alphabet city?; Two Visions Vie In the East Village". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved August 22, 2009.

First Houses" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 12, 1974 . Retrieved September 28, 2019. Henry Roth's novel Call It Sleep (1934) takes place in Alphabet City, with the novel's main character, David and his family, living there.