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Across
  1. 2. New York drag icon from the EV: Lady ___
  2. 3. East Village tattoo & piercing legend: ___ Ink
  3. 8. NYU building on 2nd Ave: ___ Hall
  4. 11. Marks Nickname for St. Mark s Place
  5. 15. Punk poet of the EV: Patti ___
  6. 18. NYC punk zine from the East Village
  7. 21. Mama ___ Theatre, experimental hub on E. 4th
  8. 23. River River bordering the East Village
  9. 24. The ___ Project grassroots housing effort
  10. 25. Annual LES/EV art walk: ___ Arts
  11. 27. The ___ Project (spoken word group)
  12. 28. ___ Hall
  13. 29. 9th Street vegetarian staple: Angelica s ___
  14. 32. Tompkins Square Park was site of 1988 ___
  15. 33. Street where Joe Strummer mural lives
  16. 34. 4th St. festival: Howl! ___ Festival
  17. 37. Narrow EV music venue: Mercury ___
  18. 38. Alphabet City avenue with public gardens
  19. 40. C Iconic avenue in Alphabet City
  20. 43. Longstanding used bookshop: East ___ Books
  21. 45. Bordered by Houston on the south
  22. 46. No Rio 1970s art space, ___ on the Lower East Side
  23. 47. Classic music store on East 7th: Sounds ___
  24. 48. Annual drag parade on ___ Street
  25. 50. Restaurant on Avenue B: Café ___
  26. 52. Political protest hub: Tompkins Square ___
Down
  1. 1. East 6th Street cuisine: ___ food (India)
  2. 4. Historic Yiddish theater district: ___ Row
  3. 5. Spoken word cafe on 1st Ave: Nuyorican ___
  4. 6. EV s iconic 24-hour pierogi spot
  5. 7. 1980s artist & AIDS activist: David ___
  6. 9. CBGB s musical genre
  7. 10. Indie cinema once on 2nd Ave: Two ___
  8. 12. East 10th Street bistro: ___ Café
  9. 13. Free community park with murals: First ___ Garden
  10. 14. 1st Ave Ukrainian restaurant: ___ Veselka
  11. 16. 2nd Ave performance space: La ___
  12. 17. St. ___ Church (home of Poetry Project)
  13. 19. Longtime bookstore & event hub: Bluestockings
  14. 20. Street Alphabet City collective garden: ___ Garden
  15. 21. Historic dive bar: The Holiday ___
  16. 22. NYC's first anarchist bookstore: Bluestockings ___
  17. 26. Legendary East Village punk club (abbrev.)
  18. 30. Artist & local icon: ___ Basquiat
  19. 31. Historic Ukrainian building: St. George s ___
  20. 35. Home to drag karaoke: ___ Bar
  21. 36. 1980s EV heroin-era nickname: The ___ Zone
  22. 38. Abandoned hospital turned squat: ___ Hospital
  23. 39. Weekly paper: The ___
  24. 41. 3rd Ave landmark for cheap eats: ___ King
  25. 42. Street of punk and vintage: St. ___ Place
  26. 44. Alphabet City rock club: Niagara ___
  27. 49. Art critic & poet ___ Berrigan
  28. 51. Venue for jazz on Avenue A: The ___