Bowery is an anglicization of Bouwerie, the archaic form of the Dutch for "farm", that was used in numerous New Netherland placenames. It most prominently refers to a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Bowery may also refer to: People Jordan Bowery, footballer who plays for Championship club Rotherham United Leigh Bowery, performance artist, club creature, and clothing designer Norman Bowery, British pharmacologist Arts and entertainment Film The Bowery (film), a 1933 historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century On the Bowery, a 1956 documentary film directed by Lionel Rogosin Music Bowery Electric, an American post-rock band William Bowery, a pseudonym for Joe Alwyn. Songs "The Bowery" (song), a song from the musical A Trip to Chinatown with music by Percy Gaunt and lyrics by Charles H. Hoyt "The Bowery Electric", a song by Jed Davis Groups and organizations Bowery Amphitheatre, a building on Bowery in New York City Bowery Ballroom, a music venue on Delancey Street in New York City Bowery Boys, an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic gang based north of the Five Points district in Manhattan, New York City The Bowery Boys, fictional New York City characters, portrayed by a company of New York actors Bowery Mission, a rescue mission on Bowery in Manhattan, New York City Bowery Theatre, a playhouse formerly located on Lafayette Street in New York City Bowery Savings Bank, a New York City bank chartered in 1834 Other uses Bowery Bay, a bay in New York City Bowery station, a New York City Subway station on the services of the New York City Subway Operation Bowery, an Anglo-American naval operation of World War II