Houston Street generally serves as the boundary between neighborhoods on the East Side of Manhattan—Alphabet City, the East Village, NoHo, Greenwich Village, and the West Village to the north; and the Lower East Side, most of the Bowery, Nolita, and SoHo to the south. The numeric street-naming grid in Manhattan, created as part of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, begins immediately north of Houston Street with 1st Street at Avenue A.
houston street generally serves as the boundary between neighborhoods on the east side of manhattan—alphabet city the east village noho greenwich village and the west village to the north; and the lower east side most of the bowery nolita and soho to the south the numeric street-naming grid in manhattan created as part of the commissioners' plan of 1811 begins immediately north of houston street with 1st street at avenue a