In the early 1980s, Rivington Street between Essex and Bowery earned notoriety as a "drug supermarket" famous for "having the best drugs in the city."[REF] .
Notable establishments on Rivington Street include the University Settlement House (the first settlement house in New York), Streit's Matzos, Schiller's restaurant, musician Moby's vegan shop TeaNY, the social center called ABC No Rio, the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, and the newly constructed 21-story Hotel on Rivington.