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Abrons Arts Center & Henry De Jur Playhouse (466 Grand Street).
Part of the Henry Street Settlement, these buildings provide art, music, dance and drama classes, as well as performances for the Lower East Side community, with a focus on the economically disadvantaged.

Educational Alliance (197 East Broadway). Established in 1891 by uptown German Jews as an educational, cultural and social-service center for the Eastern European Jewish residents of the Lower East Side, the settlement house provided "Americanization" training, including English and citizenship classes. Today it continues to provide services to its diverse Lower East Side neighborhood.

Grand Street Settlement (80 Pitt Street ).
Since its founding in 1916, the settlement has provided residents of the Lower East Side community with the tools and support they need to overcome challenging circumstances and build productive lives and futures. Its programs and services assist more than 5,000 area residents of all ages annually.

Henry Street Settlement (263-267 Henry Street).
These gracious nineteenth-century red-brick row houses serve as the administrative offices of the Henry Street Settlement, founded in 1893 by Lillian D. Wald. The Settlement provided neighborhood home nursing care, as well as educational, social, cultural and recreational activities for the Lower East Side community. Today the Henry Street Settlement continues to be an important social service agency.

University Settlement (184 Eldridge Street).
This was the first settlement house organized in America and the second one in the world. It was founded in 1886, the year that work on the Eldridge Street Synagogue began, and it continues to serve the neighborhood with an array of arts and social-service programs.