Connect with neighbors, learn about our history, get updates from local media and use our What’s Open EV map for local shopping and resources.
The EVCC supports local efforts for sustainability and human-powered transportation.
The Lower East Side Ecology Center is our go-to for electronics recycling and more. We’ll be sure to let you know about their next event in Tompkins Square Park!
Visit Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens for a map and upcoming events at our wonderful community gardens.
EVCC is member of LESReady, a network of local organizations who came together after Hurricane Sandy and continue to work to help our neighborhood recover and prepare for emergency events.
Community input on the issues that affect our neighborhood starts with our Community Board. To find out about the latest meeting topics and dates visit Community Board 3.
Learn More about the East Village
Village Preservation’s East Village Block Finder
Village Preservation’s 15 Things You Didn’t Know About The East Village
Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI)
Lower East Side History Project
Neighborhood Preservation Center
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Block Associations
Block associations form around the particular interests of a block or stretch of the neighborhood: green space, development, film shoots, parking, liquor licensing, etc. Some also organize neighborhood events.
Click here to find contact information for your local block association. If your block isn’t in the list below, write to us at info (at) evccnyc (dot) org for help to get your own group started.
Association of Latino Business Owners and Residents
LES / East Village
Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS)
Community Board 3
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors (BAN)
Chatham Sq – Cooper Sq
First Street Block Association
1st St, 1st-2nd Ave
Friends of Meltzer Park (FOMP)
1st Ave-Ave A, 1st-2nd St
2nd Street Block Association
2nd St, 1st Ave-Ave A
East 3rd Street Block Association
Ave B-D
East 4th Street Avenues A-B Block Association
4th St, Ave A-B
All The Way East 4th Street Block Association
4th St, Ave C-D
East 5th Street Block Association
1st-3rd Aves, 2nd Ave between 4th and 6th
6BC Botanical Garden
6th St, Ave B-C
Eight B C D Block Association
8th St, Ave B-D
EVORA East Village Owners Renters Association
8th-12th St, 3rd-4th Ave
9th Street A-1 Block Association
9th St, Ave A-1st Ave
9BC Tompkins Sq Block Association
9th St, Ave B-C
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez
9th St & Ave C
10th-Stuyvesant Streets Block Association
10th St, Stuyvesant, 2nd-3rd Ave
A1E 10th St Block Association
10th St, 1st Ave-Ave A
East 11th Street Block Association
11th St, 2nd-3rd Ave
North Avenue A Neighborhood Association
Ave A, 10th-14th St
12th Street Block Association
12th St, Ave A-B