Mott Street (Manhattan)
Coordinates: 40°43′11″N 73°59′47″W / 40.7196°N 73.9963°W / 40.7196; -73.9963
Mott Street is a narrow but busy thoroughfare that runs in a north-south direction in the borough of Manhattan in New York City in the United States. It is best known as Chinatown's unofficial "Main Street". Mott Street runs from Chatham Square in the south to Bleecker Street in the north. It is a one-way street, southbound.
Read more about Mott Street (Manhattan): History, Cantonese Gangs in The Past, Mott Street General Store, Earliest Historical Chinese Businesses Established On Mott Street, Nolita, In Popular Culture
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