Bowery most prominently refers to a street and neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is an anglicization of Bouwerie, the archaic form of the Dutch for "farm", that was used in numerous New Netherland placenames.

Bowery may also refer to:

Locations

People

  • Jordan Bowery (born 1991), footballer who plays for Championship club Rotherham United
  • Leigh Bowery (1961–1994), performance artist, club creature, and clothing designer
  • Norman Bowery (1944–2016), British pharmacologist
  • Bert Bowery (born 1954), British footballer
  • William Bowery, a pseudonym for the English actor and producer Joe Alwyn

Arts and entertainment

Film

  • The Bowery Boys, fictional New York City characters who were featured in a number of films
  • The Bowery (film), a 1933 historical film about the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century
  • On the Bowery, a 1956 documentary film directed by Lionel Rogosin
  • Bowery Bugs, a 1949 cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny
  • Bowery Daze, a 1934 animated film featuring Krazy Kat
  • Rose of the Bowery, a 1927 silent film directed by Bertram Bracken
  • Bowery at Midnight, a 1942 horror movie starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer
  • Bowery to Broadway, a 1944 film starring Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, and Susanna Foster
  • Bowery Boy, a 1940 comedy film directed by William Morgan

Music

Songs

Albums

Other

Groups and organizations


Buildings

Other uses

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