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Dimes Square
Microneighborhood
Etymology: Dimes restaurant
Map
Interactive map of Dimes Square
Dimes Square is located in Manhattan
Dimes Square
Dimes Square
Location in Manhattan
Dimes Square is located in New York City
Dimes Square
Dimes Square
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°42′53.9″N 73°59′29.6″W / 40.714972°N 73.991556°W / 40.714972; -73.991556
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Community districtManhattan Community Board 3
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP codes
10002
10013
Area codes212, 332 and 646
917
The restaurant Dimes, the neighborhood's namesake

Dimes Square is a microneighborhood of New York City and art scene located between the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan.[1][2][3][4] The exact perimeter and nature of the neighborhood is debated, though survey data from The New York Times lists it as roughly the five blocks on either side of Canal Street between Allen Street and Essex Street.[5]

Etymology

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The neighborhood's name, a play on "Times Square", refers to Dimes, a restaurant located at the intersection of Canal Street and Division Street on the Lower East Side. According to Marisa Meltzer of The New York Times, the nickname has transitioned from a term used "jokingly" to one used "semi-seriously".[6]

The term Dimes Square has become a metonym for a number of associated reactionary aesthetic movements centered in the area.[7]

History

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Ben Smith cited the neighborhood's emergence as a lockdown-flouting cultural hub during the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2021 New York Times piece.[8] As the COVID-19 restrictions receded and the neighborhood became more mainstream, the associated transgressive art movement digitized and became increasingly prominent in online culture.[9] Media associated with the area include the podcast Red Scare, pirate radio station Montez Press Radio, and defunct print newspaper The Drunken Canal.[10][8] An online Dimes zine named Byline was established in 2023 by Gutes Guterman and Megan O'Sullivan.[11]

In 2022, Julia Yost, an editor at First Things, a conservative religious journal, argued in an op-ed in The New York Times that the neighborhood and associated podcasters such as Dasha Nekrasova of Red Scare are the center of a post-ironic revival of traditionalist Catholicism.[7][12]

Sovereign House

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Sovereign House is a cultural events venue located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City.[13][14] Opened in late 2022, the venue occupies a street-level space on East Broadway, in the area known as Dimes Square. It was founded by Nick Allen as a salon for downtown artists and writers.[15]

Sovereign House's space is used for magazine launch parties, experimental theater, film screenings, and discussions on art and literature.[16][17][18] Sovereign House has hosted cultural events, such as a production of Matthew Gasda's play Zoomers and an Elena Velez Fashion Week presentation linking Dimes Square's cultural politics to the fashion world.[16][19] It has supported magazines and journals through launches and panel events for publications including The Point and Heavy Traffic,[13] and has hosted author talks and lectures by figures such as Benjamin R. Teitelbaum[20] and Norman Finkelstein.[21] It has also hosted figures such as Dasha Nekrasova, as well as recurring meetings of the New York Philosophy Club, events for the New York Comedy Festival.[16]

Art scene

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See also: Internet cinema

In 2020, two blocks of Canal Street were closed off for an Open Streets permit, resulting in what Hannah Goldfield of The New Yorker described as a "circus", "every night a music festival in the piazza."[22] In 2023, the NME cited several musicians associated with Dimes Square as "reinvigorating NYC's music scene".[23] Artists included the Dare, the Hellp, the Life, Been Stellar, Blaketheman1000, Catcher, Club Eat, Frost Children, Hello Mary, Model/Actriz, Sid Simons, Shallowhalo and Strange Ranger.[23] The American pop rock band Bleachers reference Dimes Square in their 2024 song "Jesus Is Dead".[24]

In 2024, Dazed magazine cited Dimes Square in an article regarding the rise of "post-internet fashion".[25] In 2025, Dazed magazine published an article on Internet cinema.[26] The article included an Instagram story noting that films such as Peter Vack's www.RachelOrmont.com and Angelicism01's Film01 were one of the only pieces of "true internet cinema".[26]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ McDermott, John (July 6, 2025). "Inside the 'Anti-Woke' Literary Scene Growing in L.A." Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  2. ^ Taylor, Erin (August 16, 2022). "The Next Dimes Square Is Just Around the Corner". Observer. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  3. ^ Piner, Natasha (April 20, 2023). "Dimes Square Offline: My Experience with www.RachelOrmont.com". Film Matters. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  4. ^ Dai, Serena (August 10, 2022). "Do You Need to Care About Dimes Square? Probably Not". Bon Appétit. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  5. ^ Buchanan, Larry; Katz, Josh; Taylor, Rumsey; Washington, Eve (October 29, 2023). "An Extremely Detailed Map of New York City Neighborhoods". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Meltzer, Marisa (July 25, 2022). "Dimes Square Gets the Hotel It Deserves". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Yost, Julia (August 9, 2022). "New York's Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church". The New York Times.
  8. ^ a b Smith, Ben (March 7, 2021). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "I'm cute, I'm punk rock". Pourteaux Newsletter. July 16, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  10. ^ Harrison, Will (May 24, 2022). "Escape from Dimes Square". The Baffler. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  11. ^ Schacter, Cara (June 8, 2023). "They're Here to Save Indie Media". The New York Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ Davenport, Emily (July 26, 2024). "NYC's 'One Man Army' Film Series Makes Waves". amNewYork.
  13. ^ a b Kailath, Ryan (January 17, 2025). "Some young NYC conservatives say Trump resurgence makes it easier to speak their minds". Gothamist.
  14. ^ Taylor, Magdalene (November 6, 2024). "Crushing White Claws With MAGA Hipsters on Election Night in Dimes Square". GQ. Retrieved May 21, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ^ Boguslaw, Daniel (January 24, 2025). "At NYC's MAGA Clubhouse, Libertarians Are Left in the Cold". The American Prospect.
  16. ^ a b c d Bevilacqua, Leonardo (June 24, 2024). "Rebels with a religious cause: Meet New York's avant-garde conservatives". The Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  17. ^ Davenport, Emily (February 21, 2025). "Animated Film 'Interface' Debuts in Lower Manhattan". amNewYork.
  18. ^ Soropoulos, Kerry (May 2, 2025). "Tech Founders Bet on New York". City Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2026.
  19. ^ Kennedy, Joan; Ap, Tiffany (February 12, 2024). "Elena Velez Brings Dimes Square, and Its Controversial Politics, to Fashion Week". The Business of Fashion. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  20. ^ Pogue, James (October 9, 2024). "Steve Bannon Is Out of Jail, and He Has a Plan for Trump's Next Term". Vanity Fair.
  21. ^ Seavey, Todd (November 1, 2023). "Twelve Years a Watchman". Splice Today.
  22. ^ Goldfield, Hannah (September 9, 2022). "Dimes Square, Post-Shark-Jump". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  23. ^ a b c "Dimes Square: meet the new artists reinvigorating NYC's music scene". NME. May 15, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  24. ^ D'Souza, Shaad (September 29, 2023). "Jack Antonoff: 'I've never made anything hoping everyone would like...'". The Face.
  25. ^ Yalcinkaya, Günseli (October 4, 2022). "Memes, minions and meta-irony: The rise of post-internet fashion". Dazed. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  26. ^ a b Liu, Bryan (October 17, 2025). "Cross-sectioning the slop: Notes on Internet Cinema". Dazed MENA. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  27. ^ a b Helen Holmes (August 11, 2022). "How Dimes Square Became the New York City Neighborhood We Love to Hate". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  28. ^ Colyar, Brock (May 3, 2024). "Her First Book; Six hours in Dimes Square with the 26-year-old author and niche icon Honor Levy". The Cut. Retrieved February 3, 2026. Levy was one of the niche icons of Dimes Square, the scene that bloomed on the little patch of the Lower East Side where we are currently drinking Diet Cokes.
  29. ^ Piner, Natasha (April 20, 2023). "Dimes Square Offline: My Experience with www.RachelOrmont.com". Film Matters Magazine. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  30. ^ Nayman, Adam (June 20, 2023). "The Girl and Her Trust: Sean Price Williams on "The Sweet East"". Cinema Scope. Retrieved February 23, 2026.