Meaning & History
A neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Derived from "NOrth of Little ITAly". Nolita is bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south roughly by Broome Street, and on the west by Lafayette Street. It lies east of SoHo, south of NoHo, west of the Lower East Side, and north of Little Italy and Chinatown.