a poor area of south-east Manhattan (1) in New York City. Until the 1990s it was known as a poor area with many homeless people but also as a centre for young musicians. One of the streets there is also called the Bowery.
BOWERY
Meaning of BOWERY in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005