The history of the SOHO Cast-Iron Historic District, from Canal Street to Houston Street and West Broadway to Crosby Street, is as diverse as can be. t was also home to three of the oldest Jewish Synagogues in New York City, the early garment district, the first Broadway musical and more.

Nestled between Harlem to the south and Inwood to the north, Washington Hts is a distinctive Jewish enclave. Over 20,000 Jews settled here in the 1920's. In the 50's and 60's other ethnic groups arrived creating diversity like no other area in nyc.