GOOD OLD LOWER EAST SIDE (GOLES)
Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. GOLES serves the residents living south of 14th Street, East of 4th Avenue and the Bowery, and down to the Brooklyn Bridge. Our catchment area corresponds with Manhattan’s Community Board 3.
We are a grassroots organization that serves, engages, and empowers low- and moderate-income residents of the LES/Loisaida, specifically people of color, through direct services, public education, and community organizing.
Our work focuses on interrelated issue areas: