Henry Street Settlement
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Henry Street Settlement is a historic New York City social service and arts organization founded in 1893 that provides health, education, and community programs to low-income residents of the Lower East Side.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Street Settlement canonical | 11 |
| Henry Street Settlement, New York City | 1 |
| Visiting Nurse Service on the Lower East Side | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T462872 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Street Settlement Context triple: [Brooke Astor, boardMemberOf, Henry Street Settlement]
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Hull House
Hull House was a pioneering settlement house in Chicago that became a major center for social reform, education, and community services for immigrants and the urban poor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Dizengoff House
Dizengoff House is a historic building in Tel Aviv best known as the site where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
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C.
Greenwich Village Historic District
The Greenwich Village Historic District is a renowned Manhattan neighborhood celebrated for its preserved 19th-century architecture, bohemian cultural history, and role as a center of artistic and social movements in New York City.
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D.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is a historic Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Manhattan that serves as a museum interpreting early New York City rural life.
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E.
Henry Clay Frick House
The Henry Clay Frick House is a former Gilded Age mansion on New York City's Fifth Avenue, renowned today as the historic home of the Frick Collection art museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Street Settlement Target entity description: Henry Street Settlement is a historic New York City social service and arts organization founded in 1893 that provides health, education, and community programs to low-income residents of the Lower East Side.
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A.
Hull House
Hull House was a pioneering settlement house in Chicago that became a major center for social reform, education, and community services for immigrants and the urban poor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Dizengoff House
Dizengoff House is a historic building in Tel Aviv best known as the site where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
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C.
Greenwich Village Historic District
The Greenwich Village Historic District is a renowned Manhattan neighborhood celebrated for its preserved 19th-century architecture, bohemian cultural history, and role as a center of artistic and social movements in New York City.
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D.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is a historic Dutch Colonial farmhouse in Manhattan that serves as a museum interpreting early New York City rural life.
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E.
Henry Clay Frick House
The Henry Clay Frick House is a former Gilded Age mansion on New York City's Fifth Avenue, renowned today as the historic home of the Frick Collection art museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ settlement house ⓘ social service organization ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Progressive Era social reform ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Mary Brewster ⓘ |
| evolvedFrom | public health nursing program ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Henry Street Settlement
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Visiting Nurse Service on the Lower East Side
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| foundedBy | Lillian Wald ⓘ |
| foundedInBorough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1893 ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
foundation grants
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government contracts ⓘ private donations ⓘ |
| hasProgramArea |
arts and community engagement
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education and employment ⓘ health and wellness ⓘ transitional and supportive housing ⓘ |
| headquartersAddress | 265 Henry Street, New York, New York ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early provider of public health nursing in New York City
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pioneer of the settlement house movement in the United States ⓘ |
| historicDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| legalStatus | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedInBorough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| locatedInNeighborhood | Lower East Side ⓘ |
| locatedInState | New York ⓘ |
| mission | to open doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs ⓘ |
| name | Henry Street Settlement self-link ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Jacob Schiff
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Lillian Wald ⓘ |
| operatesFacility |
Abrons Arts Center
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Henry Street Settlement Playhouse ⓘ community centers ⓘ transitional housing residences ⓘ |
| providesService |
arts programs
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education programs ⓘ employment services ⓘ health services ⓘ homeless services ⓘ mental health services ⓘ senior services ⓘ social services ⓘ youth programs ⓘ |
| servesNeighborhood | Lower East Side ⓘ |
| servesPopulation |
immigrants
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low-income residents ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henry Street Settlement Description of subject: Henry Street Settlement is a historic New York City social service and arts organization founded in 1893 that provides health, education, and community programs to low-income residents of the Lower East Side.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Visiting Nurse Service on the Lower East Side
this entity surface form:
Henry Street Settlement, New York City