In Popular Culture
- Great Jones Street is the title of a novel by the American author Don DeLillo.
- Great Jones Street is the title of a song by the American band Luna, from their 1994 album Bewitched.
- According to UrbanDictionary.com, the verb "Jonesing", a word used to describe an intense craving for a drug, comes from Great Jones Street, a former junkie hangout.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat was found dead here on August 12, 1988.
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