Brick Lane Brick Lane Brick Lane (Bengali: ব্রিক লেন) is a street in the East End of London, in the Borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in Bethnal Green, crosses Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, enters Whitechapel and is linked to Whitechapel High Street to the south by the short stretch of Osborn Street. Today, it is the heart of the city's Bangladeshi community and is known to some as "Banglatown". It is famous for its many curry houses. Winding through fields, the street was formerly called Whitechapel Lane. It derives its current name from brick and tile manufacture
Brick Lane (2006 film) in the hope of a brighter future in England and while Brick Lane has been enriching for some, others have only found extreme poverty. "Brick Lane" was originally screened at Rich Mix as part of the East End Film Festival on 1 May 2006. It was later broadcast by BBC Two as part of "A Night on Brick Lane" and was followed by the drama film "Banglatown Banquet" on 25 March 2006 (the day before Bangladesh Independence Day). Brick Lane (2006 film) Brick Lane is a 2006 British documentary directed and produced by Minoo Bhatia. The documentary is about the