Most streets in De Pijp are named after Dutch painters, like Jan Steen, Frans Hals, Ruysdael and Vincent van Gogh.

De Pijp is located south of the city centre and the Singelgracht canal, between Boerenwetering in the west and the river Amstel in the east.

The metro line and an underground station at Ferdinand Bolstraat called De Pijp, was completed and began service in July 2018.

In the spirit of Sarphati the young city engineer Van Niftrik submitted plans in 1866 for a full-scale expansion belt in the polder area along the edge of Amsterdam, where De Pijp (then called Neighborhood YY), a beautiful new centre, would be built.

[1] The plan included the construction of the Amsterdam Centraal station in the middle of De Pijp, on the current location of the Sarphatipark, with a modern railway along the Ceintuurbaan.

The southern part of De Pijp, including the Diamantbuurt (literal translation: Diamond neighbourhood), was built some years later, around 1925.

Other lively streets and squares are Frans Halsstraat, Ferdinand Bolstraat, Gerard Douplein, Van Woustraat and Ceintuurbaan.