Emilijas Benjaminas Street got its name from a Latvian journalist, publisher and social worker more than 100 years ago. The street that intersects with Karla Milengaha and Lastadijas streets can be called the most literary neighborhood of Riga. Although Emilijas Benjaminas Street is not long, there are a number of objects on it – both the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the high-rise building of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.