Manhattan has its squares — Times, Herald, Union, Pershing, Sherman, Verdi and, ever since a blogger christened it, Hell.

Some people who live in a three-by-three-block stretch of the Lower East Side say it is a realm where they are condemned to eternal torture and punishment in this life, not the next one. They blame the neighborhood’s trendiness. They say it caught on as a hangout for people in their 20s and 30s lured by too many bars in too little space.

Hell Square, nine blocks between East Houston and Delancey Streets and Allen and Essex Streets, has about 50 bars and restaurants that serve liquor, and about 35 of them stay open until 4 a.m. Dennis Rosen, the chairman of the New York State Liquor Authority, described it several months ago as “one of the most saturated areas in the city — probably one of the most saturated in the world — in terms of liquor licenses.”

So another application for another liquor license has provoked a strong backlash from Lower East Siders who believe the neighborhood has more than its share of places for thirsty revelers. The latest application has been submitted by a club seeking to occupy 139 Ludlow Street, a five-story building between Stanton and Rivington Streets that has housed a funeral home and a printing company.