Greenwich Village

 

Greenwich Village is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families. Greenwich Village, however, was known in the late 19th to mid 20th centuries as the bohemian capital and the East Coast birthplace of the Beat movement. What provided the initial attractive character of the community eventually contributed to its gentrification and commercialization. A large section of Greenwich Village, made up of more than 50 northern and western blocks in the area up to 14th Street, is part of a Historic District established by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The District's convoluted borders run no farther south than 4th Street or St. Luke's Place, and no farther east than Washington Square East or University Place. Redevelopment in that area is severely restricted, and developers must preserve the main facade and aesthetics of the buildings even during renovation. Most parts of Greenwich Village comprise mid-rise apartments, 19th-century row houses and the occasional one-family walk-up, a sharp contrast to the hi-rise landscape in Mid- and Downtown Manhattan.
 
At the current time, artists and local historians mourn the fact that the bohemian days of Greenwich Village are long gone, because of the extraordinarily high housing costs in the neighborhood.  Nevertheless, residents of Greenwich Village still possess a strong community identity and are proud of their neighborhood's unique history and fame, and its well-known liberal live-and-let-live attitudes.  Greenwich Village is still home to many celebrities, including actresses/actors Jonathan Davies, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Uma Thurman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush, designer Marc Jacobs as well as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. 
 
The historic Washington Square Park is the center and heart of the neighborhood, among many other parks and playgrounds.  Several publications have offices in the Village, most notably the citywide newsweekly The Village Voice, and the monthly magazines Fortune and American Heritage.  The Village also serves as home to Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Magazine as well as Calvin Trillin, a feature writer for The New Yorker magazine.
 

Demographic:

  • Median Age: 37.87

  • Population Density (ppl / mile): 87,032

  • Households with Children: 13%

  • Annual Residential Turnover: 27%

  • Median Income: $74,436

  • Crime: 1.64 (National average: 1.0)

 

Average Property Price

Sale: (Price/ Square Feet)

  • 1 bedroom $ 1,451.10
  • 2 bedrooms $ 1,583.96
  • 3 bedrooms from $ 1,507.09

Rental: (Price)

  • 1 bedroom $ 3,350.00
  • 2 bedrooms $ 6, 772.73
  • 3 bedrooms $ 9,000.00