Greenwich Village
| Greenwich Village | |
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| Neighborhood of Manhattan | |
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 United States
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 New York
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| City | New York City |
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Named for | Groenwijck (Green District) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.75 km2 (0.289 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 22,785 |
| • Density | 30,000/km2 (79,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Villager |
| ZIP codes | 10003 (east), 10011 (north), 10012 (south), 10014 (west) |
| Area code | 212, 646, 917 |
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Greenwich Village Historic District
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453–461 Sixth Avenue in the Historic District
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| Location | Boundaries: north: W 14th St; south: Houston St; west: Hudson River; east: Broadway |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°44′2″N 74°0′4″W / 40.73389°N 74.00111°W |
| Architectural style | various |
| NRHP Reference # | 79001604 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1979 |
| Designated NYCL |
initial district: April 29, 1969 extension: May 2, 2006 second extension: June 22, 2010 |
Greenwich Village, often referred to by locals as simply "the Village", is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Greenwich Village has been known as an artists' haven, the Bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. Groenwijck, one of the Dutch names for the village (meaning "Green District"), was Anglicized to Greenwich. Two of New York's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and the New School, are located in Greenwich Village.
Greenwich Village has undergone extensive gentrification and commercialization; the four zip codes that constitute the Village – 10011, 10012, 10003, and 10014 – were all ranked among the ten most expensive in the United States by median housing price in 2014, according to Forbes, with residential property sale prices in the West Village neighborhood typically exceeding US$2,000 per square foot ($22,000/m2) in 2016.
The neighborhood is bordered by Broadway to the east, the North River (part of the Hudson River) to the west, Houston Street to the south, and 14th Street to the north, and roughly centered on Washington Square Park and New York University. The neighborhoods surrounding it are the East Village and NoHo to the east, SoHo to the south, and Chelsea to the north. The East Village was formerly considered part of the Lower East Side and never associated with Greenwich Village. The western part of Greenwich Village is known as the West Village; the dividing line of its eastern border is debated. Some believe it starts at Seventh Avenue and its southern extension, a border to the west of which the neighborhood changes substantially in character and becomes heavily residential. Others say the West Village starts one avenue further east at Sixth Avenue, where the east-west streets in the city's grid plan start to orient themselves on an angle to the traditionally perpendicular grid plan occupying most of Manhattan. The Far West Village is another sub-neighborhood of Greenwich Village that is bordered on its west by the Hudson River and on its east by Hudson Street. Greenwich Village is located in New York's 10th congressional district, New York's 25th State Senate district, New York's 66th State Assembly district, and New York City Council's 3rd district.
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