First established as "Grin'wich" in the early 1700s, the Village has been the birthplace of many artistic milestones, such as the Beatnik movement, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. With the increase of rental prices in the neighborhood, the Village's population makeup has been changed from starving artists to movie stars and NYU students. Popular activities to check out in the area include coffee sipping, boutique shopping pizza eating, music club hopping and indie film watching.
Those looking to make Greenwich Village their next home should be prepared to live in a neighborhood where the buildings are overwhelmingly pre-war. There is a small-but-growing number of mid-rise and high-rise luxury buildings popping up in the neighborhood.
Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
Population: 22,779 people; population density 78,800 people per square mile (citywide 26,798 people per square mile)
Adjacent Neighborhoods: West Village, SoHo, East Village, Murray Hill
Public Transit: 4/5/6/L/Q (Union…
