Chelsea

LOCATION

Midtown Manhattan. Between 14th and 30th streets, west of Sixth Avenue.

CHARACTER AND FEEL

Formerly a warehouse district that bleeds into the now-hot Meatpacking District, Chelsea started transforming in the early 1990's when club kids would flock to the area to legendary parties at The Tunnel, Limelight (and before that Twilo) or Avalon. The infamous Chelsea Hotel on 23rd Street attracted rock stars, writers and creative minds of the 60's and 70's and is currently still a functioning hotel (as well as luxury condos with a lengthy waiting list). From the late 1990's, art galleries started moving from SoHo to the less-expensive areas in Chelsea. Now, over 350 galleries are located in the area spanning from around 30th to 15th Streets and mostly far west, from Ninth Avenue to the West Side Highway. Now almost completely gentrified, Chelsea has become an upscale neighborhood with bistros, luxury apartments, art galleries and designer boutiques.

Chelsea is quite uneven architecturally - there's no single block that can be called "typical". There are three major "types" of buildings: the brownstone type, the "housing project"- type (yep, there're quite a few of those), and the "industrial/loft building" type. All three are mixed here in roughly equal proprotions.

APARTMENTS & REAL ESTATE

New doorman high-rises have begun springing up along the west side as well as along Sixth Avenue and near the Highline, while gorgeous historic brownstones and townhomes create a quaint neighborhoody feel along the side streets.

Selected Rental Buildings:

• 21 Chelsea (120 West 21st Street, Chelsea) - Luxury apartment building in the heart of Chelsea. Studios, 1-bedrooms, 2-bedroom apartments available.
• 777 Sixth Avenue (777 Sixth Avenue, Chelsea) - A new 32-story luxury rental apartment building in Chelsea.
• Archstone Chelsea (800 Sixth Avenue, Chelsea)
• Chelsea Centro (200-220 West 26th Street, Chelsea) - An 18-story 356-unit luxury building.
• The Tate (535 West 23rd Street, Chelsea) - A building offering a "a selection of over forty different apartments, with features that include granite....

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Selected No-Fee Rental Listings:

• new! $5,040 2-Bedroom at Chelsea Centro posted 05/14/08.
• new! $5,795 2-Bedroom at The Tate (available May 14, 2008) posted 05/14/08.
• new! $4,415 1-Bedroom at Archstone Chelsea (available July 11, 2008) posted 05/14/08.
• new! $2,200 Studio at The Carteret (available July 1, 2008) posted 05/13/08.
• new! $2,900 1-Bedroom at 21 Chelsea (available June 1, 2008) posted 05/13/08.

See all Chelsea No Fee Rental Apartments (101 total)

Condo Buildings:

• 132 West 22nd street (132 West 22nd street, Chelsea) - Pre-war, elevator building.
• new! 252 West 17th street (252 West 17th street, Chelsea)fee! - Post-war elevator building.
• 555 West 23rd street (555 West 23rd street, Chelsea) - A two-tower (12 and 15 stories, respectively) luxury condo building. The building includes 14,000 square ....

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Co-op Buildings:

See some of the area's Chelsea Co-op Apartment Buildings

POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS

Seventh and Eighth Avenues are extremely gay friendly, with cafés and shops sporting rainbow flags of tolerance. Further west are live/work artist studios, and newly renovated luxury high-rise condos inhabited by gallerists, financial professionals and young families. Chelsea has several housing projects, mostly in the north-central section of the neighborhood.

TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESSIBILITY

A,C,E, 1,9 subway lines up to 8th avenue