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Location: Lower Manhattan. TriBeCa is a triangular-shaped area located below Canal Street. It is flanked by Broadway to the East, by the Hudson River to the West and by Chambers Street to the South. To the north lies SoHo, to the east - Chinatown, to the south - the Word Trade Center area and Battery Park City.

Character: Packed with A-list celebrities and successful execs, TriBeCa today is miles away from the artist haven it was in the 1970's. But its streets and buildings are full of character and one might say the neighborhood today deservedly ranks as one of New York's "coolest".

Demographics: TriBeCa's population is about 20,000 (mostly rich people with a taste for loft living). TriBeCa is less densely populated than the rest of Manhattan.

Apartments & Real Estate

Most of the area's apartments are lofts, with all the pricing implications. Generally, you need to be able to stomach $5,000+ rents to even consider living in this neighborhood.

With that said, there are a handful of "conventional" rental apartment buildings in the area as well, although a lot fewer than in neighboring Battery Park City.

Condo-wise, both conversion buildings and new developments (which often try to mimick the architectural style of the surrounding area) have apartments with multi-million dollar price tags.

For buyers not intimidated by board reviews, several co-op buildings (e.g. 80 Warren, 55 Hudson, 135 Hudson, 530 Canal, 56 Warren, 474 Greenwich, 44 Lispenard, 288 West, 76 Laight, 57 Walker, 36 White, 158 Chambers) exist as well, although the vast majority of TriBeCa residential buildigns are condos.

Selected Rental Buildings

  • 50 Murray Street (TriBeCa) listings {1 available apt}
    A post-war high-rise doorman building offering a gym, a garage, a children's play area and laundry facilities.
  • 88 Leonard Street (TriBeCa) illustrations listings {6 available apts}
    A modern high-rise doorman building offering a gym and a garage.
  • The Saranac (95 Worth Street, TriBeCa) listings {2 available apts}
    A modern mid-rise doorman elevator building offering a gym, a garage and laundry facilities.
  • TriBeCa Abbey (aka 121 Reade) (121 Reade Street, TriBeCa) listings {2 available apts}
    A 10-story building in TriBeca, the winner of a design award (1998).
  • Tribeca Tower (105 Duane Street, TriBeCa) illustrations listings {5 available apts}
    A 52-story full-service luxury apartment building.

See all TriBeCa Rental Apartment Buildings (14 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

See all TriBeCa No Fee Rental Apartments (17 total) rss

Condo & Co-op Buildings

  • 101 Warren Street (TriBeCa)
    Mixed use property with condos and rentals which occupies nearly an entire city block. The 46-foot podium with two floors houses retail space, a low- and mid-rise block along....
  • 275 Greenwich Street (TriBeCa)
    A post-war mid-rise elevator condo building.
  • One York Street (1 York Street, TriBeCa) illustrations
    A modern condo built from the base of a traditional 19th century TriBeCa building. The newly added top seven floors contain 15 glass-walled penthouses.

See all TriBeCa Condo Apartment Buildings (30 buildings)

See our list of TriBeCa Co-op Apartment Buildings (2 buildings)

Historical Notes

In the 1970's and 1980's TriBeCa's vast industrial spaces attracted artists and other "creatives" pretty much in the same way SoHo did and at approximately the same time.

Gentrification began and the population soared from a few hundred people in the mid-seventies to over 20,000 in 2003. With new residents came the new prices. Today, TriBeCa is anything but affordable.

NAME ORIGINS

TriBeCa stands for "Triangle Below Canal". The name is derived from the name of Canal Street, a major street in Lower Manhattan.

Links and Resources

Neighborhood Photos

Western Tribeca: Greenwich Street
Western Tribeca: Greenwich Street

Travelers Insurance Building
Travelers Insurance Building

Woolworth Building as seen from the Hudson River
Woolworth Building as seen from the Hudson River

Tribeca. The view from the Hudson River Esplanade.
Tribeca. The view from the Hudson River Esplanade.

TriBeCa. Greenwich Street.
TriBeCa. Greenwich Street.

See all Photos of TriBeCa (19)



 
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