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BoroughManhattan
Population72000
MapMap of West Village

Location: The West Village is everything west of Sixth Avenue, from Houston to 14th street. Essentially, the West Village is the original Greenwich Village. The need for the modifier ("West") is a relatively new thing resulting from the emergence of the Eastern counterpart, the East Village.

There is a certain degree of ambiguity as to whether the West Village includes the area around NYU - i.e. Fifth avenue and University Place (a.k.a. the Central Village). Our panel of experts maintains that it doesn't.

Demographics: The population stands at about 72,000. Although the West Village used to be visibly gay, in the last few years young families (often with children) started to take over as the neighborhood's most "visible" constituency. As far as the social makeup is concerned, the majority could easily qualify as affluent. Real estate prices here are among the highest in Manhattan, not to mention other boroughs.

In the past, the area was considered a natural place to live for intellectuals of all kinds (the literary kind in particular), but nowadays it would be difficult to find any full-time writers who could afford living there. Stockbrokers and media/adverising executives probably have a much better shot.

Apartments & Real Estate

Architecturally, the West Village has been preserved pretty well, which is a plus if you like the character of old buildings, but a minus if you're looking for an affordable yet modern apartment. There are very few modern buildings and practically none of them qualifies as a "high-rise".

To be fair, some reasons for that do not have much to do with with preservation - they are much simpler. Because of a geological quirk, the "rock" foundation, easily reachable in Midtown and Downtown, is actually very deep here. As a result, building too high would either be prohibitively expensive or outright dangerous. The result is a neighborhood dominated by 19th and early 20th-century brownstone and low-rise apartment buildings.

Selected Rental Buildings

  • 100 Jane Street (West Village) illustrations pet-friendly listings {2 available apts}
    A modern mid-rise doorman elevator building offering a gym. While the building itself is modern, it is located in the neighborhood full of quaint brownstone houses, with eas....
  • 11 Jones Street (West Village) pet-friendly listings {1 available apt}
    A nineteenth century low-rise building.
  • The Archive (666 Greenwich Street, West Village) illustrations pet-friendly listings {10 available apts}
    A landmark turn-of-the-century mid-rise doorman elevator building offering laundry facilities. Built in the late 19th century in the Romanesque Revival style and originally i....
  • Morton Square (600 Washington Street, West Village) listings {7 available apts}
    A new 7-story building offering luxury studios, alcove studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Part of the Morton Square complex.
  • West Coast 95 (95 Horatio Street, West Village) pet-friendly listings {2 available apts}
    A pre-war mid-rise doorman building offering a gym, a garage and laundry facilities.

See all West Village Rental Apartment Buildings (120 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

See all West Village No Fee Rental Apartments (61 total) rss

Condo & Co-op Buildings

See all West Village Condo Apartment Buildings (22 buildings)

See our list of West Village Co-op Apartment Buildings (16 buildings)

NAME ORIGINS

Greenwich Village used to be a village (back in the days when Wall Street actually had a wall). The "west" modifier was added later to distinguish the neighborhood from its eastern neighbors.

Neighborhood Photos

38-40 Carmine: Exterior
38-40 Carmine: Exterior

Seventh Avenue at West 14th street
Seventh Avenue at West 14th street

165 Charles Street
165 Charles Street

Three Glass Buildings
Three Glass Buildings

West Village. Greenwich Street
West Village. Greenwich Street

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