West Village

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 modern apartment. There are very few modern buildings and almost 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 end 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) {4 available apts}
  Opened in 1995. Contains 148 apartments, 30 of which are set aside for low-income New Yorkers (under a special program by the NYC Housing Development Corporation).
• 102 Greenwich Ave (West Village) {1 available apt}
  A landmark low-rise building.
• 140 Waverly Place (West Village) {2 available apts}
  A low-rise elevator building.
• Morton Square (600 Washington Street, West Village) {1 available apt}
  A new 7-story building offering luxury studios, alcove studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Part of the Morton Square complex.
• West Coast (110-114 Horatio) (110 Horatio Street, West Village) {2 available apts}
  A 6-story pre-war apartment building connected to the newly constructed 8-story one.

See all West Village Rental Apartment Buildings (106 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

• $3,695 2-Bedroom at 201 West 11th Street available 20/Nov/2009 posted 20/Nov/2009.
• $2,645 Studio at Morton Square available 16/Dec/2009 posted 19/Nov/2009.
• $2,250 2-Bedroom at 176 West Houston Street available 20/Nov/2009 posted 19/Nov/2009.
• $2,705 Studio at West Coast (110-114 Horatio) posted 19/Nov/2009.
• $3,550 1-Bedroom at 10 Jones Street available 01/Dec/2009 posted 18/Nov/2009.

See all West Village No Fee Rental Apartments (58 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• 163 Charles (163 Charles Street, West Village)
  A modern mid-rise building.
• 33-37 Grove Street (West Village)
  A pre-war elevator building.
• One Jackson Square (122 Greenwich Avenue, West Village)
  The building is LEED-certified (LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Each of the 11 floors independently waves in and out, creating a flow of convexities an....

See all West Village Condo Apartment Buildings (19 buildings)

• 10 Christopher Street (West Village)
  A pre-war elevator building.
• 88 Charles Street (West Village)
  A pre-war walk-up building.

See our list of West Village Co-op Apartment 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.

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