Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village[pron 1], or simply The Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village.

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Greenwich Village
Neighborhood
Bird's eye view of Greenwich Village, facing towards the skyline of Lower Manhattan
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°44′01″N 74°00′10″W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Community District	Manhattan 2[1]
Named for	Groenwijck (Green District)
Area [2]
• Total	0.75 km2 (0.289 sq mi)
Population [2]
• Total	22,785
• Density	30,000/km2 (79,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Villager
Economics [2]
• Median income	$119,728
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	10003, 10011, 10012, 10014[2]
Area codes	212, 332, 646, and 917
Greenwich Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New York City Landmark
453–461 Sixth Avenue in the Historic District
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Location	Boundaries: north: W 14th St; south: Houston St; west: Hudson River; east: Broadway
Coordinates	40.73389°N 74.00111°W / 40.73389; -74.00111
Architectural style	various
NRHP reference No.	79001604[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1979
Designated NYCL	initial district: April 29, 1969 extension: May 2, 2006 second extension: June 22, 2010

Its name comes from Groenwijck, Dutch for "Green District".[4][lower-alpha 1] In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat Generation and counterculture of the 1960s. Greenwich Village contains Washington Square Park, as well as two of New York City's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and The New School.[6][7] In later years it has been associated with hipsters.[8][9]

Greenwich Village is part of Manhattan Community District 2, and is patrolled by the 6th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.[1] Greenwich Village has undergone extensive gentrification and commercialization;[10] the four ZIP Codes that constitute the Village – 10011, 10012, 10003, and 10014 – were all ranked among the ten most expensive in the United States by median housing prices in 2014, according to Forbes,[11] with residential property sale prices in the West Village neighborhood typically exceeding US$2,100/sq ft ($23,000/m²) in 2017.[12]