National Register of Historic Places

Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation)

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
June 18, 1979
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
79001604

About this property

Greenwich Village, 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. Its name comes from Groenwijck, Dutch for "Green District". In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBTQ 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. In later years it has been associated with hipsters. Greenwich Village is part of Manhattan Community District 2, and is patrolled by the 6th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Greenwich Village has undergone extensive gentrification and commercialization; 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, with residential property sale prices in the West Village neighborhood typically exceeding US$2,100/ft2 ($23,000/m2) in 2017.

Location

New York, New York County, New York
40.73438, -74.00177

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Sources

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When was Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1979.

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Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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