West Village
The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The West Village is bounded by the Hudson River to the west and 14th Street to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Residential area
- Description: neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States
- Also known as: “West Village Houses”, “West Village, Manhattan”, and “West Village, New York City”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New York University and Whitney Museum.
New York University
University
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New York University is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. New York University is situated 4,100 feet southeast of West Village.
Whitney Museum
Museum
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is a modern and contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Whitney Museum is situated 2,200 feet north of West Village.
St. Veronica Church
Church
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The Church of St. Veronica was a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 153 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in the West Village area of the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. St. Veronica Church is situated 430 feet southeast of West Village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich Village and Washington Square Village.
Greenwich Village
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Greenwich Village is a well-known, largely residential district in Manhattan, once famous for its vibrant art and literary community. Nowadays the neighborhood is so gentrified that the artists and poets who once lived here wouldn't be able to afford the rents, but the Village is still worth a visit for its lovely tree-lined streets and colorful history.
Washington Square Village
Neighborhood
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Washington Square Village is an apartment complex in a superblock in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. WSV was developed by Paul Tishman and Morton S.
University Village
Neighborhood
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University Village is a building complex owned by New York University in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S.
West Village
- Categories: neighborhood of Manhattan and gay village
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.73368° or 40° 44′ 1″ northLongitude
-74.00931° or 74° 0′ 34″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87G7PXMR+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 258944226OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yiddish—“West Village” goes by many names.
- Basque: “West Village”
- Bavarian: “West Village”
- Catalan: “West Village”
- Chinese: “西村 (曼哈頓)”
- Chinese: “西村”
- Czech: “West Village”
- Danish: “West Village”
- Dutch: “West Village”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Vilaĝo”
- Estonian: “West Village”
- French: “West Village”
- Galician: “West Village”
- Georgian: “ვესტ ვილიჯი”
- German: “West Village”
- Greek: “Γουέστ Βίλατζ”
- Hebrew: “וסט וילג‘”
- Indonesian: “West Village”
- Italian: “West Village”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ヴィレッジ (マンハッタン)”
- Japanese: “ウエスト・ヴィレッジ”
- Korean: “웨스트 빌리지”
- Korean: “웨스트빌리지”
- Latin: “West Village”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Village”
- Norwegian: “West Village”
- Persian: “وست ویلج”
- Russian: “Вест-Виллидж”
- Slovak: “West Village”
- Slovenian: “West Village”
- Spanish: “West Village (Manhattan)”
- Spanish: “West Village”
- Turkish: “West Village”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Вілледж”
- Vietnamese: “Làng Tây”
- Vietnamese: “West Village”
- Welsh: “West Village”
- Yiddish: “וועסט וויליזש”
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