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Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village is a well-known, largely residential district in , 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.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Greenwich Village Historic District”, “Greenwich Village, Manhattan”, and “Greenwich Village, New York City”
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include New York University and Flatiron Building.

University
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is a private research university in , 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 based on a curriculum focused on a secular education.

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The , originally the Fuller Building, is a 22-story, 285-foot-tall steel-framed triangular building at 175 in the neighborhood of in .

Park
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is a 9.75-acre public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of , New York City. It is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Village and SoHo.

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The , east of the Village on , was traditionally considered part of the , and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.

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, short for "South of Houston Street" and a reference to its supposed similarities to the , is a diverse and increasingly upscale neighborhood of .

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In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of 's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods. Busy Flatiron is one of the borough's most active shopping and entertainment districts, situated between Union Square and Madison Square Park, two of the most popular meeting places for Manhattanites.

Greenwich Village

Latitude
40.73198° or 40° 43′ 55″ north
Longitude
-73.99657° or 73° 59′ 48″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GRW
Open location code
87G8P2J3+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158861717
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5119418
Wiki­data ID
Q205380
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Greenwich Village” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Greenwich Village”
  • Arabic: “غرينتش فيليج”
  • Armenian: “Գրինվիչ Վիլիջ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrinviç Villic”
  • Basque: “Greenwich Village”
  • Belarusian: “Грынвіч-Вілідж”
  • Belarusian: “Грыныдж-Віладж”
  • Bulgarian: “Гринуич Вилидж”
  • Catalan: “Greenwich Village”
  • Chinese: “格林威治村”
  • Chinese: “格林尼治村”
  • Croatian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Czech: “Greenwich Village”
  • Danish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Dutch: “Greenwich Village”
  • Esperanto: “Greenwich Village”
  • Esperanto: “Grenviĉ-Vilaĝo”
  • Esperanto: “The Village”
  • Esperanto: “West Village”
  • Estonian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Finnish: “Greenwich Village”
  • French: “Greenwich Village”
  • Galician: “Greenwich Village”
  • Georgian: “გრინვიჩ-ვილიჯი”
  • German: “Greenwich Village Historic District”
  • German: “Greenwich Village”
  • German: “Groenwijck”
  • Greek: “Γκρίνιτς Βίλατζ”
  • Hebrew: “גריניץ וילג”
  • Hebrew: “גריניץ‘ וילאג’”
  • Hebrew: “גריניץ‘ וילג’”
  • Hebrew: “גריניץ’ וילג’”
  • Hebrew: “גרניץ‘ ווילג’”
  • Hebrew: “גרניץ‘ וילג’”
  • Hungarian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Iloko: “Greenwich Village”
  • Indonesian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Irish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Italian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジ・ヴィレッジ”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジ・ビレッジ”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジヴィレッジ”
  • Japanese: “グリニッジビレッジ”
  • Japanese: “グリニッチ・ヴィレッジ”
  • Japanese: “グリニッチ・ビレッジ”
  • Korean: “그리니치 빌리지”
  • Korean: “그리니치빌리지”
  • Korean: “그린위치 빌리지”
  • Korean: “그린위치빌리지”
  • Latin: “Greenwich Village”
  • Latvian: “Griničvilidža”
  • Macedonian: “Гринич Вилиџ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greenwich Village”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Greenwich Village”
  • Norwegian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Greenwich Village”
  • Ossetian: “Гринвич-Виллидж”
  • Persian: “دهکده گرینویچ”
  • Persian: “دهکدهٔ گرینویچ”
  • Persian: “روستای گرینویچ”
  • Persian: “گرینویچ ویلج”
  • Persian: “گرینیچ ویلج”
  • Polish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Portuguese: “Greenwich Village”
  • Portuguese: “West Village”
  • Romanian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Russian: “Виллидж”
  • Russian: “Гринвинч Виллидж”
  • Russian: “Гринвинч-Виллидж”
  • Russian: “Гринвич Вилледж”
  • Russian: “Гринвич Виллидж”
  • Russian: “Гринвич-Виллидж”
  • Russian: “Гринич-Виллидж”
  • Scots: “Greenwich Village”
  • Serbian: “Grinič vilidž”
  • Serbian: “Гринич вилиџ”
  • Slovak: “Greenwich Village”
  • Slovenian: “Greenwich Village”
  • Slovenian: “Groenwijck”
  • Slovenian: “the Village”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرینویچ ویلئیج”
  • Spanish: “Greenwich Village (Manhattan)”
  • Spanish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Spanish: “La Villa”
  • Swedish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Swedish: “Noortwyck”
  • Turkish: “Greenwich Village”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвіч-Вілледж”
  • Ukrainian: “Гринвіч-Віллидж”
  • Urdu: “گرین وچ گاؤں”
  • Urdu: “گرینوچ ویلیج”
  • Vietnamese: “Làng Greenwich”
  • Welsh: “Greenwich Village”
  • Western Panjabi: “گرینوچ ویلج”
  • Yiddish: “גרינוויטש וויליזש”

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