Go shopping in Greenwich Village and the West Village Our video tour of Greenwich Village will help you visualize the bustling neighborhood as well. As with anywhere in Manhattan, the area is served by multiple subway lines and bus routes, which means shuttling to other parts of New York will be a breeze. Upper-class residents–think movie stars and Wall Street businessmen–rub elbows with hip NYU students. You’ll find a mix of artsy businesses, concert venues, and designer fashion boutiques that sit between beautifully preserved brownstones. Due to the district’s upscale makeover, most of the remaining artists have been priced out of the Village, but the neighborhood has never forgotten its roots. The once-industrial neighborhood was claimed by New York’s nonconformist crowd and fostered the talents of some of America’s greatest artists. In downtown Manhattan, the Greenwich and West Villages are north of Soho, south of Chelsea, west of the Hudson River, and east of the East Village ( take a look at our guide to this neighborhood here). Welcome to Greenwich Village and the West Village Today, you’ll find designer boutiques, gourmet restaurants, and very few bohemians, but the historical impact of these artists lives on. For decades, these enclaves in Lower Manhattan stood at the forefront of the city’s cultural heart as a place where folk music and avant-garde art could thrive. Greenwich Village–referred to by locals as simply “the Village”–and the West Village have traditionally been a refuge for New York’s misfits like beatniks, bohemians, artists, and the LGBTQ community. This is the kind of charming street corner you’ll often see in Greenwich Village

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