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| The Five (5) boroughs of New York City |
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| Neighborhood Map of Manhattan |
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| Manhattan Neighborhoods |
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| Wall St. |
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| As quiet, safe, and conveniently located as Tribeca, but without much neighborhood life; it can feel abandoned at night. more...
Boundaries
Chambers St. to southern tip of Manhattan, East River to Broadway.
Subway Stations
4,5 to Bowling Green | 4,5 to Wall St. | R,W to Rector | 1 to Rector | R,W to City Hall | 2,3 to Park Pl. | 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge | 4,5 to Fulton | A,C to Broadway | 2,3 to Fulton | J,M,Z to Fulton | J,M,Z to Broad St. | 2,3 to Wall St. | R,W to Whitehall St.
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| TRIBECA |
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| Tribeca could be considered the best place to live in the city. It enjoys minuscule crime levels, great schools, tons of transit, well-planned waterfront access, and light-filled loft-type apartments in painstakingly rehabbed industrial buildings. But having already overtaken the Upper East Side as the city’s richest precinct, it is prohibitively expensive, and any traces of racial and income diversity are long gone. more
Boundaries
Vesey St. to Canal St., Broadway to Hudson River
Subway Stations
1 to Canal St.
A,C,E to Canal St. | 1 to Franklin St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St. | 1,2 to Chambers St. | A,C to Chambers St. | R,W to City Hall | 2,3 to Park Pl. | E to World Trade Center
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| Chinatown |
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| Overpriced given the housing quality, but more reasonable than Soho. Good schools, but underserved in terms of transit. more...
Boundaries
Chambers St. to Canal St., East River to Centre St.
Subway Stations
J,M,Z to Canal St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St.
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| Little Italy |
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| Virtues and vices are similar to Soho; very expensive and too crowded for green space. more
Boundaries
Canal St. to Houston St., Bowery to Lafayette St.
Subway Stations
B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette | 6 to Spring St. | J,M to Bowery | 6 to Canal St. | J,M,Z to Canal St.
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| Lower East Side |
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| Suppose we told you about a neighborhood with some of the city’s best nightlife, along with outstanding restaurants and shops. It’s conveniently located in Lower Manhattan. It’s vital and energetic, gentrifying but reasonably diverse. And a two-bedroom apartment costs around $2,300 a month. Yes, the Lower East Side has some prominent warts: Its housing stock is fairly run-down. It’s noisy. And not everyone wants to live where they go out. But few other neighborhoods offer such a complete New York City experience at this price point. more...
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| SOHO |
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| Great bars, restaurants, and retail. Bustling during the day, relatively quiet at night, expensive all the time. more...
Boundaries
Canal St. to Houston St., Lafayette St. to Hudson River
Subway Stations
6 to Canal St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St. | A,C,E to Canal St. | 1 to Canal St. | 6 to Spring St. | R,W to Prince St. | B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette | C,E to Spring St. | 1 to Houston St.
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| East Village |
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| The neighborhood with the highest concentration of bars in the city (if not the world) scores off the charts in all the expected areas: retail diversity, restaurant density, proximity to nightlife, and desirability to the creative classes, with only schools and affordability truly lacking. With a typical two-bedroom running at about $3,300 per month,(1 year rentals). But thanks to nearby NYU, the East Village has more income and ethnic diversity than most of its neighbors. more
Boundaries
Canal St. to Houston St., East River to Bowery
Subway Stations
F to East Broadway | F,J,M,Z to Essex-Delancey | B,D to Grand St. | J,M to Bowery| F,V to Second Ave.
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| Greenwich Village |
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| Entertainment options galore, but very expensive—many residents live in subsidized student housing. more
Subway Stations
B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette | 6 to Bleecker St. | 6 to Astor Pl. | R,W to NYU | L,N,Q,R,W to Union Square | A,B,C,D,E,V to W. 4th St. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave.-14th St.
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| Chelsea |
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| Charming in some places (especially its 400-gallery art colony) and less so in others...more
Boundaries
14th St. to 29th St., Broadway to Hudson River.
Subway Stations
N,Q,R,W to Union Sq. | F,L,V to Sixth Ave. | 1,2,3 to 14th St. | A,C,E,L to Eighth Ave.-14th St. | 1 to 18th St. | 1 to 23rd St. | F,V to 23rd St. | R,W to 23rd St. | C,E to 23rd St. | 1 to 28th St. | R,W to 28th St.
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| Gramercy |
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| The league-average hood is mostly bereft of bars and restaurants despite being rebranded as the more fashionable “NoMad”.more
Boundaries
14th St. to 34th St., East River to Broadway.
Subway Station
L to First Ave. | L to Third Ave. | 4,5,6,N,Q,R,W,L to Union Square | 6 to 23rd St.| R,W, to 23rd St. | R,W to 28th St. | 6 to 28th St. | B,D,F,N,Q,R,W,V to 34th St.-Herald Sq.| 6 to 33rd St.
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| Murray Hill |
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| It’s decidedly unhip, which may be why Murray Hill is $500 to $1,000 cheaper per month than most of the surrounding neighborhoods. But it’s extremely safe, the schools are good, and its residences are modern and well maintained (if architecturally middling). The famously fratty neighborhood gets a little extra flavor from its excellent Indian, Korean, and Sichuan restaurants. And though transit access can be a problem in the neighborhood’s eastern reaches, the eventual completion of the Second Avenue subway will solve that problem. more...
Boundaries
34th St. to 40th St., East River to Madison Ave.
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| Midtown West/Times Sq./Theater District |
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| Midtown West /Times Sq./Theater Distirct |
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| Boundaries
29th St. to 59th St., Madison Ave. to Hudson River
Subway Stations
7 to Fifth Ave.
7,Q,R,S,N,W to Times Square | 1,2,3 to Times Square | A,C,E to Times Square-Port Authority | B,D,F,V to 42nd St.-Bryant Park | B,D,F,N,Q,R,W,V to Hearld Sq. | 1,2,3 to 34th St.-Penn Station | A,C,E to 34th St.-Penn Station | E,V to Fifth Ave.-53rd St. | B,D,F,V to Rockefeller Center | N,R,W to 49th St. | 1 to 50th St. | C,E to 50th St. | B,D,E to Seventh Ave. | F to 57th St. | N,Q,R,W to 57th St. | 1,A,B,C,D to Columbus Circle
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| Midtown East |
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| The population of Midtown East shrinks from about 200,000 in the daytime to barely more than 40,000 at night, which makes it tricky to evaluate: It obviously has abundant services during the day, but some businesses close up shop once the commuters are gone. That leaves residents (who pay a whopping $3,725 for the average two-bedroom) Still, it’s hugely convenient. more
Boundaries
40th St. to 59th St., East River to Fifth Ave.
Subway Stations
7 to Grand Central | 4,5,6 to Grand Central | 7 to Fifth Ave. | E,V to Fifth Ave.-53rd. St. | 6 to 51st St. | E,V to 53rd St.-Lexington Ave. | 4,5,6 to 59th St.-Lexington Ave.
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| Upper East Side |
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| Famously safe, charming, green, and beautiful, but other neighborhoods offer those same virtues while also being cheaper and more densely packed with entertainment. more
Boundaries
59th St. to 96th St., East River to Fifth Ave.
Sunway Stations
4,5,6 to 59th St.-Lexington Ave. | R,W to 59th St.-Lexington Ave. | N,R,W to Fifth Ave.-59th St. | F to 63rd St.-Lexington Ave. | 6 to 68th St. | 6 to 77th St. | 4,5,6 to 86th St | 6 to 96th St.
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| Upper West Side |
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| Some of the most desirable property in the city is on Central Park West, very quiet, more
Boundaries
59th St. (excluding Columbus Circle) to 110th St., Central Park West to Hudson River
Subway Stations
1 to 66th St.-Lincoln Center | 1,2,3 to 72nd St. | B, C to 72nd St. | 1 to 79th St. | B, C to 81st St. | 1 to 86th St. | B, C to 86th St. | 1,2,3 to 96th St. | B,C to 96th St. | B,C to 103rd St. | 1 to 103rd St. | B,C to 103rd St. | 1 to 110th St. | B,C to 110th St.
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| Morning Side/ Columbia University |
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| Columbia University / Spider Man the movie!
Diverse neighborhood, better for grocery shopping than nightlife; higher prices relative to its location, probably because of the captive audience of Columbia professors...more.
Boundaries
110th St. to 155th St., St. Nicholas Ave. to the Hudson River
Subway Stations
1 to 110th St. | B,C to 110th St. | 2,3 to 110th St.-Central Park North | 1 to 116th St.-Columbia University | B,C to 116th St. | 1 to 125th St. | A,B,C,D to 125th St. | B,C to 135th St. | 1 to 137th St.-City College | 1 to 145th St. | A,B,C,D to 145th St. | C to 155th St.
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