Best neighborhoods in Manhattan
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Ranked 1st best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Carnegie Hill: Fabulous and Quiet if You Can Afford to Live..."
- megagirl
This section of Manhattan is prized because it's quiet, well maintained and ritzy. Many people live in well off high rises here although the quarters may be tight compared to dwellings in the other bo...
Ranked 2nd best neighborhood in Manhattan
"A Beautiful Neighborhood"
- LisaAnnBurke
Gramercy Park is one of the most beautiful areas of Manhattan. It is located in a quiet corner and attracts fewer tourists than the nearby East Village and Soho. The neighborhood is bordered on the so...
Ranked 3rd best neighborhood in Manhattan
"A Pretty Neighborhood Filled with a Sense of Community and C..."
- LisaAnnBurke
The Upper West Side is my absolute favorite neighborhood of the city and the part I will always call my true home no matter where I may venture. It is bordered by 59th Street to the south and 110th t...
Ranked 4th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"An Oasis of Green Among Gray!"
- LisaAnnBurke
Want a low-cost and fun day in the city? Head over to Central Park. Right in the middle of all those buildings lies one of the greatest treats this city has to offer: a 770 acre park with miles of wal...
Ranked 5th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"A Quiet and Upscale Neighborhood of the Upper East Side"
- LisaAnnBurke
Lenox Hill is a posh neighborhood on the Upper east Side. It runs from about 60th Street up to 77th Street and Fifth Avenue to Lexington Avenue. Some of the most expensive real estate in Manhattan is...
Ranked 6th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Lincoln Square - Access to Everything"
- Debbie1328
Lincoln Square gets its name from a tiny ‘pocket park’ located where Broadway and Columbus Avenue cross at 66th Street. The park is home to a weekly farmer’s market which is a perfect example of how...
Ranked 7th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Lovely Enclave in Dowtown Manhattan"
- LisaAnnBurke
The West Village is the westernmost part of Greenwich Village. I have never separated the two in my own mind as they flow right into one another.The West Village extends to the Hudson River and contai...
Ranked 8th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"A Lovely Neighborhood With Affordable Housing"
- LisaAnnBurke
Yorkville is really a sub-section of the Upper East Side. Yorkville is bounded by the East River on the east, Third Avenue to the west and extends from 86th Street to 96th Street, where Spanish Harlem...
Ranked 9th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"A Little Bit of Country Right in the City"
- LisaAnnBurke
The Upper East Side has long been the neighborhood for Manhattan's upper crust. It has variously been referred to as the "Gold Coast" of the city and the "Silk Stocking District" this last name derivi...
Ranked 10th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Something For Everyone"
- LisaAnnBurke
Greenwich Village is one of my favorite areas of Manhattan. It is always hopping 24/7. Where else can you sit out at 3:00 Am on a summer's evening sipping cappuccino with a group of friends?
Locate...
Ranked 11th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Art, Culture and Entertainment Unite"
- CLeigh13
For a neighborhood so close to midtown, Chelsea is one of the most artistic areas in Manhattan. The first and most obvious sign of this are the many galleries spread through the neighborhood, which cr...
Ranked 12th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"New York's Everything with Downtown Attitude"
- CLeigh13
People who love the East Village are probably pretty partial, but to us, this neighborhood is the hub of Manhattan - historically, culturally and socially. The area served as the stage for some of mus...
Ranked 13th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Wonderful bargain"
- hilarybk
The only reason most people go to Inwood is to visit the Cloisters. This is a mistake. Inwood is moving from a sleepy low-income neighborhood to a vibrant one full of young people.
Though Inwoo...
Ranked 14th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Five years ago: shady drug haven. Now: melting pot of arti..."
- JenMac
A friend of mine moved into the Avalon Bowery (a massive luxury apartment building on 2nd between 1st and Bowery) five years ago; everyone was in a bit of shock upon hearing that she had elected to p...
Ranked 15th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"The In Crowd's Hood"
- CLeigh13
There are two types of people consistently in Soho: wealthy young people who live in amazing lofts and eat at Soho's incredible, renowned restaurants, and tourists who come to shop up and down Broadwa...
Ranked 16th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Beautiful, trendy but relatively quiet neighborhood"
- mvot
Tribeca (which stands for the triangle below Canal Street) is a beautiful part of Manhattan that Robert DeNiro has made famous by naming his restaurant after it and starting a film festival in the nei...
Ranked 17th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Kips Bay - Bland, But Livable"
- Debbie1328
Kips Bay is a small Manhattan neighborhood. It runs from 23rd Street (north of the Flatiron District) to 34th Street (the southern tip of midtown Manhattan), with the East River and Park Avenue South...
Ranked 18th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"East Harlem – The Biggest Problem Is Landlords"
- Debbie1328
East Harlem would be a great place to live...if greedy landlords would make more apartments available. Many are warehousing units in residential buildings, making money off of main floor commercial t...
Ranked 19th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Stuy Town: A Tree Lined Town with Lots of Quiet for a City D..."
- megagirl
If you happen to find yourself in the middle of Stuy Town, the one thing you will notice is the peace and quiet. Comprised of apartment buildings with curved roads going through it, Stuy Town is a lov...
Ranked 20th best neighborhood in Manhattan
"Should be a top choice in choosing a Manhattan residence"
- jimmydees
Harlem is thriving. Walk north of 125th on Lennox and see for yourself all the restaurants, shops and bodegas that ahve recently opened. The Red Rooster, Chez Lucienne and most recently the Social C...