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How walkable is Greenwich Village?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Greenwich Village has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in New York City, which scores 93 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
14,949 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Greenwich Village. The nearest grocery is New Village Market Inc, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Meat Factory2 min
- Space Market3 min
- Golden Steer New York1 min
- One Fifth1 min
- Intelligent Nutrients1 min
- Eva's Supplements2 min
- Gizzi's2 min
- Stumptown Coffee Roasters2 min
- Capital One Bank3 min
- Wells Fargo Bank5 min
- Jefferson Market Garden6 min
- West Fourth Street Courts6 min
- The First Presbyterian Church Nursery School5 min
- URJ Heller High School6 min
- NY Public Library Centers for Reading & Writing4 min
- Nyu Bobst Avery Fisher Center4 min
- WNYU3 min
- Aquila Theatre3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Greenwich Village at 40.7320, -73.9966. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 114 street intersections per km², and blocks average 95 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Greenwich Village
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 500 m around the centre of Greenwich Village. Rings mark 250 m and 500 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in New York City
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tribeca | 2.1 km | 100 |
| Lower Manhattan | 2.2 km | 100 |
| Times Square | 3 km | 98 |
| Upper East Side | 6 km | 94 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the New York City page.
Questions about walking in Greenwich Village
Is Greenwich Village walkable?
Yes. Greenwich Village in New York City has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Greenwich Village more walkable than the rest of New York City?
Greenwich Village is more walkable than New York City as a whole: it scores 100, against 93 for the 5 km around New York City's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in New York City?
Of the 5 New York City neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Greenwich Village (100), Tribeca (100) and Lower Manhattan (100).
How is the walkability score of Greenwich Village calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Greenwich Village it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 500 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.