Greenwich Village

neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
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Greenwich Village
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Summary

Greenwich Village is a neighborhood of Manhattan[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of neighborhood of manhattan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,391 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manhattan[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: NRHP district[5], gay village[6]
  • Movement: Beat Generation[7]
  • Commons category: Greenwich Village, Manhattan[8]
  • Local dialing code: 212[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Greenwich Village[10]
  • Commons gallery: Greenwich Village, Manhattan[11]
  • Replaces: Noortwijck[12]
  • Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[13]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Greenwich Village[14]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Greenwich Village[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Greenwich Village[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 6 m[17]
  • Area: 0.289 square mile[18]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Greenwich Village include Village People[19], a musical group[20], founded in 1977[21].

Why It Matters

Greenwich Village has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include Village People[19], a musical group[20], founded in 1977[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . National Register Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Register Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['greenwich-village', 'greenwich-village-new-york-n-y']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: greenwich-village, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934479|greenwich village (#289934479)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Greenwich Village
    Svkkl authority id → 0400039-Greenwich-Village-New-York-New-York
    Movement → Beat Generation
    Topic's main category → Category:Greenwich Village
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0400039-Greenwich-Village-New-York-New-York, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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