Welcome to Greenwich Village and the Village Alliance, a not-for-profit Business Improvement District (BID) located in the heart of the Village one block north of Washington Square Park. The Village Alliance includes 44 blocks of exciting boutiques, restaurants offering menus for everyone’s taste buds, and world class institutions such as NYU, The Cooper Union, the New York Studio School and the Grey Art Gallery.

And welcome to the second oldest Historic District in New York City where Jimi Hendrix built the Electric Lady Sound Studios; Where Barbra Streisand debuted at the Bon Soir; Where Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the original Whitney Museum and Where Andy Warhol and Lou Reed created the citadel of Hippiedom at the Electric Circus on St. Marks Place. Welcome to a friendly, safe and inviting neighborhood that awaits your visit to a wide variety of shops, quaint alleyways and a culture of diversity.

The district is comprised of residential and commercial properties that are linked together in true neighborhood fashion where small, owner-operated shops outnumber national chain stores and 19th Century Brownstones stand next to apartment buildings thus lending a small village atmosphere to an otherwise urban environment.

To make your visit more enjoyable, the Village Alliance supports supplemental sanitation and security services along with landscaping and the beautification of our public spaces as well as perennial public events that include our Annual Taste of the Village, Free Walking Tours and Summer Information Booths showcasing a myriad of cultural brochures and entertaining activities. This Website is designed to inform you of all the on-and-off-beat happenings in the district that will make your shopping, dining, walking and people watching experiences in Greenwich Village—especially on 8th Street, St Marks Place, Astor Place, Sixth Avenue and University Place, a memorable one.

Contact Information
Village Alliance
8 East 8th Street
New York, NY 10003
t: 212.777.2173
f: 212.505.0639
e-mail: bid@villagealliance.org