Gramercy Park Neighborhood

The entire Gramercy Park neighborhood is alive with legend and history

Lexington Avenue ends at the sanctuary of Gramercy Park, where the scale of the buildings, the concentration of landmarks and absence of a through avenue has made the Gramercy Park neighborhood New York's most village-like neighborhood.

 

The entire Gramercy Park neighborhood is alive with legend and history. Astors, Morgans, Rockefellers and Roosevelts lived here. These are streets that were walked by Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and Edith Wharton, a presence that has not been banished by time.

 

Everything one needs is within walking distance. You can walk to the East Village or the West Village, to Union Square, the Lower East Side, Soho, Noho and the hip boutiques and restaurants of Nolita. It's a healthy stroll directly across town to the art galleries of Chelsea and the Meat Market. Lexington Avenue ends at the sanctuary of Gramercy Park, where the scale of the buildings, the concentration of landmarks and absence of a through avenue has made Gramercy Park New York's most village-like neighborhood.

 

Right around the corner is Park Avenue's row of French bistros and Third Avenue's legendary delis. More superb restaurants stand within strolling distance of the Park than any spot in the city. The Zagat Survey calls the Gramercy Tavern, home to Danny Meyer's new American cuisine, "as good as it gets" while Meyer's Union Square Café is constantly rated the city's favorite restaurant. Pete's Tavern has been a social landmark since 1864; legend has it O.Henry wrote "The Gift of the Magi" in a booth there.

 

It's hard to believe that such tranquility is a short taxi ride from the commotion of Midtown Manhattan. Not only is Gramercy Park convenient to Midtown, you could say that Gramercy Park is the real "Midtown" because it is so central to all the areas of Manhattan that one frequents.

 

You're at the centerpoint in the functional center of New York City and New York City is the functional center of the planet.