Livvy Dunne has been having a hard time finding an apartment. But what started with the influencer's failed attempt to buy Babe Ruth's apartment now has a happy conclusion: A "lightly lived in" West Village condominium where Babe Ruth has never stepped foot. According to the New York Post, TikTok influencer Dunne recently closed on a one-bedroom on West 14th for $1.95 million.
Among the 19th-century rowhouses of Bedford Street in New York's West Village its enduring, the city's narrowest townhouse stands that just 8 feet, 7 inches wide. Fronted by a three-story brick facade, the unusual home at 75 1/2 Bedford Street was built in 1873. Now listed by Sotheby's International Realty, the renovated residence distills a century and a half of adaptation into a vertical sequence of precisely composed domestic spaces.
They plant in the diner's mind an awareness of being a body in space, amid the warmth and rhythm of other bodies. Bartolo, a Madrid-inspired restaurant that opened, in the West Village, at the end of July, is one such spot. It occupies a double storefront a half step down from street level, comprising three small rooms: a tiny bar area, golden and warm, and two dining areas, one with forest-green leather banquettes and the other with oxblood-red ones.
The area near McCarthy Square, a small patch of green space at the corner of 7th Avenue and Charles Street in the West Village, has become an epicenter of drug abuse for down-on-the-luck individuals openly injecting themselves with opioids, and local residents say few people are doing anything to stop it. McCarthy Square has seen a surge of individuals spread out on the sidewalk, some with needles jutting out of their arms.
Assaf Tamir had a simple idea: open a bar for the sake of music. It was a bit of a shift for him, business-wise, as he and his sister Naama dabble more in the restaurant sphere, running the long-standing Lighthouse in Williamsburg, as well as , a Mediterranean-meets-Japanese skewer concept in SoHo. But as the two hosted shows inside their Williamsburg restaurant over the years, they figured it was time to a create a space that musicians deserved.
A new affordable housing lottery geared toward New York City seniors has officially opened in the West Village. Located at 570 Washington St., the units are designed to support individuals aged 62 and older. The units are being delivered as part of the 550 Washington Street / Special Hudson River Park District rezoning. Of the 176 units, 57 are studios (for households of 12; income up to $64,800), 40 are one-bedrooms (for households of 13; income up to $72,900),
"After 52 years at 68 Greenwich Avenue, the beloved West Village café will serve its last brunch service on August 17, closing for good after more than five decades of omelets, burgers and low-key celebrity sightings."
The last remaining New York City property owned by the estate of celebrated pop artist Roy Lichtenstein has found a buyer, reflecting the dissolution of the artist's expansive real estate footprint.
The transformation of Lenox Health Greenwich Village into Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital demonstrates a commitment to enhancing healthcare access in Manhattan's West Village community.
