Lower/Downtown Manhattan | New York Layout Explained (with Map)

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3 жыл бұрын

The Village? Tribeca? NoHo? SoHo? In this video, you will learn the breakdown of Lower Manhattan's city layout according to districts and neighborhoods. Understand the boundaries and how it’s laid out, learn local terms and lingo, and get an overview of how things are now in 2020. I’m also throwing in a bit of history, tips, and fun facts. Stay oriented and never get lost when traveling in New York City. Hopefully you find this NYC travel guide useful and give you ideas of NYC things to do in 2020.
MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF MANHATTAN:
Lower Manhattan / Downtown Manhattan = • Lower/Downtown Manhatt...
Midtown Manhattan = • Midtown Manhattan | Ne...
Upper East Side = • Upper East Side Explai...
Upper West Side = • Upper West Side (UWS) ...
Upper Manhattan = • Upper Manhattan - New ...
All maps in this video are from Google Maps.
Areas that I covered:
Greenwich
West Village
Meatpacking District
East Village
NoHo
SoHo
Nolita
Chinatown
Lower East Side
Bowery
Civic Center
Tribeca
Two Bridges
Battery Park City
Financial District
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@UTubeqaca Ай бұрын

Hi from Canada 🇨🇦. Thanks for this. Very helpful.

@woodlands879 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your video. you have a clear voice and you explain well.

@tripswithgreg5189 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are truly an educator to the world!! Thank you for breaking down often times confused areas and topics of NYC. You are the best!!!

@ASMRASCENDING 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR THIS you're literally such a brilliant content creator I cannot wait to see what else you share :D

@zoom_josh Жыл бұрын

such an underrated content creator.

@jimmykucera8627 3 жыл бұрын

Graphics are great, really helps to see where it all fits 🤓

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

@cool927 2 ай бұрын

Great overview!

@cloud21 Жыл бұрын

This was freaking fantastic thanks for this detailed look into the neighborhoods

@marthaquinonez379 Жыл бұрын

Love the visual map!!

@Mrbeahz1 Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that the East Village is your favorite neighborhood. I grew up there.

@fkaeser 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are those I like the most among the New York videos on KZfaq!

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, many thanks!

@TriSaraRocks 2 жыл бұрын

This is just what I was looking for, thank you 😊

@harlenedelgado4367 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I just want to commend you for your quality content! They are easy to understand and fun to watch! ♥️ I have no plans whatsoever of going to New York anytime soon but it is one of my ultimate dreams! Watching your videos makes me feel more inspired to do better and fulfill this dream someday. ✨ Keep doing what you’re doing! Sending love from the Philippines! Take care and God bless! ♥️🙏🏼

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

That's such a sweet message! 😊I hope you do get to visit too. And I'm glad my videos are helpful. Thank you for watching!

@jennyhunt 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. So informative. I appreicate the tidbits of Chinatown and Little Italy info.

@GriffenDoesIt Жыл бұрын

This is such a cool little overview! I love it!

@ievgeniagodynskyi1049 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Informative and straight to the point. Love it❤

@mjp96 11 ай бұрын

This is perfect! Thank you so much. Will be in lower Manhattan in two weeks and I can't wait! The map is amazing.

@jchow5966 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this amazng video.

@MillsyLM 2 жыл бұрын

We've just returned from our first trip to NYC, we stayed in midtown but did go into Brooklyn to walk over the bridge and got the subway back uptown from City Hall. We are aiming to return next year and will explore more of LM now that we've got the "tourist attractions" out of the way. Very informative video thank you.

@sahilk2004 Жыл бұрын

U knw ur like a light house to many Awesome videos

@shanethedirector 6 ай бұрын

Super informative!!

@jonnythunder92 2 жыл бұрын

thanks that was an excellent presentation.!

@UMAmherst1 3 жыл бұрын

Superbly done with loads of info presented in a concise, very useful fashion.

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you again!

@PedroBelloMaldonado 3 жыл бұрын

The East Village is the best neighborhood in Manhattan! Just signed a lease to move there in mid March.

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! That's my favorite part Manhattan. Hope you like it even more after you move in.

@howardwayne3974 3 жыл бұрын

How much ????

@danielasanoni 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are super helpful and informative. I can tell you spend a lot of time and hard work on your videos and its admirable

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to New York! And thanks for watching my videos. Hopefully I can make more "guide" videos once the weather is warmer and things open up some more.

@georgepolasky9809 2 жыл бұрын

You are so wonderful. I enjoy all of your videos. You’re an amazing presenter.

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@jakec5472 Жыл бұрын

omg this is so great! You should do this for the outerboroughs!

@grahamjohn2022 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you.

@NadavJulius 2 жыл бұрын

OK keep going. You've got great content. Loved it.

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@leedee4968 2 жыл бұрын

Nice I will watch it when I have time

@inukagirl1780 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos Thea! My family and I will be visiting next month and staying at near Tribeca and Canal Street (really hope there's no smell now!) LOL =)

@liambleasdale1707 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from UK and hoping when restrictions end I can come to NYC. Your videos are very helpful and binge watching all of these vids.

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I hope restrictions end soon too.

@sirajjoseph6364 3 жыл бұрын

you are very good.. i am excited to be there

@ooglyboogliee6653 2 жыл бұрын

u r awesome!!

@valentinmanyanin9871 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more!

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's slow going, but happy to make these videos.

@eddieohh6627 6 сағат бұрын

Very informative

@georgiejackpot9540 3 жыл бұрын

Your apartment looks pretty stylish . Like the banjos

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Those are actually ukuleles. =)

@bhismilinirampersad3360 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thea 😊👍🇹🇹🇹🇹

@ShawnZhang-ns5qv Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@UrbanCaffeine Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for the tip. 😊

@yukuhana 2 жыл бұрын

4:57 You cracked me up there. Let me say it for you: yes, it still smells - mostly the fishy garbage from restaurants and grocery stores.

@paytoncope 2 жыл бұрын

We need these for the other Burroughs!

@futuremdplans2437 3 жыл бұрын

Please make the videos about the clusters! I am loving your videos

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely will. Thank you for watching!

@randyv8232 2 ай бұрын

Do you have a video on toilets in new york for tourist? Great info by the way. Subscribed.

@elenasterling3159 2 жыл бұрын

Well done!!! Been in NYC nearly 30 years now and still get lost below 14th street!!!! Everywhere smells lately. I call it "Jugo de basura"

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Below streets 14th is a mess. Also, I think that's a very good name for the smell 😂

@expatjourneys8962 2 жыл бұрын

We're a FilAm seniors from San Francisco that will be visiting NYC for 4 days Summer of 2022. We were in NYC about 20yrs ago for only 2 days. Because we took a train to Montreal. This time we will be on a plane coming from Montreal. After careful study of your videos. I decided to book our first 2 days stay at lower East Side. I wanted to have bagels with smoked salmon for breakfast so will stay at Houston St Close to my daughter bagels and also love pastrami on rye sandwiches. And then book a2 night hotel near time square. I have lots of time before our trip. things can change. We had travelled a lot and in different part of the world. I know that a good planning is very important. Thank you so much for your videos. I will be studying it every day.

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! There are so many things to do in New York. I hope you get to do everything you want to do. And yes, there's plenty of time to plan. Good luck!

@no_name5002 11 ай бұрын

I'm from LA and never been to New York. Thanks for the explanation.

@anthonyberardi3611 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. You look very young, but I remember the East Village back in the seventies. Man, that area was so bad, cops wouldn't even answer calls there. I have a cousin who live in the EV for a number of years. She's since moved out to Astoria. She says aside from the rents becoming outrageous, crime is still very much an issue.

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't around during the 70s but it seems like it was a rough time for many areas of New York.

@kierrakallunki1879 3 жыл бұрын

So great the maps help sooo much!!!!

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! And I'm glad this was helpful. I plan to make more "map" videos of New York. 😊

@kierrakallunki1879 3 жыл бұрын

@@UrbanCaffeine I'm visiting for 5 days at the end of the month. Any specific things a local recommends(me and my friend are big foodies)

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

That's great! The weather should be great by then. For food, my personal favorite area to check out is Greenwich and the East Village. But every neighborhood tends to have their own culinary gems. If it's your first time, the classic spots like Central Park, World Trade Center, Chinatown, Time Square, an observation deck on any of the tall towers (Top of the Rock, One World, or The Edge) are recommended. Those double decker bus ride tours are pretty good. As a local, I really like the Highline, walking the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan, and taking the NYC ferry along the East River. Hopefully I can make a tourist video soon!

@kierrakallunki1879 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm currently binge watching all yours and Sarah funkys (funkes?) Videos

@georgiejackpot9540 3 жыл бұрын

You’re voice is so soothing. You should make a sleepapp

@sarwatalam6002 2 жыл бұрын

I like to your vedios keep it up I understand about your vedios

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BattleRidesNYC 2 жыл бұрын

No real New Yorker says let’s go to the Bowery section of Manhattan like we say let’s go to the Village or East Village. We just combine that section into the neighborhood we are going to. Example “upper Bowery would just be the East Village.

@isaiaht5870 5 ай бұрын

It never occurred to me that I only say “The Village” when I mean West Village lol

@rubyfaith2433 2 ай бұрын

she is not a real new yorker . so odd to do these

@Enchanteralle 7 ай бұрын

This is helpful as I plan on visiting NY next year, but since it's my first time going, I'd like to research and create an itinerary! Is traffic hectic in all those areas and what times is traffic the worse?

@Donny427 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, just the kind of videos I was looking for. Many Thanks! Could you put up a scale bar on the map so we can gauge the size of the areas? Also, are some of the areas noticeably small when walking through them? On the map for example, Little Italy looks tiny

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there. I basically used Google Maps if you want to reference that for scale (I can't edit the video). Little Italy and other areas are indeed small. Manhattan is actually not that big. I can cross it from east to west in about 45 mins to an hour.

@jcrosestudios 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Thank you. Just letting you know -check audio pronunciation of "Lafayette".

@amandamarklandyoga 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment.

@phillipmcgough6282 3 жыл бұрын

enjoyable

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I recently did a video on the Upper East Side if you are interested... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asqiorZkutGuoGQ.html

@arjunalpha 3 жыл бұрын

love to see if you can breakdown messy streets in lower manhattan, every time i get off the train at world trade centre from NJ i have to use Google maps no matter how many times i go to same streets

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

You and me both! Things are iffy below Houston St. But maybe we can find a way to simplify it.

@godofthisshit 2 жыл бұрын

Lower Manhattan aka, The Original NYC.

@dumamay283 Жыл бұрын

what do you use to make the illustrations and also what do you use to make these videos?

@davidhollingsworth1723 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that Greenwich Village was named after a place in England. Greenwich Mean Time GMT is 0 degrees longitude and all other time zones radiate out of Greenwich. The Bowery is from the Dutch - at one time this was Skidrow. The Civic District was once Five Points: it vied with London's Whitechapel District as the worst slum in the Western world. Back in my youth Center St was NYC police hq. The surrounding area was residential with a character all it's own. Since then Police Plaza has evolved and most of the neighborhood is now gov't buildings. The late, great Al Smith - Governor of NY and 1928 Presidential candidate was born in Two Bridges in 1873. He was the first Roman Catholic to run for President. America wasn't ready for a Catholic yet.

@leedee4968 2 жыл бұрын

🤩

@EvanBoyar 10 ай бұрын

Makes sense that Little Italy merges into Chinatown since basil and noodles, two iconic parts of Italian cuisine, both come from Asia.

@sparkswolverine Жыл бұрын

The Seaport is also a neighborhood that’s east of FiDi at and around Pier 17. You didn’t mention Hudson Sq., the neighborhood west of Soho.

@basehead617 2 жыл бұрын

What's the neighborhood west of SoHo/northwest of Tribeca? I've looked at several different neighborhood maps and they all show it as nothing!

@mc-gx7tm 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Thea! Proud fello Filipino here. Can you do a review on top weekend markets in NY?

@UrbanCaffeine 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'll jot that down as an idea. Thanks.

@albertmyers7176 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍😎

@markfox6786 10 ай бұрын

I read somewhere that that the spelling of William Houstoun's name was just mispelled to Houston on some of the signs and the rest is history.Then somehow ,even his name is known to be now😂 spelled both ways maybe because of this supposed mishap.Dont know if any of this is true. But, love the area.

@cdtkabag139 Жыл бұрын

do you have soecial feature on Chinatown and koreatown?

@UrbanCaffeine Жыл бұрын

I did a video on Koreatown but it's a bit old at this point: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m-B2pKiSmdWuhKs.html

@adambuesser6264 3 жыл бұрын

Is New Amsterdam in lower Manhattan?

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there. Yeah, from what I understand New Amsterdam was everything south of Wall Street. Wall Street got its name because it used to be the north wall of the town.

@howardwayne3974 3 жыл бұрын

What about the ferry system ????

@Leonard_Wilson 2 жыл бұрын

The Staten Island Ferry is at the tip of Manhattan. Take the 1 train to South Ferry or the R and W to Whitehall. It’s free.

@peterzito1372 Жыл бұрын

What does chelsea stand for

@jakec5472 Жыл бұрын

Chelsea is named after the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London, England.

@sarwatalam6002 2 жыл бұрын

Hi urban caffeine

@blue9multimediagroup 3 жыл бұрын

Its Lah fie ette (Lafayette)

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, thanks for the correction!

@howardwayne3974 3 жыл бұрын

Depends if your Cajun or not .they say laaaahhhh faaaaaa yet.

@blue9multimediagroup 3 жыл бұрын

@@howardwayne3974 That's an accent inflection though so you can't really count that lol

@RubenWhitter 3 жыл бұрын

The music doesn't seem happy

@UrbanCaffeine 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Gosh, this was one of my earlier videos. I hope to redo this one in a year from now.

@user-qx7tm5df8j 6 ай бұрын

this mic is blowing out my ears yooo

@anettemurgalla5607 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos but the back music is super annoying - just your words are enough 🙂

@wgreenbaum 8 ай бұрын

Good job. I agree with pretty much everything you say….EXCEPT, you’re pronouncing of “Lafayette” is just not the way New Yorkers say it. Otherwise, very good!

@Leonard_Wilson 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a native New Yorker. Lower Manhattan refers to the financial district south of Chambers Street. Greenwich Village isn’t considered part of Lower Manhattan. Also, Bowery really isn’t a neighborhood. It’s pronounced Laugh-fay-yet, not La-fai-yet. My favorite neighborhood is Chinatown. There are many great restaurants. Also, you can take in the sites and sounds. Washington Square Park is also a nice hangout place. Whenever the weather’s nice, they have outdoor concerts.