section of New York City, on the lower west side of Manhattan: noted as a center for artists, writers, etc.: formerly a village
See Greenwich Village in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(grĕnˈĭch, -ĭj, grĭnˈ-)
A mainly residential section of lower Manhattan in New York City. Settled during colonial times, the area began to attract notice as an artists' and writers' community after 1910.