Manhattan Neighborhood Quiz - Find Your Perfect Home

Manhattan neighborhoods included in this quiz

• Alphabet City

  you still call it edgy while sipping oat lattes in a cozy cafe

• Battery Park City

  their utter refusal to cross West Street for nightlife

• Carnegie Hill

  their kids wearing monogrammed backpacks to $60k a year kindergarten

• Chelsea

  their dogs cost more than your rent, boutique shopping bags on shoulders

• Chinatown

  you shove back on crowded sidewalks without blinking and can use chopsticks

• Civic Center

  You own three blazers, eat lunch at 11:30am, and aren't interested in night life

• East Harlem

  their abuela living within three blocks of them

• East Village

  their tote bag collection and strong opinions on bagels

• Financial District

  their Patagonia vest in August and waterfront Sunday strolls

• Flatiron District

  their $18 salads from Eataly and startup hoodies

• Gramercy

  their tote bag from Three Lives and zero urgency

• Greenwich Village

  their tote bags from three different independent bookstores, NYU/The New School student IDs

• Hamilton Heights

  Actually knowing their neighbors and defending uptown to skeptical friends

• Harlem

  Their church outfit game and zero patience for tourists

• Hell's Kitchen

  you know which dive bars actors actually drink at

• Hudson Square

  you wear Allbirds to client meetings unironically, you have start-up dreams

• Hudson Yards

  you unironically enjoy corporate art and chef driven food halls

• Inwood

  You speak Spanish and don't need four brunch spots on your block

• Kips Bay

  you don't mind explaining where you live twice, you frequently sport Figs

• Lenox Hill

  your stroller costs more than most people's cars or a scrub cap is your most worn accessory

• Lincoln Square

  You own noise canceling headphones and pronounce Carnegie correctly

• Little Italy

  You still call it authentic while ignoring the menus in Mandarin, have a gold chain for every day of the week

• Lower East Side

  their Katz's order speed and complete indifference to lines, knowing the "good" spots to hit up tonight

• Manhattanville

  You don't mind construction dust with your coffee, you frequent art galleries

• Marble Hill

  Explaining the zip code situation to every confused delivery driver

• Midtown

  you walk fast and own noise canceling headphones

• Morningside Heights

  Their ability to complain about undergrads while looking like one, their Gothic architecture appreciation

• Murray Hill

  their Patagonia vest and Sunday Funday battle scars

• NoHo

  their effortless black wardrobe and apartment with 14 foot ceilings, Bowery Wall in the background of their Instagram pics

• Nolita

  Their bougie boutique bag collection and Australian coffee snobbery

• NoMad

  You wear Allbirds to brunch and expense most meals

• Peter Cooper Village

  you own running shoes but mostly walk to Whole Foods

• Roosevelt Island

  They grocery shop like they're stocking a bunker

• SoHo

  their ability to dodge selfie sticks while carrying shopping bags, designer labels on proud display

• Stuyvesant Town

  You think playgrounds and predictability beat nightlife every time, you want to get to know your neighbors

• Sutton Place

  their driver idling outside while they grab coffee, their ties to the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers

• Times Square

  the fact that they don't exist, nobody actually lives here

• Tribeca

  their ability to drop 8 million on a loft without blinking, then decorate it with local art

• Turtle Bay

  They dodge tour groups like it's an Olympic sport, wanting nothing to do with crowds

• Two Bridges

  Ignoring luxury condo residents and commercial establishments like they're literally invisible

• Upper East Side

  their Birkin bag and private school pickup car service

• Upper West Side

  Their tote bag collection, Lincoln Center playbills, and strong opinions on playgrounds

• Washington Heights

  the full Yankee fit and zero patience for slow walkers

• West Village

  their tote bag collection and refusal to go above 23rd

• Yorkville

  You wear Patagonia vests to brunch unironically every Sunday

See the full details in our Manhattan neighborhood guide.

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