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55-667: The Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown , also known as 30 Park Place , is a hotel and residential skyscraper in Tribeca, Manhattan , New York City . At 926 feet (282 m), the tower is one of the tallest residential buildings in Lower Manhattan . The top floors of the 82-story building, known as the Four Seasons Private Residences New York Downtown , have 157 residences, ranging from one to six bedrooms, all reached through

110-461: A 75-foot lap pool, a spa with seven treatment rooms, 24-hour business services, and a 24-hour gym. Just off the lobby is CUT by Wolfgang Puck , the celebrity chef's first New York City restaurant. Tribeca, Manhattan Tribeca ( / t r aɪ ˈ b ɛ k ə / try- BEK -ə ), originally written as TriBeCa , is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City . Its name

165-530: A Tribeca resident since this period, wrote the 1977 nonfiction book entitled Pioneering in the Urban Wilderness , detailing his experiences renovating lower Manhattan warehouses into residences. Four New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission -designated four historic districts within Tribeca in 1991 and 1992, as well as an extension of one in 2002: Tribeca and Lower Manhattan are patrolled by

220-463: A college education or higher. The percentage of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same time period. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, 6% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , less than

275-789: A dedicated residential lobby at 30 Park Place. Below is a 189-room Four Seasons Hotel , with its own lobby on Barclay Street, which opened in September 2016. Larry Silverstein 's Silverstein Properties, developer of the nearby World Trade Center , purchased the property at 99 Church Street for $ 170 million from Moody's Corporation in November 2006. At the time, the site was occupied by an 11-story, 441,000-square-foot (41,000 m) office building built in 1951 that served as Moody's headquarters. However, Moody's had recently agreed to move to Silverstein's 7 World Trade Center which would leave

330-528: A development of brick houses that surrounded the park, which would become the model for Gramercy Park . The area was among the first residential neighborhoods developed in New York City beyond the city's colonial boundaries, and remained primarily residential until the 1840s. Several streets in the area are named after Anthony Lispenard Bleecker and the Lispenard family. Beach Street was created in

385-468: A district that was displaced by the building of the World Trade Center – sporting goods, shoes, and church supplies. By the mid-19th century, the area transformed into a commercial center, with large numbers of store and loft buildings constructed along Broadway in the 1850s and 1860s. Development in the area was further spurred by New York City Subway construction, namely the extension of

440-560: A fictional "Tribeca High School" appears in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode " Granting Immunity ." Local radio station WHTZ 's studio is located here. In the third book of the Witches of East End series, Winds of Salem , the Oracle, an almighty god from Asgard , lives in Tribeca. The Subaru Tribeca , which went into production in 2005, and was discontinued being sold in

495-691: A presence at this location, although its headquarters is now in Midtown . The Art Deco building was designated as a New York City landmark in 1991 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Adjacent to Vesey Street is St. Paul's Chapel , the Church Street Station Post Office , and the World Trade Center . The street next to the World Trade Center was closed to pedestrians after

550-603: Is NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in the Civic Center area. Tribeca is located within two primary ZIP Codes . Most of the neighborhood is covered by 10013, but the southernmost blocks are located in 10007, and the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building is located in 10278. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near Tribeca: the Federal Plaza Station at 26 Federal Plaza and

605-400: Is 0.0096 milligrams per cubic metre (9.6 × 10  oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Sixteen percent of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan residents are smokers , which is more than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, 4% of residents are obese , 3% are diabetic , and 15% have high blood pressure , the lowest rates in the city—compared to

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660-402: Is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral ) is bounded by Canal Street , West Street , Broadway , and Chambers Street . By the 2010s, a common marketing tactic was to extend Tribeca's southern boundary to either Vesey or Murray Streets to increase the appeal of property listings. The neighborhood began as farmland, then

715-813: Is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are young to middle-aged adults: half (50%) are between the ages of 25–44, while 14% are between 0–17, and 18% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 11% and 7%, respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 1 and 2 was $ 144,878. In 2018, an estimated 9% of Tribeca and Lower Manhattan residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty-five residents (4%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or

770-441: Is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 152 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 1st Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 86.3% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 1 murder, 23 rapes, 80 robberies, 61 felony assaults, 85 burglaries, 1,085 grand larcenies, and 21 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Tribeca

825-680: Is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Company 7/Ladder Company 1/Battalion 1 is located at 100 Duane Street while Ladder Company 8, which appears in the Ghostbusters films, is located at 14 North Moore Street . As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan than in other places citywide. In Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, there were 77 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 2.2 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide), though

880-730: The Atlantic Ocean made it easier for ships to navigate to the piers on the Hudson, rather than use the "back door" via the East River to the piers there. Later, the Hudson River piers also received freight via railroad cars ferried across the river from New Jersey. The increased shipping encouraged the expansion of the Washington Market – a wholesale produce market that opened in 1813 as " Bear Market " – from

935-536: The Borough of Manhattan Community College in 1980, and Washington Market Park in 1981. Some warehouse buildings were converted to residential use, and lofts began to be utilized by artists, who lived and worked in their spaces, a model which had been pioneered in nearby SoHo . In the early 1970s, a couple of years after artists in SoHo were able to legalize their live/work situation, artist and resident organizations in

990-522: The Canal Street Station at 350 Canal Street. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan generally have a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018. The vast majority of residents age 25 and older (84%) have a college education or higher, while 4% have less than a high school education and 12% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have

1045-609: The IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (today's 1 , ​ 2 , and ​ 3 trains), which opened for service in 1918, and the accompanying extension of Seventh Avenue and the widening of Varick Street during subway construction in 1914, both of resulted in better access to the area for vehicles and for subway riders. The area was also served by the IRT Ninth Avenue Line , an elevated train line on Greenwich Street demolished in 1940. After

1100-490: The Manhattan Bridge Overpass), and BoCoCa , the last of which is actually a collection of neighborhoods ( Boerum Hill , Cobble Hill, Brooklyn and Carroll Gardens ). The name "Tribeca" was coined in the early 1970s and originally applied to the narrower area bounded by Broadway and Canal, Lispenard, and Church Streets, which appears to be a triangle on city planning maps. Residents of this area formed

1155-501: The New York Telephone Company building at 140 West Street , between Vesey and Barclay, with its Mayan-inspired Art Deco motif, and the former New York Mercantile Exchange at 6 Harrison Street. During the late 1960s and 1970s, abandoned and inexpensive Tribeca lofts became hot-spot residences for young artists and their families because of the seclusion of lower Manhattan and the vast living space. Jim Stratton,

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1210-487: The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , but government grants and incentives helped the area rebound fairly quickly. The Tribeca Film Festival was established to help contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan after 9/11. The festival also celebrates New York City as a major filmmaking center. The mission of the film festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience

1265-541: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , and has not yet been reopened to vehicular traffic. A structure left standing after the collapse of the adjacent buildings is known as the Survivors' Staircase which has been preserved and can be viewed in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum . The World Trade Center PATH station is accessible from the street at the World Trade Center site. Just past

1320-615: The 1840s and then continuing after the American Civil War , shipping in New York City – which then consisted only of Manhattan – shifted in large part from the East River and the area around South Street to the Hudson River , where the longer piers could more easily handle the larger ships which were then coming into use. In addition, the dredging of the sand bars which lay across the entrance to New York Harbor from

1375-453: The 1st Precinct of the NYPD , located at 16 Ericsson Place. The 1st Precinct ranked 63rd safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. Though the number of crimes is low compared to other NYPD precincts, the residential population is also much lower. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 24 per 100,000 people, Tribeca and Lower Manhattan's rate of violent crimes per capita

1430-470: The Church Street building vacant in 2007. At the time, the developer and CalSTRS planned to tear down the offices and replace it with a 58-story residential tower. In March 2007, Silverstein officially unveiled plans for a 60-story, mixed-use tower on the site that would include a boutique hotel on the building's first 20 stories. The 2011 Driehaus Prize winner Robert A. M. Stern was revealed as

1485-501: The New York City government classifies Tribeca as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy was 42,742, a change of 5,985 (14%) from the 36,757 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 581.62 acres (235.37 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 73.5 inhabitants per acre (47,000/sq mi; 18,200/km ). The racial makeup of

1540-607: The TriBeCa Artists' Co-op in filing legal documents connected to a 1973 zoning dispute. An April 1976 article in The New York Times described that residents had used such names as "Lo Cal" and "So So" for the neighborhood, and that the City Planning Commission had established the name and that it covered "Canal Street on the north, Barclay Street on the south, West Street, and Broadway on

1595-520: The Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour was founded as a non-profit, artist-run organization with the mission to empower the working artists of Tribeca while providing an educational opportunity for the public. For 15 years, the annual free walking tour through artist studios in Tribeca has allowed people to get a unique glimpse into the lives of Tribeca's best creative talent. Tribeca suffered both physically and financially after

1650-551: The United States in 2012, was an automobile named after the neighborhood. Community groups and organizations Images and memories Neighborhood guides News and blogs Vesey Street The intersection of Vesey and West Streets was the site of the Washington Market, the city's main produce market. Established in 1812, its location near the docks facilitated the movement of goods. Prior to

1705-491: The adjacent, low-income neighborhood of Chinatown , also uses the 10013 zip code). As of 2010, Tribeca was the safest neighborhood in New York City, according to NYPD and CompStat statistics. In the 2010s, several skyscrapers were completed, including 30 Park Place (containing the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown ), 56 Leonard Street , and 111 Murray Street . For census purposes,

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1760-487: The annual Tribeca Film Festival in 2002. De Niro also claimed ownership of all domain names incorporating the text "Tribeca" for domain names with any content related to film festivals. In particular, he had a dispute with the owner of the website tribeca.net. Although Wizards of Waverly Place includes a fictional "Tribeca Prep", exterior shots were filmed at P.S. 40 on East 20th Street , between First Avenue and Second Avenue in midtown Gramercy Park . In addition,

1815-468: The architect in November 2007 when Silverstein announced that the building would begin construction in mid 2008 for an early 2011 completion. Demolition of the previous 11-story building began in November 2007. The building's 80-story, 912-foot-tall (278 m) design was showcased in January 2008 during which Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (partly owned by Cascade Investment controlled by Bill Gatеs )

1870-675: The area to the south, then known as Washington Market or the Lower West Side , sought to gain similar zoning status for their neighborhood. One of the neighborhood groups called themselves the "Triangle Below Canal Block Association", and, as activists had done in SoHo, shortened the group's name to the Tribeca Block Association. The Tribeca name came to be applied to the area south of Canal Street, between Broadway and West Street, extending south to – as variously defined – Chambers, Vesey, or Murray Street. In 1996,

1925-399: The citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 96% of high school students in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan graduate on time, more than the citywide average of 75%. The New York City Department of Education operates the following public schools nearby: The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates two branches nearby. The New Amsterdam branch is located at 9 Murray Street near Broadway. It

1980-527: The citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 5% of children are obese, the lowest rate in the city, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-six percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is more than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 88% of residents described their health as "good," "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, there are 6 bodegas . The nearest major hospital

2035-597: The construction of the Holland Tunnel from 1920 to 1927 and the transition of freight shipping from ships and railroads to trucks, the truck traffic generated by the market and other businesses caused considerable congestion in the area. This provoked the building between 1929 and 1951 of the Miller Highway , an elevated roadway that came to be called the West Side Highway , the purpose of which

2090-551: The construction of the World Trade Center it ran as a continuous street from Broadway to the Hudson River . As of 2013, it is still a continuous street, but it has four discontinuous segments with mixed uses: The eastern extension of the street at Broadway is Ann Street . Designed by Robert D. Kohn in the Art Nouveau style, the Old New York Evening Post Building at 20 Vesey Street

2145-610: The destruction caused by the terrorist attacks. Tribeca is part of Manhattan Community District 1 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 10007 and 10013. It is patrolled by the 1st Precinct of the New York City Police Department . Tribeca is one of a number of neighborhoods in New York City whose names are syllabic abbreviations or acronyms , including SoHo (South of Houston Street ), NoHo (North of Houston Street), Nolita (North of Little Italy ), NoMad (North of Madison Square ), DUMBO (Down Under

2200-491: The east". According to a local historian, the name had been misconstrued by the newspaper reporter as applying to a much larger area, which is how it came to be the name of the current neighborhood. The area now known as Tribeca was farmed by Dutch settlers to New Amsterdam , prominently Roeleff Jansen (who obtained the land patent, called Dominie's Brouwery, from Wouter van Twiller in 1636) and his wife Anneke Jans who later married Everardus Bogardus . The land stayed with

2255-747: The family until 1670 when the deed was signed over to Col. Francis Lovelace . In 1674 the Dutch took possession of the area until the English reclaimed the land a year later. In 1674, representing the Duke of York , Governor Andros took possession of the land. Tribeca was later part of the large tract of land given to Trinity Church by Queen Anne in 1705. In 1807, the church built St. John's Chapel on Varick Street and then laid out St. John's Park , bounded by Laight Street, Varick Street, Ericsson Place , and Hudson Street . The church also built Hudson Square ,

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2310-457: The late 18th century and was the first street on or adjacent to the farm of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, which was just south of what is now Canal Street ; the name of the street is a corruption of the name of Paul Bache, a son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard. Lispenard Street in Tribeca is named for the Lispenard family, and Bleecker Street in NoHo was named for Anthony Lispenard Bleecker. During

2365-535: The neighborhood was 66.1% (28,250) White , 2.2% (934) African American , 0.1% (30) Native American , 22.2% (9,478) Asian , 0% (11) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (171) from other races , and 2.6% (1,098) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5% (2,770) of the population. The entirety of Community District 1, which comprises Tribeca and other Lower Manhattan neighborhoods, had 63,383 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.8 years. This

2420-531: The neighboring SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the neighborhood was a center of the textile/cotton trade. Notable buildings in the neighborhoods include the historic neo-Renaissance Textile Building , designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh and built in 1901, and the Powell Building, a designated Landmark on Hudson Street , which was designed by Carrère and Hastings and built in 1892. Other notable buildings include

2475-437: The original market buildings to buildings throughout its neighborhood, taking over houses and warehouses to use for the storage of produce, including butter, cheese, and eggs. In the mid-19th century, the neighborhood was the center of the dry goods and textile industries in the city, and St. John's Park was turned into a freight depot. Later, the area also featured fireworks outlets, pets stores, radios – which were clustered in

2530-474: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 38% in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51%, respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Tribeca and Lower Manhattan are considered high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Tribeca is dominated by former industrial buildings that have been converted into residential buildings and lofts , similar to those of

2585-458: The power of film by redefining the film festival experience." Tribeca is a popular filming location for movies and television shows. By the early 21st century, Tribeca became one of Manhattan's most fashionable and desirable neighborhoods, well known for its celebrity residents. Its streets teem with art galleries, boutique shops, restaurants, and bars. In 2006, Forbes magazine ranked its 10013 zip code as New York City's most expensive (however,

2640-531: The project. Construction began in the fall of 2013, the building topped out in early 2015, and installation of the exterior and windows was finished in August 2015. The hotel celebrated its grand opening on September 19, 2016. At the time it was the second tallest residential building in Downtown Manhattan, after 70 Pine Street . Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown features 189 guest rooms and suites,

2695-417: The teenage birth rate is based on a small sample size. Tribeca and Lower Manhattan have a low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 4%, less than the citywide rate of 12%, though this was based on a small sample size. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Tribeca and Lower Manhattan

2750-465: Was a residential neighborhood in the early 19th century, before becoming a mercantile area centered on produce, dry goods, and textiles, and then transitioning to artists and then actors, models, entrepreneurs, and other celebrities. The neighborhood is home to the Tribeca Festival , which was created in response to the September 11 attacks , to reinvigorate the neighborhood and downtown after

2805-443: Was completed in 1907. It was designated as a New York City landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Barclay–Vesey Building occupies the entire block bounded by West Street to the west, Barclay Street to the north, Vesey Street to the south, and Washington Street to the east. Built in 1923, it served as the corporate headquarters of New York Telephone Company (NYTel) . Verizon maintains

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2860-423: Was established on the ground floor of an office building in 1989. The Battery Park City branch is located at 175 North End Avenue near Murray Street. Completed in 2010, the two-story branch is NYPL's first LEED -certified branch. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal had high profiles in the district's revival when they co-produced the dramatic television anthology series TriBeCa in 1993 and co-founded

2915-512: Was rebuilt to handle through traffic. By the 1960s, Tribeca's industrial base had all but vanished, and the produce market moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx in the 1960s. The city put an urban renewal plan into effect, which involved the demolition of many old buildings, with the intent of building high-rise residential towers, office buildings, and schools. Some of these were constructed, including Independence Plaza in 1975 on Washington Street,

2970-673: Was revealed as the hotel operator, along with the official address of 30 Park Place. However, by March 2009 the project was on hold as Silverstein was unable to acquire financing during the Financial crisis of 2007–2008 . Larry Silverstein announced a new start date of 2012 and a completion date of 2014 at the Bloomberg Real Estate Briefing in November 2010. In May 2013, Silverstein Properties secured $ 660 million for construction financing from UK hedge fund The Children's Investment Fund . Tishman Construction managed

3025-453: Was to handle through automobile traffic, which thus did not have to deal with the truck congestion at street level. Because of a policy of "deferred maintenance", the elevated structure began to fall apart in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the highway was shut down in 1973. The roadway project planned to replace it, called Westway , was fought by neighborhood activists, and was eventually killed by environmental concerns. Instead, West Street

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