Tribeca: Taking A Walk On The 3rd Most Expensive Street in NYC

As a newcomer to the city, I was curious to see that a street in my area was now the 3rd most expensive in all of New York City. See study here. Having been near Murray Street only for grocery shopping in the local Whole Foods, I was interested to take a walk around the area and take in all the sights and shops it has to offer.

As Tribeca is one of the older areas of the city it has a lot of old industrial buildings from back when there used to be mainly factories in the area. Starting my walk around Chambers St. this was the dominating architectural theme.

As a fellow Scandinavian I was excited to see a local swedish coffee place, Kaffe 1668, on the corner of Murray and Greenwich St. and decided to check it out. I wasn't the only one that had that thought with a line going out the door at 8am, but the place was quick and had space enough for everyone to sit inside.

Inside they carried the same industrial feeling that I had already seen outside, and I enjoyed the scandinavian touches they had throughout the place. After sitting for a bit, I decided to take my walk further down Murray Street to see what more it had to offer.

The closer you get to the water, the newer and taller the buildings get. As anywhere else in the city, those water views are popular (and not cheap, which explains the position in the study). Murray Street crosses West street and goes out towards the waterfront of Battery Park City, where I decided to go for a morning stroll with my coffee.

As it was still only around 8.30am the sun was slowly rising over the tall buildings, and the waterfront was beautiful and peaceful. Only accompanied by people on their morning run or walks with a stroller and/or dog, the peace and quiet really were something you don't get a lot of places in the city. Seeing the trees slowly turning yellow and orange for fall make this my favorite thing about the area by far.

After a while by the waterfront, I walked back into the streets of Tribeca and just decided to get lost around the area. I walked across a ton of local shops and cute old industrial buildings. Some decorated with pumpkins for fall and halloween, and very fittingly non-tacky to fit the area! One thing I enjoy about Tribeca is that it feels almost quiet compared to other places in Manhattan in the morning. I found it very peaceful on this very beautiful fall morning.

All in all, I had a great time walking around Tribeca for almost 2 hours exploring and seeing all that it has to offer. I suggest you take the time to just walk around and take in the streets!

(All photos are taken by my self, Lea Joranger)