As a former long-time Tribeca resident and neighborhood expert,  Peter knows the buildings, community, local schools, restaurants, transportation, parks, and other area amenities. Tribeca is the wealthiest zip code in New York by per capita income, and ranks fifth in the country according to Bloomberg News. Tribeca’s loft conversions and high-rise new developments are some of the largest, most luxurious and priciest in the city. It is home to celebrities, entrepreneurs, and the upper echelons of American business.

Unlike Soho’s evolution into a busy, mixed-use, retail shopping district; Tribeca has stayed truer to its original low-key character. Nightlife in Tribeca is subdued and more of a destination for fine dining than late-night partying. There are restaurants and boutiques, but Tribeca remains relatively quiet and understated. The annual Tribeca Film Festival, which began in 2002 in response to the 9/11 attacks which impacted the area, has turned the name Tribeca into a global brand. The triangle is bounded by Canal Street, the Hudson River, Broadway, and Chambers Street.

Most of Tribeca’s buildings date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it was a center of the textile industry and the bread basket  of the NYC. In its early days, the piers along the Hudson received barges of fresh meat, dairy, and produce from upstate and sold them at the Washington Market on Tribeca’s southern border. The area fell into decline in the 1960s as its industrial base moved to the Hunt’s Point Market in the Bronx. Its current incarnation, as well as its name, dates from the 1970s, as it transitioned from manufacturing to live-work residential. Tribeca or TriBeCa stands for the ‘Triangle Below Canal Street’.