Question about Union Square? (New York, Greenwich: neighborhoods, live in, restaurants)

[NYC1DAY]

Union Square has restaurants, great greenmarkets, retailers, hospitals, NYU in close proximity and a great park!!!

Neighborhoods around Union Square are Flatiron District to the north, Chelsea to the west, Greenwich Village to the south and Gramercy to the east.

So my question is..........

Do you guys consider Union Square to be it's own neighborhood?

OR

Do you just lump it into The Flatiron District, Chelsea, Greenwich Village or Gramercy?

[john_starks]

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Union Square Partnership

when i lived in the area (Chelsea), i never differentiated between Union Square's neighboring hoods. looks like the neighborhood association agrees.

[clevedark]

I never considered Union Square to be it's own neighborhood--I just lumped it in with the Flatiron area, and tacked on the Strand Bookstore and a couple of shops on that street (which I want to call 4th Ave, but that doesn't exist!!).

[tpk-nyc]

To me, the word "neighborhood" implies that people live there. Is Times Square a neighborhood? People live in Hell's Kitchen, but hardly anyone lives in Time Square.

More people live on Union Square, but it's seems too small to call it a neighborhood.

Perhaps squares aren't neighborhoods? For example, Flatiron is a neighborhood whereas Madison Square is a square? Then again, Gramercy is considered a neighborhood. However, the area extends beyond the park, whereas Union Square is more limited.

Union Square is further complicated as it's on the border of so many other neighborhoods: East/West Village, Chelsea, Flatiron and Gramercy.

[SeventhFloor]

City of Neighborhoods - New York City Department of City Planning