SoHo

SoHo is one of the busiest neighborhoods in the city and packed with just about everyone. Tourists, celebrities, street vendors, bargain-hunters, and luxury shoppers are all thrown together here.

At a Glance

SoHo has some of the best people-watching in Manhattan, as it is a mecca for the trendy, sophisticated downtown elite. The north-south running streets are often sites of fashion shoots as well as home to upscale European boutiques. The east-west running streets are busier and always clogged with vendors selling everything from iPhone cases to incense. One you hit Broadway, you could be in just about any mall in America with retail chains, tourists, teenagers, and disgruntled New Yorkers dominating the avenue. The energy in SoHo is fast-paced and all hustle and bustle; it is a quintessentially vibrant New York neighborhood, but certainly not for the faint-of-heart or those looking for some peace and quiet.

$3.9M

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$6,250

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The Mood

SoHo is hectic and helter-skelter, clogged with tourists and at the same time home to the city's most chic and creative people and places.

Heart of the Neighborhood

Balthazar, the iconic French bistro on the corner of Crosby and Spring, epitomizes SoHo's appeal to tourists and its effortlessly classy and casual vibe.

Neighborhood Quirk

Most buildings in SoHo are former textile factories, which make for incredible open floor plan apartments today, but caveat emptor, walls are nice sometimes.

Best Perk

The density of top-notch restaurants, galleries, and shops in SoHo cannot be matched. Though geographically small, it's packed with trendy people and places.

Biggest Downside

Beware of weekends in SoHo. Streets tend to be jammed with international tourists and bridge-and-tunnel types alike.

What’s close by

1. Lower East Side

Median Sale: $800K Median Rental: $4,495

2. East Village

Median Sale: $920K Median Rental: $4,325

3. West Village

Median Sale: $1.6M Median Rental: $5,495

4. Tribeca

Median Sale: $3.4M Median Rental: $7,713

By the Numbers

SoHo is one of Manhattan's most expensive neighborhoods, with residents paying millions for luxury new developments and old-school open-floor-plan lofts alike.

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Named for its location “South of Houston” Street, SoHo is a contender for New York City’s most fashionable stomping ground. The crowds are not for the faint of heart.

Tourists come to SoHo for the people-watching, the food, and above all, the shopping. Flagship retail chains dominate Broadway, eclectic boutiques are around every corner, and street vendors clog the busy, skinny streets.

The gritty Bleecker Street Simon & Garfunkel sang of is a thing of the past; struggling artists have long since been replaced by residents with much more substantial bank accounts.

Soho’s beautiful cobblestone streets are always teeming with tourists, shoppers, and photographers taking advantage of the photo-worthy cast-iron architecture.

Most of the real estate options in SoHo are confined to walk-ups in historic cast-iron buildings and luxurious co-ops. Vacancy and turnover rates are famously low.