Living in Gramercy: rent, commute and grades

Manhattan · Updated October 2026

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Rent in Gramercy

$3,041 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

A+Overall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

A+Walkability
The average home has 5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 1,060 places to eat or shop.
Residents: Gramercy is charming and close to a lot of good places. Former resident of 17 years, Aug 2026
City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.
A+Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 370 places to eat, 51 kinds of cuisine, 12 large grocery stores and 646 open storefronts.
Residents: Trader Joe's, Target and Whole Foods are about five minutes away, and the East Village is close for food and cafes. Resident, Apr 2025
City data and 4 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.
CParks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 30 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 539 street trees within 300 m of the average home.
Residents: Gramercy Park stays off limits to neighborhood residents without a key, even after years of living nearby. Resident, May 2026
City data alone would give B; what residents say in 5 Reddit threads moves it to C.

ACommunity
33% of households moved in since 2018, 14% are roommates sharing a home, 32% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 234 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
A+Nightlife
About 185 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

CSafety
5.9 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (154 in all).
Residents: The corner of 23rd Street and Third Avenue has become noticeably sketchier, with more drug users and homeless people. Resident, Jul 2025
CQuiet
54 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
Residents: A bedroom in a first floor Gramercy apartment is pretty quiet. Resident, Apr 2025
City data alone would give D; what residents say in 8 Reddit threads moves it to C.
BBuilding upkeep
6.4 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 9 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.
Residents: An older Gramercy building whose tenants had Gramercy Park keys was poorly maintained. Former resident, 2022 to 2025, May 2026

Food and shoppingTrader Joe's, Target and Whole Foods are about five minutes away, and the East Village is close for food and cafes. Resident, Apr 2025
WalkabilityGramercy is charming and close to a lot of good places. Former resident of 17 years, Aug 2026
Food and shoppingThe Union Square farmers market is a highlight of living here. Resident, Oct 2025

Parks and green spaceGramercy Park stays off limits to neighborhood residents without a key, even after years of living nearby. Resident, May 2026
Building upkeepAn older Gramercy building whose tenants had Gramercy Park keys was poorly maintained. Former resident, 2022 to 2025, May 2026
SafetyThe corner of 23rd Street and Third Avenue has become noticeably sketchier, with more drug users and homeless people. Resident, Jul 2025
Building upkeepAn older first floor apartment is dark and has had mice and a large cockroach. Resident, Apr 2025

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The east end of 23rd Street has more people in visible mental distress than usual.
Lives nearby, Mar 2025

Much of the population is transient, and it lacks the close-knit community feel of a neighborhood like Greenpoint.
Not a resident, Mar 2026

For food or drinks you may end up taking a cab to livelier neighborhoods such as Nolita.
Not a resident, May 2025
Gramercy is close to Union Square, whose farmers market runs several times a week.
Not a resident, Aug 2026
Gramercy is near some of the best restaurants in the city.
Not a resident, Aug 2026

Gramercy is near some of the city's best music venues.
Not a resident, Aug 2026
Gramercy is not surrounded by bars, but the East Village party scene is within walking distance.
Not a resident, Jun 2025
Convenient to the social scene in nearby neighborhoods without being in the middle of it.
Not a resident, Jan 2025

Union Square and the big grocery and everyday stores are a five minute walk.
Resident, Apr 2025
Easier to live in day to day than Brooklyn Heights, where people tend to take cabs everywhere.
Not a resident, Sep 2025

A bedroom in a first floor Gramercy apartment is pretty quiet.
Resident, Apr 2025
Living in Gramercy was quiet, which is hard to beat this close to Union Square.
Former resident, Apr 2025
Gramercy is historic and pretty, and balances quiet streets with being in the middle of everything.
Not a resident, Aug 2026

Key holders may bring guests into Gramercy Park but cannot lend keys or let others in alone, and this is enforced.
Not a resident, Sep 2025
Stuyvesant Square park is big and quiet with a large dog run, and Union Square has a small dog park.
Not a resident, Jan 2025
Gramercy Park has birds and squirrels, but rats come out at night and mosquitoes are heavy in summer.
Former resident, 2022 to 2025, May 2026

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourGramercy

Residents: Being close to the Union Square station makes getting around easy. Former resident, Apr 2025

Residents: Super central: Brooklyn and the rest of Manhattan are easy to reach. Resident, Oct 2025

Gramercy is known for its private clubs and music venues: the National Arts Club and The Players sit on the park, and Irving Plaza and the Gramercy Theatre host live shows nearby. Source
Gramercy Park is a locked private square: only owners of the lots around it hold keys, under its original deed. The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission calls it the second and last private square created in New York. Source
Gramercy began in 1831, when lawyer Samuel B. Ruggles bought a marshy tract called Crommesshie and laid out 66 lots around a private park of about 520 by 184 feet. The name Gramercy is a corruption of Crommesshie. Source
Most of the 19th century houses around Gramercy Park still stand, in Anglo-Italianate, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles, with taller apartment houses on the park's north and east sides. Source
Irving Place, the street running south from the park, is named after the writer Washington Irving. Lexington Avenue, running north, was cut through at the same time and named for the first battle of the American Revolution. Source
The Players, the club on Gramercy Park, was started by the actor Edwin Booth in 1888 in a house remodeled by Stanford White. Source
Stuyvesant Square, the public park on Second Avenue between 15th and 17th streets, dates from 1836, when Peter Gerard Stuyvesant gave the city the land for it. Source