Inwood

Inwood apartments provide a tranquil environment without ever having to leave Manhattan. This affordable neighborhood offers co-ops, some free-standing single-family homes and, most recently, a few luxury condos. In Inwood, townhouses and Art Deco apartment buildings lie to the west of Broadway, and rental housing to the East, where there’s also vibrant street life. Inwood is known for its woody parks. The 196-acre Inwood Hill Park most popular attractions in the neighborhood and offers green the way it used to be — the last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan. The area has scenic views of both the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, Henry Hudson Bridge, and various parts of New Jersey.

The park also offers Inwood residents many athletic fields, biking and hiking trails, and designated barbeque areas. Inwood Hill Park is also home to Columbia University’s athletic fields, including the Lawrence A. Wien Football Stadium. Public transportation is accessible. The A train stops at Dyckman and 207th and an express ride will bring you from Inwood to Times Square in a half hour. A short hop north on the 1 Train brings you to Marble Hill Metro-North Railroad Station at 225th and the Hudson River Line