Check Out the City's Most Eco-Friendly Neighborhoods and Residences
April 22, 2015 — To mark the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, CityRealty decided to take a closer look at Manhattan's eco-friendly neighborhoods and residences. For a few years, the Financial District has been working hard to shed its isolated and desolated image — come 5 or 6 P.M. it would turn into a ghost town. As part of its transformation into a more residential area, it has embraced the green agenda. In fact, the downtown area looks to be the greenest in New York City. How green are we talking?
Of the 94 LEED-certified new construction and green renovation residential buildings in New York City, downtown boasts the most. Not too shabby. Twenty-five percent of green housing stock in the city is concentrated along the High Line in West Chelsea and in Battery Park City. In fact, Battery Park City — which is home to the city's first LEED-certified residential building, The Solaire — is so committed to going green that, since 2000, it's required all new buildings to be a minimum of LEED Gold certified.
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