Even on a tight schedule, Greenwich Village earns the hours.
Allow 1.5–3 hrs.
Low-rise, leafy, and crooked-streeted — the most charming-to-stroll part of Manhattan, anchored by Washington Square's arch and street performers. Layered with jazz, Beat, and folk history (and NYU energy). Nothing to 'see' in a ticketed sense; it rewards wandering, a coffee, and a live jazz set at night.