Explore The Nearly 500 Restaurants Open In Greenwich Village: Map

GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — Nearly 500 restaurants in Greenwich Village welcomed customers back for outdoor dining this week as the city moved to its second phase of reopening from the coronavirus crisis, a new map shows.

A new Department of Transportation map lets New Yorkers explore which restaurants in their neighborhood have opened up as part of the city's Open Restaurants program, which lets eateries set up tables on sidewalks or parking lanes as they reopen for al fresco dining.

More than 5,600 restaurants have signed up so far citywide.

The three zip codes that make up Greenwich Village have a total of 496 restaurants open for business, a number that will only grow as more applications come in.

Most eateries in the Village chose large set ups that span both the sidewalk and curbside lanes, the map shows.

About 73 have set up tables just in the parking lane and 145 are using just the sidewalk, while the rest are using both, according to the map. Nearly all, 430, include alcohol service.

Next week, some restaurants will get the chance to venture further into the streets.

Applications will open Monday for business improvement districts and merchant associations to set up seating on roadways that have been closed to traffic under the city's Open Streets program.

In Greenwich Village, that will apply to three stretches on Jones Street, MacDougal Street and University Place. Three streets in the nearby Meatpacking District have also been closed to traffic.

Restaurant owners on West 4th Street have been campaigning for their block to be added to the Open Streets program so that they could create a European-like outdoor dining plaza. A petition to do so has gained close to 2,500 signatures.

The city is expected to let restaurants start indoor dining, at limited capacity, when it enters Phase Three, likely July 6.

Explore the map for restaurants in your neighborhood that are open for outdoor dining here.