Tribeca could be considered the best place to live in the city. It enjoys minuscule crime levels, great schools, tons of transit, well-planned waterfront access, and light-filled loft-type apartments in painstakingly rehabbed industrial buildings. But having already overtaken the Upper East Side as the city’s richest precinct, it is prohibitively expensive, and any traces of racial and income diversity are long gone.

Boundaries: Vesey St. to Canal St., Broadway to Hudson River

Subway Stations:1 to Canal St. | A,C,E to Canal St. | 1 to Franklin St. | N,Q,R,W to Canal St. | 1,2 to Chambers St. | A,C to Chambers St. | R,W to City Hall | 2,3 to Park Pl. | E to World Trade Center