Greenwich Village is a historic neighbourhood on Manhattan's West Side, long associated with New York's literary and artistic community, and regarded as one of the most extensively documented haunted neighbourhoods in the city.
The White Horse Tavern
Opened in 1880 as the Longshoremen's Bar, the White Horse Tavern became a favourite haunt of writers and musicians including Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, and Bob Dylan during the 1950s and 60s. On 3 November 1953, Thomas drank a reported 18 whiskeys at the tavern before returning to the Chelsea Hotel, where he died days later. His ghost is said to still occupy his favourite corner table, with a beer and shot occasionally appearing on the bar unexplained.
Washington Square Park
The park is associated with the "Hangman's Elm," an old tree reportedly used for public executions, and with the discovery of human remains beneath the park during 20th-century construction work — a legacy of the site's earlier use as a burial ground.
One If By Land, Two If By Sea
This restaurant, housed in a former carriage house once owned by Aaron Burr, is said to be haunted by Burr and his daughter, Theodosia, who disappeared at sea in 1813. Diners have reported cold spots and unexplained sounds.
The Ear Inn
Built in 1770 and originally used as immigrant living quarters, this bar is associated with a reported ghostly apparition.
The Cherry Lane Theatre
One of the neighbourhood's oldest continuously operating off-Broadway theatres, also cited among the Village's reportedly haunted sites.