Uptown, north of Dyckman Street. Inwood is the purported site of Peter Minuit’s purchase of Manhattan from the Lenape Indians — one of the most famous real estate transactions in history — and apartment hunters wishing to remain in Manhattan still come to Inwood on the Northern tip looking for deals for sale. This affordable neighborhood offers co-ops, some free-standing single-family homes and, most recently, a few luxury condos. In Inwood, townhouses and Art Deco apartment buildings lie to the west of Broadway, and rental housing to the East, where there’s also vibrant street life.

The A train stops at Dyckman and 207th and an express ride will bring you from Inwood to Times Square in a half hour. A short hop north on the 1 Train brings you to Marble Hill Metro-North Railroad Station at 225th and the Hudson River Line.