Apartments For Rent in Gay Village, Montréal

Gay Village is a great neighbourhood when it comes to getting around without driving. Gay Village is very transit friendly owing to plenty of nearby rapid transit stations on the Ligne 2 - Orange, Ligne 4 - Jaune and Ligne 1 - Verte, and about 10 nearby bus lines. Walking is also especially feasible for residents in Gay Village; meeting day-to-day needs is very easy, and a large number of businesses of different types can be found as well. Riding a bike is very common in this area as the topography is flat, the cycling network is good, and bike-share stations are seldomly more than a short distance away.

It is typically feasible for house buyers in Gay Village to buy general and specialty groceries by walking. Moreover, there is generally a restaurant or cafe in close proximity. Concerning education, it is a reasonably short walk to reach schools and daycares from most houses for sale in Gay Village.

Gay Village is a "jack-of-all-trades" when it comes to the ambience of this part of Montréal. Finding lively areas is very easy in this part of Montréal. There is a vast selection of entertainment venues, the streets are usually busy with people, and with its approximately 10 bars, there are options for nighttime activities. Most areas in Gay Village are quiet, as there tend to be low levels of noise from traffic. The greenery in this part of the city is prominent; public green spaces are especially well-distributed and there are approximately 20 of them nearby for residents to unwind in, resulting in them being very easy to reach from most locations within the neighbourhood. Residents will also find that the tree canopy coverage for the majority of streets is fairly good.

In Gay Village, roughly three quarters of dwellings are small apartment buildings, and the remaining homes are mainly large apartment buildings. This area is primarily composed of two bedroom and one bedroom homes. About three quarters of the dwellings in the neighbourhood are occupied by renters while the rest are occupied by owners. Around 40% of properties in this part of the city were constructed prior to the 1960s, while many of the remaining buildings were built in the 1960s and the 1980s.