Marijuana Dispensary in Greenwich Village, NY 10014

3 Tips to Help You Prepare for Your First Trip to a Greenwich Village, NY Cannabis Dispensary

Rare Garden is the preeminent Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensary. Since 2010, we’ve been cultivating a variety of organic, top-shelf, super-dank Sativa and Indica strains with super-cool names, like Orange Diesel, Pink Panama, and our personal favorite, Habbabubbasmelloscope (though honestly, and not to toot our own horn, every strain we offer is pretty incredible).

Whether you’re looking for an all-natural and highly effective medicine to soothe aches and pains or alleviate stress and anxiety, or you just want to kick back, relax, and enjoy a mellow, happy, and euphoric buzz, check out the most highly recommended cannabis dispensary in New York County: Rare Garden. When you shop with us, you can rest assured that you’ll find the finest selection of cream-of-the-crop varieties of medicinal and recreational marijuana available.

How to Prepare for Your Maiden Visit to a Greenwich Village, NY Cannabis Dispensary

Whether it’s for medicinal or recreational purposes, your first trip to a Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensary to purchase cannabis legally is quite a surreal experience. Shifting from making purchases in dark alleys or in undisclosed locations to avoid getting into trouble with the law to shopping openly in a retail establishment in the middle of broad daylight can seem a bit strange to say the least, and in fact, it can even be a bit overwhelming; in fact, it can be likened to shopping for forbidden fruit.

If you’re planning on visiting a cannabis dispensary in New York County for the first time and you find that you’re feeling a little anxious, knowing what to expect can help to calm any nerves that you might be experiencing. With that said, the following is an overview of what you can expect on your maiden visit to a Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensary.

Be Prepared to Show ID

Whether you recently turned 21 and you’re shopping for ganja to use recreationally or you’re of a mature age and you want to try using the medicinal qualities of cannabis to treat your arthritis-induced aches and pains, make sure you bring a valid, state-issued ID on your trip to a Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensary.

A reputable New York County cannabis dispensary will ask to see your ID before they’ll grant access to their shop. If you don’t provide one, there’s a good chance that you won’t get any further than the front door.

Bring Plenty of Cash

Good ganja comes at a price, especially primo strains sold at top-quality Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensaries. While more and more places are offering cash-free purchase options, the majority of cannabis dispensaries are cash-only. The last thing you want to do is spend time browsing through the different varieties and make a final decision after a lot of deliberation, only to end up walking out empty-handed because you didn’t have any cash to buy it.

Don’t Hesitate to Ask Questions

Even if you have a pretty good idea about what you want beforehand, it’s still a good idea to ask questions. The budtenders at a quality New York County cannabis dispensary will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have, so don’t be afraid to ask.

Inquire about different strains and growing practices, and ask for recommendations that will help you achieve the effects you desire. Whether you want something to quell your anxiety, you’re looking for something that will inspire your creative mind, or you just want to relax and chill, be sure to ask! The old adage, “There are no stupid questions” definitely applies.

For Cannabis That’ Beyond Compare, Visit Rare Garden

Looking for a great Greenwich Village, NY marijuana dispensary that offers top-shelf products? Check out Rare Garden! For more info, give us a ring at 212-624-2782.

Some information about Greenwich Village, NY

Greenwich Village is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village.

In the 16th century, Native Americans referred to its farthest northwest corner, by the cove on the Hudson River at present-day Gansevoort Street, as Sapokanikan (‘tobacco field’). The land was cleared and turned into pasture by Dutch and freed African settlers in the 1630s, who named their settlement Noortwyck (also spelled Noortwijck, ‘North district’, equivalent to ‘Northwich/Northwick’). In the 1630s, Governor Wouter van Twiller farmed tobacco on 200 acres (0.81 km²) here at his ‘Farm in the Woods’. The English conquered the Dutch settlement of New Netherland in 1664, and Greenwich Village developed as a hamlet separate from the larger New York City to the south on land that would eventually become the Financial District. In 1644, the eleven Dutch African settlers were freed after the first Black legal protest in America. All received parcels of land in what is now Greenwich Village, in an area that became known as the Land of the Blacks.

The earliest known reference to the village’s name as ‘Greenwich’ dates back to 1696, in the will of Yellis Mandeville of Greenwich; however, the village was not mentioned in the city records until 1713. Sir Peter Warren began accumulating land in 1731 and built a frame house capacious enough to hold a sitting of the Assembly when smallpox rendered the city dangerous in 1739. His house, which survived until the Civil War era, overlooked the North River from a bluff; its site on the block bounded by Perry and Charles Streets, Bleecker and West 4th Streets, can still be recognized by its mid-19th century rowhouses inserted into a neighborhood still retaining many houses of the 1830–37 boom.

From 1797 until 1829, the bucolic village of Greenwich was the location of New York State’s first penitentiary, Newgate Prison, on the Hudson River at what is now West 10th Street, near the Christopher Street pier. The building was designed by Joseph-François Mangin, who would later co-design New York City Hall. Although the intention of its first warden, Quaker prison reformer Thomas Eddy, was to provide a rational and humanitarian place for retribution and rehabilitation, the prison soon became an overcrowded and pestilent place, subject to frequent riots by the prisoners which damaged the buildings and killed some inmates. By 1821, the prison, designed for 432 inmates, held 817 instead, a number made possible only by the frequent release of prisoners, sometimes as many as 50 a day. Since the prison was north of the New York City boundary at the time, being sentenced to Newgate became known as being ‘sent up the river’. This term became popularized once prisoners started being sentenced to Sing Sing Prison, in the town of Ossining upstream of New York City.

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