High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Neartown is an area located in west-central Houston, Texas, United States and is one of the city's major cultural areas. Neartown is roughly bounded by U.S. Highway 59 to the south, Allen Parkway to the north, Bagby Street on the east, and Shepherd Drive to the west. According to the Neartown Association, the area's character is often likened to the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, New York City. Neartown neighborhoods include Montrose, Courtlandt Place, Winlow Place, Hyde Park and Cherryhurst. The Neartown neighborhood at Van Buren Street was the Houston Press "Best Hidden Neighborhood" in 2002.