1. the area of Manhattan (1) in New York City that is south of 34th Street. It includes Wall Street , the Chase Bank, Greenwich Village and SoHo . Compare Uptown (1).
2. downtown n [ U ] ( AmE ) the central business area of any large town or city.
► downtown adj , adv ( AmE )
to or in the centre of a large town or city, especially the main business area:
a downtown store
Let’s go downtown and see a movie.