walk-down

American  

[wawk-doun] / ˈwɔkˌdaʊn /

noun

1. a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps.

   It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.

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adjective

1. (of a store, restaurant, apartment, etc.) located below the level of the sidewalk.

   a popular walk-down nightclub in Greenwich Village.

Etymology

Origin of walk-down

1905–10, noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk down

Example Sentences

About 12 of the units are at a walk-down terrace level.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Afraid of being stopped by the Park Service ranger leading the walk-down tour, Vaughn didn’t put her tap shoes on.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2015

The bar lounge, immediately to the left of the entrance, is wheelchair accessible; the dining tables are spread over walk-down and second-floor areas.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2012

Actually, the author's first New York City apartment in the 1950s was a walk-down: the "back half of a basement" with one room and a toilet down the hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only other real notable, in the walk-down Garret Charles is doing, is a child at the far end of the room who begins to cry when they get to him.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle