New York City Marathon
The New York Marathon (started in 1970) has grown into one of New York City's greatest sporting events. It's usually won by some runner from not from New York, but whatever.…
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New York City Tap Festival
New York CIty has held a tap festival since 2001. Some say that tap dancing was born here, many years ago. http://www.atdf.org/tapcity_2006/tapcity2006_performances.htmTony Waag'sTAP CITYNew…
New York City Tattoo Convention
The annual New York City Tattoo Convention is a new annual convention. http://www.nycvisit.com/calendar/eventIndex.cfm?pagePkey=9May 19, 2006-May 21, 20069th Annual New York City Tattoo…
New York City Water (“Champagne”)
New York City's tap water has been called the "champagne" of city waters. Indeed, it is good. The problem has been that many city buildings have old pipes. I've worked in city…
New York City’s Official Apple Proposal—Newtown Pippin (2009)
In 2009, an effort was made to declare the Newtown Pippin the official apple of the Big Apple. Newtown -- now called Elmhurst, Queens -- had a creek; some time about the 1730s, Gershom Moore…
New York ComPost (New York Post nickname)
The New York (NY) Post daily newspaper has leaned conservative under owner Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. A common unflattering nickname of the newspaper (cited in print since at least…
New York Crimes (New York Times nickname)
New York Crimes is a nickname for the New York (NY) Times used by people who believe that the Times is so bad that it's criminal. In 1989, a four-page New York Crimes was made to protest New…
New York Crumb Cake
The late and lamented Ebinger's Bakery of Brooklyn probably created the tradition of the "New York crumb cake." Entenmann's now makes "New York crumb cakes" by the…
New York Culinary Festival
The first New York Culinary Festival (May 19-21, 2006) looks to herald an annual event. http://www.nyculinaryfestival.com/What is the New York Culinary Festival?It is a celebration of New York City…
New York Cut Sirloin Steak
It appears that "New York Cut" comes from San Francisco, about 1900. The full-text Chicago Tribune doesn't have it much at all, nor does the New York Times. However, New York Cut…
New York Daily Ooze (New York Daily News nickname)
New York Daily Ooze is an obvious -- but seldom-used -- nickname for the New York (NY) Daily News newspaper. The derogatory nickname Daily Ooze has been cited in print since at least 2002, when it…
New York Daily Snooze (New York Daily News nickname)
New York Daily Snooze is an unflattering nickname of the New York (NY) Daily News newspaper. The nickname Daily Snooze has been cited in print since 1938, but has become popular since about 1995 --…
New York Derby or Hudson River Derby (New York Red Bulls vs. New York City FC)
The "Hudson River Derby" (or "New York Derby") is a soccer match between the New York Red Bulls and the New York City Football Club (NYCFC). NYCFC was formed in 2013 and played…
New York dressed (poultry)
"New York dressed" is a term for poultry that seems to have appeared about 1902. It is poultry that is "rough plucked," with the feathers removed and the blood drawn, but with…
New York Filly Triple Tiara
Horseracing's "Triple Tiara" for fillies takes its name after the "Triple Crown" races. The races had been known as the "Filly Triple Crown" since at least 1961.…
New York Film Festival; Tribeca Film Festival
The New York Film Festival began in 1963 and takes place in Lincoln Center in the fall. The Tribeca Film Festival was conceived by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal soon after the September 11,…
New York Font
There is a "New York font." The first mention of it in Google Groups appears to be in 1996. Below are sites that have the "New York font" and other famous fonts. New York…
New York Fucking City (New York Fuckin’ City)
"New York Fucking City" (or "New York Fuckin' City") has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts and hats. The saying can have various meanings -- that New York…
New York Game (baseball, under the Knickerbocker rules)
The "New York game" referred to baseball under the Knickerbocker rules of 1845. This was the birth of modern baseball, in comparison to the "town ball" then played in New…
New York Guitar Festival
The New York Guitar Festival was started in 1999. It features lots of guitar music, of course. http://www.newyorkguitarfestival.org/January 14 - February 8, 2006Three weeks of spectacular guitar…