Little Chitaly (Little Italy + Chinatown)
"Little Chitaly" (Little Italy + Chinatown) is a nickname that reflects a blending of two classic Manhattan neighborhoods. Little Italy began shrinking after the 1960s, and Chinatown grew…
Education/Schools
Little Church Around the Corner
In 1870, a church refused to perform burial rites for a member of the acting profession. However, the actors were told that there was a "little church around the corner" (the Church of…
Little City Hall (community board)
The community boards have been called "little city halls." The 311 line has somewhat reduced their importance, but they still have influence on local issues.…
Little Colombia (Chapinero or Chapinerito)
"Little Colombia" is Jackson Heights, Queens. The restaurant bearing this name probably helped. "Chapinero" is a desirable area of Bogota, Colombia. "Little Colombia"…
Little Cuba
Florida has neighborhoods called "Little Havana" or "Little Cuba." This one New York City citation below may be isolated. The term is not in use today.…
Little D (Denton nickname)
The city of Dallas has been called "Big D" since at least the 1930s. Denton is a nearby city that has been nicknamed "Little D" since at least 1950. "Denton, Tex., Jan. 16…
Little Dominican Republic (Washington Heights and Inwood)
The northern Manhattan communities of Washington Heights and Inwood have received many immigrants from the Dominican Republic since the 1960s. "The little Dominican Republics of Washington…
Little Dubai (Hudson Yards in Manhattan)
The Hudson Yards real estate development is on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan, and was built on a platform over the West Side Yard for Long Island Rail Road trains. When it opened to the public…
Little Easy (Mobile, Alabama nickname)
New Orleans, Louisiana has been called the "Big Easy" since the 1960s. Mobile, Alabama has been called the "Little Easy" since the 2000s. The article "You Can Call It the…
Little Easy (Oxford, Mississippi nickname)
New Orleans, Louisiana has been called the "Big Easy" since the 1960s. Oxford, Mississippi has been called the "Little Easy" since the 1990s. Ron Shapiro, who ran the Hoka…
Little Egypt (Astoria, Queens)
Astoria, Queens, is home to "Little Egypt" on Steinway Street, between 28th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard. Arabic restaurants and other shops began to open in the area in the 1980s and…
Little Flatiron Building (Herring Lock and Safe Company Building)
The historic Flatiron Building is at 23rd Street and Broadway. The "little Flatiron Building" (the Herring Lock and Safe Company Building) is on Hudson Street, between 13th and 14th…
Little Fuzhou or Fuzhou Town (East Broadway, Manhattan; Sunset Park, Brooklyn)
Manhattan's Chinatown originally had Cantonese speakers. In the 1980s and 1990s, Mandarin speakers from the Fujian Province of China moved in, especially around East Broadway. The nickname…
Little Germany (Kleindeutschland)
The East Village was once called "Little Germany," or "Kleindeutschland." Its future was largely destroyed by the deaths in the ship tragedy of the General Slocum in 1904. (See…
Little Ghana (Mount Hope, Bronx)
"Little Ghana" is a nickname for the Mount Hope (in Tremont) section of the Bronx. The nickname was popularly used in the media in June 2010, when the African nation of Ghana defeated the…
Little Guyana (Richmond Hill, Queens)
Guyana is a small country in South America. Most of its immigrants to the United States have settled in New York City. Richmond Hill, Queens has been called "Little Guyana" since at least…
Little Haiti (Flatbush and Canarsie, Brooklyn)
New York City's "Little Haiti" is not as concentrated or well known as Miami's "Little Haiti." There was an earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, and reporters went to…
Little Harlem & Little Latin America (Corona, Queens)
Corona (Queens) was home to a large African-American community that once included jazz great Louis Armstrong. Today, Corona is home to many immigrants from Latin America. The old Corona nickname of…
Little Havana (Miami) & Little Havana on the Hudson (Union City, New Jersey)
"Little Havana" was the name of a brand of cigars, then became the name of a section of Miami (FL), and then also became the name of a section of Union City (NJ). The Union City version…
Little Hungary
"Little Hungary" is part of what is now the "East Village." The term is not used any more, but "Little Hungary" was probably one of the earliest "Little"…