“New York’s Most Fabulous Self-Service Restaurant” (Belmore)
The Belmore restaurant that used to be on Park Avenue South at 28th Street was "New York's Most Fabulous Self-Service Restaurant." It was famous with taxi drivers and was featured in…
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“New York’s Most Famous Store Since Before the Civil War” (Hammacher Schlemmer)
Hammacher Schlemmer is today probably better known for its web site and its mail order business than for its store on 57th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues. Its web site says:…
“New York’s My Home” (1956)
"New York's My Home" (1956) was composed by Gordon Jenkins and performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. It contains the lyric "When you leave New York, man, you don't go…
“New York’s not dead. It’s just underground”
"NEW YORK IS DEAD. DON'T COME BACK" is a saying that has been printed on many images. During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, many people left New York City. The statement by…
“New York’s Not My Home” (1972)
Jim Croce died in a plane accident in 1973. "New York's Not My home" is one of his thoughtful hits. The lyrics can't be produced in full here, but are available on other sites.…
“New York’s Picture Newspaper” or “New York’s Picture Paper” (New York Daily News slogan)
"...the New York Times, the Daily News..." So sang Billy Joel, when in a "New York State of Mind." The New York Daily News began as the Illustrated Daily News. The New York…
“New York’s Small-Town Paper” (New York Observer)
The New York Observer (a weekly newspaper) began in 1987. It's pink (like London's Financial Times) and it serves New York's "elite" -- mostly the upper east side or the…
“New York’s Spanish Steps” (TKTS. booth)
The Theatre Development Fund's TKTS. booth in Times Square began in 1973, just a small shack selling discount theater tickets for performances on the same day. It quickly became a success.…
“New York’s the Big Apple, bub, the heaviest scene in the world” (Rolling Stone magazine, 1969)
Rolling Stone magazine began in New York City in 1967. Although "Big Apple" was popular in jazz music, Rolling Stone mostly reported on rock music. A letter by "Fly Paper" about…
“New York’s tough without the coin, isn’t it?”
New York City can be a very difficult place for someone who doesn't have any money. American novelist and journalist Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) wrote about the music publishers of "Tin…
“New York’s water is so hard it comes at you with a switchblade”
"New York's water is so hard it comes at you with a switchblade" is a joke that was probably told during New York City's high crime days of the 1970s. Early citations of the…
“New York’s the Big Apple, bub, the heaviest scene in the world” (Rolling Stone magazine, 1969)
Rolling Stone magazine began in New York City in 1967. Although "Big Apple" was popular in jazz music, Rolling Stone mostly reported on rock music. A letter by "Fly Paper" about…
“New York” (2000)
"New York" is on U2's All That You Can Leave Behind (2000). The song isn't one of their biggest hits. http://www.macphisto.net/u2lyrics/New_York.htmlU2 Lyrics - New York(...)New…
“New York” and “Manhattan” and “Brooklyn” scatalogical terms
The following are some scatalogical ("dirty") terms that use "New York" and "Manhattan" and "Brooklyn." None of them is especially popular as far as I know.…
“New York/Newark some Mario Wario shit”
Mario is a Japanese video game series, and "Mario" is an Italian plumber from Brooklyn. "Wario" is a similarly named character, and many people believe he's from Newark,…
“New Yorkers are noted for their stupidity” (NYC’s population is very dense)
A popular joke has a teacher ask students what the people of London or New York are noted for. One student says that the people are noted for their stupidity because the textbook says that…
“New Yorkers Since 1784” (Bank of New York)
The Bank of New York began in 1784 and is still around today. http://www.bankofny.com/htmlpages/ahi.htmOur history began on February 23, 1784, with a small advertisement featured in The New York…
“New Yorkers think ‘upstate’ is anything north of the Bronx”
An old joke has it that a New Yorker considers anything north of the Bronx to be "upstate." The Bronx is the most northern borough of New York City. This definition of "upstate"…
“New Yorkiest place in town” (Stork Club)
What place in New York City can be described as the "New Yorkiest"? "Is that the New Yorkiest place in town?" was printed in a 1915 novel, referring to Sherry's, an…
“Newark is next to New York. That’s some Wario Mario shit”
Mario is a Japanese video game series, and "Mario" is an Italian plumber from Brooklyn. "Wario" is a similarly named character, and many people believe he's from Newark,…