Little Palestine (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn)
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, has seen an influx of residents from Arab and Middle Eastern countries. The nickname "Little Palestine" has been cited in print since at least June 2008 and was…
New York City
Little Panama (Crown Heights, Brooklyn)
Franklin Avenue, between Fulton Street and Empire Boulevard, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has been called "Little Panama." In 2010, an effort was made to rename part of Franklin Avenue…
Little Paris; Little France (Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn)
Brroklyn became gentrified in the 1990s, and many French speakers settled in Carroll Gardens (formerly known as an Italian neighborhood). "The Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhood that was once an…
Little Persia
Little Persia? I was walking on East 30th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue. These are some Persian carpet stores. There's a Persian restaurant called Ravagh…
Little Pittsburgh (East New York, Brooklyn)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Another New York City "Little Pittsburgh" is Hunts Point, in the Bronx. Wikipedia: East New York, BrooklynEast New York is a residential neighborhood in the…
Little Pittsburgh (Hunts Point, Bronx)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Another New York City "Little Pittsburgh" is East New York, Brooklyn. Wikipedia: Hunts Point, BronxHunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the…
Little Poland (Greenpoint, Brooklyn)
"Little Poland" is today Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Various other areas had previously used this name. Wikipedia: Greenpoint, BrooklynGreenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New…
Little Puerto Rico (Harding Park, Clason Point, Bronx)
Harding Park, a subsection of Clason Point in the Bronx, is comprised of many former bungalows. Puerto Rican families moved to the area in the 1960s and it acquired the nickname "Little Puerto…
Little Rumania
The Lower East Side also had a "Little Rumania." The first citation below is for an East Side establishment called "Little Rumania." New York Nightsby Stephen GrahamNew York:…
Little Satan (Israel); Big Satan or Great Satan (United States)
Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini (1902-1989) was reported by the Associated Press on November 5, 1979, to have said "the great Satan, America." The term immediately became popular during…
Little Senegal
The area of 116th Street in Harlem is called "Little Senegal" because of the many African immigrants in the area. The 2002 film Little Senegal helped to establish the name.…
Little Sleazers (Little Caesars nickname)
Little Caesars started its pizza chain restaurants in Michigan in 1959. The nickname "Little Sleazers" has been cited in print since at least 1990. Wikipedia: Little CaesarsLittle Caesars…
Little Spain
"Little Spain" is (or was) 14th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. A restaurant called Little Spain was at 232 West 14th Street. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Spanish Harlem…
Little Sri Lanka (Tompkinsville, Staten Island)
The northeastern Staten Island neighborhood of Tompkinsville has one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of that country. The name "Little Sri Lanka" has been in use since at…
Little Syria
"Little Syria" was located on Washington Street in lower Manhattan. That neighborhood was destroyed in the 1960s to build the World Trade Center. There was also a "Little Syria"…
Little Tibet or Himalayan Heights (Jackson Heights, Queens)
Jackson Heights, Queens, has been known as "Little India," but there are also immigrants from Tibet and Nepal. The website Little Tibet in New York wrote about a Tibetan food pushcart on…
Little Tokyo (East Village)
The area in Manhattan's East Village, around St. Marks Place or 9th Street and between Second and Third Avenues, is sometimes called "Little Tokyo." Several Japanese restaurants,…
Little Uzbekistan (Midwood, Brooklyn)
When the Soviet Union broke up in the 1990s, many people from the Soviet satellite countries moved to New York City, especially to Brooklyn. Midwood and Kensington acquired the name "Little…
Little Venezuela
"Little Venezuela" is a nickname for a city, state or even a country that embraces socialism and falls into economic and social decline. The nickname refers to Venezuela under the…
Little White House (Gracie Mansion)
Manhattan's Gracie Mansion, built in 1799, has been the mayor's official residence since Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia moved there in 1942. Mayor Michael Bloomberg declined to live there,…