Little Apple (Roosevelt Island)
When "the Big Apple" caught on in a big way in the 1970s, Roosevelt Island joined the bandwagon, too. T-shirts proudly declared "Roosevelt Island - the Little Apple." Wikipedia…
Little Armenia (Murray Hill)
"Little Armenia" was the area in Manhattan along Lexington Avenue, from East 20th Street to East 40th Street (called Murray Hill). "Little Armenia" is cited in print since at…
Little Bangladesh
"Little Bangladesh" is a neighborhood nickname for any area filled with people of Bangladesh descent. New York City had more than one "Little Bangladesh." The Kensington section…
Little Belgium
"Little Belgium" has grown up around 14th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. The term was popularized by a New York Times article as recently as 1999.…
Little Berlin (Tompkins Square Park)
"NEW YORK'S QUEEREST PARK. TOMPKINS SQUARE, WHICH SOME CALL 'LITTLE BERLIN'" is an article that was published in The Sun (New York, NY) on May 27, 1894. Tompkins Square…
Little Bohemia
Greenwich Village was long known for its "Bohemian" ways, and it was sometimes called "Little Bohemia." The Yorkville section of Manhattan was also called "Little…
Little Brazil
"Little Brazil Street," West 46th Street between 5th Avenue and Broadway, was dedicated in 1996. 30 April 1968, New York Times, pg. 49:City's Brazilians Cluster Colorfully in West…
Little Britain (West Village)
Greenwich Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets in the West Village of Manhattan, is unofficially called "Little Britain." The teashop Tea & Sympathy, at 108 Greenwich Avenue, is one…
Little Caribbean (Flatbush, Brooklyn)
The Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn has, since at least the 1980s, added many immigrants from the Caribbean. "We stopped in East Flatbush, known as Little Caribbean" was printed in the…
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…
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 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 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 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…