Roosevelt Island, Astoria (Queens) and Long Island City (Queens) have all stated that they are "minutes from Bloomingdale's" store at Lexington Avenue and East 59th Street. In 1906,…
"Nothing brings neighbors together like a few cops cars in front of the neighbor's house that no one likes" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Nothing brings…
"'Everybody hates white people, but everybody wants to live in their neighborhood.'-Joe (latino)" was posted on Facebook by Lewis Newman on February 7, 2021. "Let me get…
A pun on the term "close-knit community" was posted on Twitter on August 28, 2011: "I live in a really small village where everybody suffers terribly with head lice.. Its a close nit…
"Dominance and submission" or "dom/sub" does not apply to suburbs, but there are jokes. "me: What's the opposite of a suburb? Domburb" was posted on Twitter by…
Batley, England has been called "the Bronx" because of its rough citizens. http://indianewswatch.blogspot.com/2005/07/authorities-probe-pakistani-linked-to.htmlAswat, 31, grew up in…
Amarillo, Texas, has been compared to the borough of Queens, in New York City. The Wikipedia page for Queens states that it is "the most linguistically and ethnically diverse place on…
"There goes the neighborhood!" refers to someone (or some business) entering the neighborhood and changing its character. The saying dates to at least 1964 and was a response to racially…
New York City's Times Square has many advertising signs -- by law. It has often been compared to ad blocking on the internet. "Browsing the web in general without #AdBlock is like being…
Coney Island isn't called that because of its conic shapes, but there's a riddle: Q: Where do circles, ellipses, hyperbolas and parabolas like to hang out in the summer? A: Coney Island.…
A pun the word "neighborhood" is: Q: Where do horses live?A: In a neigh-borhood. "Where do horses live? In the neighhhhborhood" was printed in the Los Angeles (CA) Times,on…
A New York City-related math joke is: Q: Where do math teachers go on vacation?A: To Times Square. The joke was cited on Twitter on July 1, 2011. Wikipedia: Times SquareTimes Square is a major…
The area of Columbia University in Morningside Heights is sometimes called the "Acropolis of America" or "New York's Acropolis." Part of that is old Columbia puffery,…
"Alphabet City" is the nickname of a neighborhood in the East Village of Manhattan, where Avenues A, B, C, and D can be found. The "Alphabet City," "Alphabetland" and…
"Alphabet City" usually refers to the East Village of Manhattan neighborhood containing Avenues A, B, C and D. In 2017 and 2018, Google/Alphabet Inc. began buying up propertied in the…
"Alphabet City" is the nickname of a neighborhood in the East Village of Manhattan, where Avenues A, B, C, and D can be found. The "Alphabet City," "Alphabetland" and…
"Alphabet City" is the nickname of a neighborhood in the East Village of Manhattan, where Avenues A, B, C, and D can be found. The "Alphabet City," "Alphabetland" and…
Brooklyn Heights is often called "America's first suburb." In the 19th century, Manhattan (New York) and Brooklyn were separate cities and not boroughs of the same city (after the…
The Lower East Side of Manhattan has been dubbed the "American-Jewish Plymouth Rock." Many European Jews emigrated to the Lower East Side between 1880-1920, landing there similar to the…
AQUA (an acronym nickname for the area of Forest Hills in Queens bordered by Ascan Avenue, Queens Boulevard, Union Turnpike, and Austin Street) was invented by the blog "Forest Hills 72"…