Piano District (Mott Haven, Bronx)
The South Bronx (in the Mott Haven area) was known for piano manufacturing in the early 1900s. In 2015 -- long after the piano manufactures left -- Keith Rubinstein, a real estate developer and…
Plaza District
Midtown Manhattan's "Plaza District" is the area around the Plaza Hotel (at Central Park South/59th Street and Fifth Avenue). Wikipedia defines the Plaza District as "between…
PLG or Prospect Lefferts Gardens (Prospect Park + Lefferts Manor + Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens (PLG) is a Brooklyn neighborhood name formed from Prospect Park, Lefferts Manor and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA)…
Poor Man’s Miami Beach (Brighton Beach)
Brighton Beach attracted an elderly population (who, seemingly, couldn't afford to go to Miami Beach). The nickname "poor man's Miami Beach" has been applied to Brighton Beach…
Poor Man’s Riviera (Coney Island)
Coney Island has provided a beach and entertainment for everyone -- rich and poor alike. The nickname "poor man's Riviera" (or "working man's Riviera" or…
Poverty Hollow
"Poverty Hollow" is an old name for the "Lower East Side." The name is not used today. 24 October 1899, New York Times, pg. 3:If Signor Nicola Galante is not the next…
Printing District
The Printing District is (or was) centered around Hudson and Varick Streets. The old printing district -- originally located in what is now the Financial District at Manhattan's tip -- was…
ProCro (Prospect Heights + Crown Heights)
"ProCro" (Prospect Heights + Crown Heights) is a neighborhood nickname that was popularized by the article "Prospect Heights Edges Into Crown Heights" in the February 18, 2011…
ProHo (Prospect Heights)
"ProHo" (like "Soho") has been infrequently used as a neighborhood nickname for Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The nickname has vulgar connotations ("pro ho" or…
Quisqueya Heights (Washington Heights)
Washington Heights (in upper Manhattan) has so many residents from the Dominican Republic that it is often called "Quisqueya Heights." "Quisqueya" is an informal nickname of the…
Quooklyn (Queens + Brooklyn)
Ligaya Mishan wrote in the New York (NY) Times on June 12, 2014: "You are 10 stops out of Manhattan on the L line, in the borderland where Bushwick, Brooklyn, blurs into Ridgewood, Queens.…
Rabbit Town (Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village)
The first building of Manhattan's Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village residential complex opened in 1947. The buildings became so attractive to new families that the development was nicknamed…
RAMBO (Right After Manhattan Bridge Overpass)
RAMBO (Right After the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is similar to DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). In 2005, RAMBO (suggested by Heath Binder and Adam Wills) won a Curbed.com…
Rego Parkistan or Regostan (Rego Park)
Rego Park in Queens has welcomed many immigrants from the countries of the former Soviet Union in Central Asia. These countries (such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, but usually not including…
Republic of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has called his borough the "Republic of Brooklyn" since at least 2007, and with increasing use in 2008. Brooklyn is New York City's most…
Restaurant Supply District
The Restaurant Supply District (not a tourist area and not normally on any map) is the Bowery, below Houston Street. In the early 1900s, restaurant supply stores replaced the Bowery theaters that…
Riverside Boulevard
"All This Neighborhood Needs Is a Name" by Alison Gregor is a February 24, 2012 story in the New York (NY) Times about the residential real estate developments along Riverside Boulevard…
Rockapulco (Rockaway Beach)
"Rockapulco" (Rockaway + Acapulco) has been a nickname for Rockaway Beach since at least the 1980s. Acapulco is a famous Mexican resort area; in 1964, a The Flinstones cartoon episode had…
San Juan Hill; The Gut
"San Juan Hill" and "The Gut" are old names for the west side of Manhattan. "San Juan Hill" dates immediately after the Spanish American War and the taking of San Juan…
Satan’s Circus
Another name for the "Tenderloin" area of Manhattan, just below "Hell's Kitchen," is "Satan's Circus." The term is historical and is not used today, but…