Times Square and Herald Square
"Herald Square" was named after the New York Herald newspaper in 1893. It is the area around West 34th Street. "Times Square" was named after the New York Times newspaper in…
Toy District (Toy Center)
Manhattan's Toy District is between 21st and 27th streets, from the Avenue of the Americas to Madison Avenue. It is centered around the Toy Center at 200 Fifth Avenue (23rd Street). New York…
TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal Street)
"Tribeca" means TRIangle BElow CAnal Street. After the 1960s success of "SoHo," many other neighborhood nicknames were suggested. 'Tribeca" has been cited in print…
Tribeca Design District
The Tribeca Design District is a name for the many design-oriented shops and showrooms located in Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal Street in Manhattan). Jean Lin of Colony -- The Designers' Co-op…
Triburbia
"Triburbia" has become a new nickname for TriBeCa. http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/articles/wtc/tribeca1.htmTriBeCa has long been home to well-off families who wanted space and good…
Tudor City
"Tudor City," in New York City? Have we gone London? It's called "Tudor City" after the architecture and, well, that's the name the developer gave it. The first…
Two Bridges
"Two Bridges" is the area in Manhattan between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge. Or, it could also mean the area in Manhattan between the Manhattan Bridge and the Williamsburg…
Ulcer County (Madison Avenue advertising agencies)
Syndicated newspaper columnist Walter Winchell (1897-1972) wrote in a column in March 1949: "Sights You Never See on the New York Map: (...) 'Ulcer County,' the sector along Madison…
Upstate Manhattan (Washington Heights & Inwood)
The upper Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Inwood are far removed geographically and culturally from midtown Manhattan. New Yorkers frequently call anything above Westchester…
Valley of Ashes (now Flushing Meadows Corona Park)
F. Scott's Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1922) described the "Valley of Ashes." This was the Corona Dump in Queens. In 1936, the Corona Dump was cleared to prepare for…
Venice of New York (Broad Channel)
Broad Channel is a tiny island in Jamaica Bay. It's part of Queens County. Broad Channel has acquired the nickname "Venice of New York" for obvious reasons. 25 November 1984, New…
ViVa (Viaduct Valley)
ViVa (Viaduct Valley) is the small but emerging West Harlem area, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManhattanvilleManhattanville is the part of Manhattan in New York City bordered on the south by…
WaHI (Washington Heights & Inwood)
"WaHI" is a new term for "Washington Heights & Inwood," cited in print from at least 2003. It looks like something from Hawaii; some people pronounce it "Wa-HIGH"…
Walled City (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn became a city of warehouses by at least the Civil War (1860s). In Henry Reed Stiles's important three-volume work, A History of the City of Brooklyn (1867-1870), Brooklyn's…
Westoria (west + Astoria)
"Westoria" (west + Astoria) is a name coined in 2017 for west Astoria, Queens -- also called "Old Astoria" or "Old Astoria Village" -- in the area west of 21st Street,…
Whack Ass Queens or Whack Ass Queenz (Queens)
"Crack is Wack" is a famous Manhattan mural that was painted by Keith Haring (1958-1990) in 1986. "Wack" or "whack" comes from "wack" or "whacky,"…
White Harlem (Morningside Heights)
"White Harlem" was popularized as a name for Morningside Heights by the comedian George Carlin (1937-2008) in his 1973 comedy album Occupation: Foole. "Harlem" in the name made…
WillyB, Billyburg, Billburg, B-burg (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
A hip new place must have hip new names. Silly names, perhaps, but new nonetheless. "Willy B" or "WillyB" or "WB" is Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's also used for…
WiNo (Williamsburg North)
"SoHo Is SoOver, New Yorkers Are Moving to WiNo and Rambo" by Corinne Ramey appeared in The Wall Street Journal on September 10, 2015. It explained that "WiNo" stands for…
Work Island (Manhattan)
Many people come into Manhattan to work, from places like the outer boroughs, Long Island, Westchester County, Rockland County, New Jersey and Connecticut. Some people have called Manhattan…