Times Plaza (Brooklyn)

When the New York (NY) Times newspaper moved to Longacre Square in 1904, the square was renamed "Times Square." When the Brooklyn (NY) Daily Times moved in 1914 to Flatbush, Fourth and…

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 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…

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…

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,…

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…