The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides transportation between Manhattan and Suffolk County on Long Island. Some critics have called it the "Wrong Island Rail Road" (or "Wrong…
Massapequa, on Long Island, New York, has a large Italian population, and there are many pizzerias. It also has a large Jewish population. Massapequa has been nicknamed…
Massapequa, on Long Island, New York, has a large Italian population, and there are many pizzerias. It also has a large Jewish population. Massapequa has been nicknamed…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Melville, NYMelville is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Montauk, New YorkMontauk /ˈmɒntɔːk/ is a census-designated place (CDP) that includes the hamlet with the same name in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk…
Montauk is located on the eastern tip of Long Island. It's a tourist destination and mostly a working class community, unlike The Hamptons nearby. Montauk has been called "The…
Monticello Raceway (in Monticello, New York) has been called the "Mighty M" since 1960. "Mighty M" was printed in the Scranton (PA) Tribune on June 17, 1960. Aqueduct Racetrack…
"Money Makin’ Manhattan" is a similar rap nickname. Wikipedia: Mount VernonMount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York…
The town of Naples, in New York's Finger Lakes region of southwest Ontario County, has been called the "Grape Pie Capital of the World" since at least the 1980s. The Naples Grape…
New York State is the "Empire State," and New York City is the "Empire City." New York City's tallest building for many years was the Empire State Building. "Empire…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Coat of arms of New YorkThe coat of arms of the state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal.…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Washington IrvingWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th…
"New York State of Opportunity" became an official New York State slogan in 2014. The state motto/nickname was trademarked with a date of first use of October 7, 2014. The trademark…
Niagara Falls is a famous honeymoon destination. Viagra is a product to treat erectile dysfunction. A joke is: Q: What's the difference between your first and second honeymoon? A: Niagara and…
Niagara Falls, New York, has been called the "Cataract City." The word "cataract" means "waterfalls." "EAGLE AND CATARACT HOTELS, NIAGARA FALLS" was printed…
Niagara Falls (both in New York and in Ontario, Canada) has been called the "honeymoon capital of the nation" or the "honeymoon capital of the world." The "honeymoon…
The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair), at Chicago, Illinois, was dubbed the "White City" because so many buildings were white. The 1901 Pan-American…
"Cold cheese pizza" used to be pizza that's no longer warm, but it's also the name of a special variation of pizza. Tino's Pizza and Restaurant in Oneonta, New York, served…
The city of Oswego , New York, was known as the "Starch City" from 1848 to about the 1920s. The Oswego Starch Factory opened in 1848, and Oswego became the corn starch capital of the…