Chancy Street (Chauncey Street, Brooklyn)
Chauncey Street, in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, is a high crime area. It was reported, in July 2011, that Chauncey Street is nicknamed "Chancy Street." Google…
Chorine Court (West 47th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue)
O. O. McIntyre (1884-1938) wrote the syndicated newspaper column "New York Day By Day." On June 12, 1924, he wrote about "Chorine Court," a block on West 47th Street between…
Chow Mein Stem (Broadway; Mott Street)
Broadway has been called "the Main Stem" since at least the early 1900s. The Broadway nickname of "Chow Mein Stem" (chow mein + main stem) reflects a time when chow mein…
Chow Mein Street (Broadway)
Chinese restaurants serving chow mein used to crowd Broadway around Times Square. "Chow-Mein Street" (a street where Chinese people live) was cited in the New York City humor magazine…
Club Row (West 27th Street)
West 27th Street in Chelsea has become known as "club row" became of its many night spots. Page SixROCK AROUND THE BLOCK[ (9 clubs + 7,000 people) x 5 nights ] - 1 block = West 27th…
Club Row (West 44th Street)
Manhattan's West 44th Street has many clubs, such as the Cornell Club (6 East 44th), the Harvard Club (27 West 44th), the Penn Club (30 West 44th), the New York Yacht Club (37 West 44th), the…
Compact of Fifth Avenue (Pact of Fifth Avenue)
Richard Nixon (1913-1994), just before his appearance at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in July 1960, was called over to the Central Park East (Fifth Avenue) 14th floor apartment of…
Convict Alley (Lexington Avenue, between 119th and 126th streets)
The area of East Harlem on Lexington Avenue, between 119th Street and 126th Street, has been called "Convict Alley." The New York (NY) Daily News, in the story "Convict alley in…
Counterfeit Alley (Canal Street & Midtown Manhattan)
"Counterfeit Alley" is the name of any place that sells counterfeit (fake) goods. Yes, that $5 "Gucci" bag or $5 "Rolex" watch can probably be found there. Some of the…
Counterfeit Triangle (Canal Street area)
The "Counterfeit Triangle" area of Manhattan that sells counterfeit merchandise is bounded by Canal, Walker, Baxter and Centre Streets. The name "Counterfeit Alley" had been…
Cross-Roads of the World
Times Square became known as the "Cross-Roads of the World" by about 1923-1924. The nickname had been used before for European cities (London, Paris, Rome) or the Near East. It was soon…
Dead Line
The "deadline" started as a Civil War term, then became the police line at Fulton Street, and then became the police line at Fourteenth Street. The newspaper use of "deadline"…
Dead Man’s Curve
"Dead Man's Curve" is more popularly known today as a song by Jan and Dean, but it was the corner of 14th Street and Broadway. Some find it irony that a statue of Gandhi now stands…
Death Avenue; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
"Death Avenue" was the nickname of Eleventh Avenue, from about 1890. It got its name from New York Central train accidents. Previously, Fourth Avenue had been "Death Avenue."…
Death Street (Houston Street)
Houston Street in Manhattan has sometimes been called 'Death Street" for bicyclists. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/430576p-363009c.html 28 June 2006, New York Daily News,…
Death’s Thoroughfare (Mulberry Street)
Mulberry Street in Manhattan was called "Death's Thoroughfare" by the Board of Health in the 19th century, but several streets with tenements also deserved the title. The Sun (New…
Delicatessen Drive (Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets)
The Stage Delicatessen, on 834 Seventh Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in Manhattan, was opened by Russian immigrant Max Asnas (1898-1968) in 1937. The deli became a favorite with the Broadway…
Designers’ Row
Several streets claim to be "Designers' Row." All three can be justified. The block on East 58th Street (also East 59th Street), between Third and Second Avenues, has an official…
Doctors’ Row (or, Irish Fifth Avenue)
There are three "Doctors' Rows." One is at 122nd Street in Harlem, and the other is at Alexander Avenue (also called "Irish Fifth Avenue") in the Bronx. Both names are…
Dungeon Alley (Dungeon District)
"Dungeon Alley" or "Dungeon District" is the nickname (cited in print since 2007) for a roughly 20-block area of Manhattan (between Chelsea and Midtown) that caters to the sex…