New York City Neighborhood Location Maps
Feb 23, 2009, 11:21 am
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New York City Neighborhood Location Maps
I was looking for a track map of the tracks under Grand Central and came across this pretty decent map showing where all the neighborhoods in and around NYC are located
http://www.richegreen.com/NeighborhoodMaps20080216.pdf
Bounding streets would have been nice, but it's still a good resource.
His train track maps (very detailed) of the train tracks in and around the city are also available at http://www.richegreen.com
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MODERATOR'S NOTE
See also these maps posted by jerry a. laska in Post #21:
• NYC Department of City Planning Neighborhood Map
• NYC GIS Map
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http://www.richegreen.com/NeighborhoodMaps20080216.pdf
Bounding streets would have been nice, but it's still a good resource.
His train track maps (very detailed) of the train tracks in and around the city are also available at http://www.richegreen.com
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MODERATOR'S NOTE
See also these maps posted by jerry a. laska in Post #21:
• NYC Department of City Planning Neighborhood Map
• NYC GIS Map
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Last edited by dstan; Oct 18, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Feb 24, 2009, 9:18 pm
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Interesting. In a lot of years in NYC I've never heard a single person use the phrase "two bridges" though. Including a friend that lived smack in the middle of that area on the map. That's the lower east side last I checked, mostly including parts of Chinatown, or the Seaport area, depending on where those lines are exactly. But it's subjective I guess. Though it's not subjective that Chinatown runs well under the Manhattan bridge. If every single storefront has only Chinese characters, that's a pretty good sign. He should have gone for Five Points if he wanted to be creative.
But the real crime is calling Hells Kitchen "Clinton" which is common to taxi cab stickers and... well... basically nothing else.
But it's interesting.
But the real crime is calling Hells Kitchen "Clinton" which is common to taxi cab stickers and... well... basically nothing else.
But it's interesting.
Feb 26, 2009, 12:24 am
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Great find, cordelli, thanks!
I once met a guy who was adamant that it be called Clinton and was quite offended when I kept calling 'his' neighborhood Hell's Kitchen 
Mar 1, 2009, 9:06 pm
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This map is funny. As far as Manhattan goes:
"Two Bridges" - Never heard of it.
"Rose Hill" - Never heard of this, either.
"Clinton" - It's still called Hell's Kitchen.
"Manhattan Valley" - Never heard of it.
"Yorkville" - It's still called the Upper East Side.
"Civic Center" - What?? It's probably part of Chinatown, or Tribeca.
et cetera...
"Two Bridges" - Never heard of it.
"Rose Hill" - Never heard of this, either.
"Clinton" - It's still called Hell's Kitchen.
"Manhattan Valley" - Never heard of it.
"Yorkville" - It's still called the Upper East Side.
"Civic Center" - What?? It's probably part of Chinatown, or Tribeca.
et cetera...
Mar 1, 2009, 10:13 pm
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"Two Bridges" - I've heard of it somewhere, but it's definitely not used
"Rose Hill" - OK. I haven't heard of this one either
"Clinton" - It's Hell's Kitchen now, but it was Clinton for quite a while (or at least it tried to be Clinton) in the second half of the 20th century (Hell's Kitchen before that)
"Manhattan Valley" - This one's real. It's not well known, but that little chunk of the UWS is quite distinct from its surrounding neighborhoods (it's much more similar to Harlem than to most of the rest of the UWS).
"Yorkville" - Yorkville is also real. You could say it (and Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill) are all part of the UES, but they're more specific areas of the UES, whereas the part marked UES on the map is the real core of the UES.
"Civic Center" - This area is all courthouses and government offices. It's not really Tribeca (which is upscale residential-post-industrial) or Chinatown (which is all Chinese bustle). Although I also haven't really heard folks call it Two Bridges.
"Rose Hill" - OK. I haven't heard of this one either
"Clinton" - It's Hell's Kitchen now, but it was Clinton for quite a while (or at least it tried to be Clinton) in the second half of the 20th century (Hell's Kitchen before that)
"Manhattan Valley" - This one's real. It's not well known, but that little chunk of the UWS is quite distinct from its surrounding neighborhoods (it's much more similar to Harlem than to most of the rest of the UWS).
"Yorkville" - Yorkville is also real. You could say it (and Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill) are all part of the UES, but they're more specific areas of the UES, whereas the part marked UES on the map is the real core of the UES.
"Civic Center" - This area is all courthouses and government offices. It's not really Tribeca (which is upscale residential-post-industrial) or Chinatown (which is all Chinese bustle). Although I also haven't really heard folks call it Two Bridges.
Mar 2, 2009, 5:20 pm
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I live in "Rose Hill"..... first time I heard about it was about 2 years ago when some people in the neighborhood were trying to re-brand the area. Seems like we are the only area of Manhattan that appears as a nameless square in the cab maps, so apparently there was a push to find a nice name to use. We are never sure what to say: north of Gramercy park; Murray Hill, Flatiron.... none of these are really where we live.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
Mar 2, 2009, 9:46 pm
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I live in "Rose Hill"..... first time I heard about it was about 2 years ago when some people in the neighborhood were trying to re-brand the area. Seems like we are the only area of Manhattan that appears as a nameless square in the cab maps, so apparently there was a push to find a nice name to use. We are never sure what to say: north of Gramercy park; Murray Hill, Flatiron.... none of these are really where we live.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
Mar 2, 2009, 9:56 pm
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Two years ago or ten years ago?
Mar 2, 2009, 10:30 pm
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Mar 3, 2009, 6:52 am
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I know the term of course, but I have never heard it used in conversation. My friends who live and/or hang out there will refer to their apartment or a bar/restaurant as being on the UES, never as being in Yorkville...
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This map is funny. As far as Manhattan goes:
"Two Bridges" - Never heard of it.
"Rose Hill" - Never heard of this, either.
"Clinton" - It's still called Hell's Kitchen.
"Manhattan Valley" - Never heard of it.
"Yorkville" - It's still called the Upper East Side.
"Civic Center" - What?? It's probably part of Chinatown, or Tribeca.
et cetera...
"Two Bridges" - Never heard of it.
"Rose Hill" - Never heard of this, either.
"Clinton" - It's still called Hell's Kitchen.
"Manhattan Valley" - Never heard of it.
"Yorkville" - It's still called the Upper East Side.
"Civic Center" - What?? It's probably part of Chinatown, or Tribeca.
et cetera...
"Two Bridges" - I've heard of it somewhere, but it's definitely not used
"Rose Hill" - OK. I haven't heard of this one either
"Clinton" - It's Hell's Kitchen now, but it was Clinton for quite a while (or at least it tried to be Clinton) in the second half of the 20th century (Hell's Kitchen before that)
"Manhattan Valley" - This one's real. It's not well known, but that little chunk of the UWS is quite distinct from its surrounding neighborhoods (it's much more similar to Harlem than to most of the rest of the UWS).
"Yorkville" - Yorkville is also real. You could say it (and Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill) are all part of the UES, but they're more specific areas of the UES, whereas the part marked UES on the map is the real core of the UES.
"Civic Center" - This area is all courthouses and government offices. It's not really Tribeca (which is upscale residential-post-industrial) or Chinatown (which is all Chinese bustle). Although I also haven't really heard folks call it Two Bridges.
"Rose Hill" - OK. I haven't heard of this one either
"Clinton" - It's Hell's Kitchen now, but it was Clinton for quite a while (or at least it tried to be Clinton) in the second half of the 20th century (Hell's Kitchen before that)
"Manhattan Valley" - This one's real. It's not well known, but that little chunk of the UWS is quite distinct from its surrounding neighborhoods (it's much more similar to Harlem than to most of the rest of the UWS).
"Yorkville" - Yorkville is also real. You could say it (and Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill) are all part of the UES, but they're more specific areas of the UES, whereas the part marked UES on the map is the real core of the UES.
"Civic Center" - This area is all courthouses and government offices. It's not really Tribeca (which is upscale residential-post-industrial) or Chinatown (which is all Chinese bustle). Although I also haven't really heard folks call it Two Bridges.
I live in "Rose Hill"..... first time I heard about it was about 2 years ago when some people in the neighborhood were trying to re-brand the area. Seems like we are the only area of Manhattan that appears as a nameless square in the cab maps, so apparently there was a push to find a nice name to use. We are never sure what to say: north of Gramercy park; Murray Hill, Flatiron.... none of these are really where we live.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
Rose Hill does have some historical accuracy since it was a name used to the area ages ago, but of course nobody ever uses it today.
These name changes are strictly to create "districts" to make the area more marketable and "safe".
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