NYC Neighborhoods Flashcards

1
Q

Where do house address numbers begin?

A

At 5th avenue and increase outwards from there. The higher the number the farther east or west

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2
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A

Midtown Center

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3
Q

Where does the Manhattan Grid begin?

When was it established?

A

North of Houston

1811

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4
Q

Where does SoHo come from?

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South of Houston Street

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5
Q

Where is

Morningside Heights

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6
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A

The American Radiator Building

40 West 40th St.

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7
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Where is

Manhattanville

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8
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Origina of Alphabet City Name?

A

Comprised of A B C and D avenues

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9
Q

What neighborhood is Washington Square park in?

A

Greenwich/West Village

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10
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Canal Street

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11
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What are the Avenues to the East, West and North of Grand Central?

A

East = Lexington

West = Madison

North = Park

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12
Q
A

56 Leonard St.

(FiDi)

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13
Q
A

Lennox Hill

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14
Q

Where does Park Ave S become Park Ave?

A

32nd St.

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15
Q

What are the boundaries of Chelsea?

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N/S 14th st. to 34th

Hudson River and 6th ave

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16
Q

Where is

Carroll Gardens

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17
Q

How to think of Madison Ave.?

A

Between Park Ave. and 5th Ave.

Can be thought of as 4 1/2 ave

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18
Q
A

West Village

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19
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A

SoHo

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20
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Boerum

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21
Q
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The Century Building

Central Park West and west 63rd

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22
Q
A

The Plaza Hotel

West 59th between 5th and 6th Ave

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23
Q

Where is

Lennox Hill

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24
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A

Manhattan Valley

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25
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Chinatown

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26
Q

Where is

Tompkins Square Park

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27
Q

What are the boundaries of Hell’s Kitchen

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N/S West 34th and West 42nd

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28
Q

Where is

Bryant Park

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29
Q

Where is

Midtown Center

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30
Q
A

The Potter Building

Corner of Park Row and Beekman off City Hall park

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31
Q
A

Canal Street

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32
Q
A

Carnegie Hall

West 57th and 7th Ave.

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33
Q
A

Carroll Gardens

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34
Q
A

Greenwich Village

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35
Q

Where is

Midtown South

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36
Q

Where is

Turtle Bay (Midtown East)

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37
Q

Where/why does Lexington Ave come from?

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4th ave merges with broadway into what becomes Park S at Union Square Park, Lexington is 4th Ave continued on the north side of Gramercy Park

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38
Q
A

Flatiron District

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39
Q
A

Flatiron Building

West 23rd and 5th Ave

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40
Q
A

Hudson Square

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41
Q

Where is

Clinton Hill

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42
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Broadway

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43
Q

Where is

Washington Heights

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44
Q

Where is

Gowanus

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45
Q
A

Upper East Side

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46
Q
A

The Ansonia

West 73rd and Broadway

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47
Q
A

Financial District

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48
Q

What is the history of the Empire State Building’s height status?

A

Completed in 1931, was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center’s completion in 1972.

Is now 39th

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49
Q

Where is

TriBeCa

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50
Q

When was the Empire State building Completed? and how long did it take?

A

1931

Just 14 months iduring the Great Depression

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51
Q
A

East Harlem

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52
Q
A

Hearst Magazine Building

West 57th and 8th Ave

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53
Q
A

The Seagram Building

Off Park Ave. between East 52nd and 53rd

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54
Q
A

Stuyvesant Town

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55
Q
A

Union Square Park

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56
Q

Where is

Murray Hill

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57
Q

Where is

Battery Park

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58
Q

Where is

NoLita

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59
Q
A

East Williamsburg

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60
Q

Where does NoMad come from?

A

North of Madison Square Park

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61
Q

Seward Park

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62
Q
A

100 11th Ave.

(off the Hudson)

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63
Q
A

Williamsburg

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64
Q

Where is

Fort Greene

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65
Q
A

Union Square

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66
Q

Where is

Koreatown

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67
Q
A

The Paramount Hotel

West 46th and 8th Ave.

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68
Q

Where does 1st St. start?

A

Just above Houston St.

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69
Q
A

Murray Hill

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70
Q
A

Morningside Heights

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71
Q

Where does Park Ave Start?

A

Starts at the SE corner of Union Square where Broadway and 4th Ave merge

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72
Q

Where is

Cobble Hill

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73
Q
A

Dumbo

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74
Q

Alphabet City

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75
Q

Where does 40 Wall St. rank in NYC building height? And American building height?

A

16th with 927ft

and 30th

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76
Q

Where is

Little Italy

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77
Q

Where is

Two Bridges

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78
Q
A

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House

Right off Bowling Green

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79
Q

14th St.

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80
Q

Bowery St.

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81
Q
A

Battery Park

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82
Q
A

Koreatown

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83
Q

Greenwich Village

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84
Q

Where is

Vinegar Hill

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85
Q
A

Civic Center

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86
Q

What neighborhoods does Houston Street divide?

A

Alphabet City, The east village, NoHo Greenwich village and the west village

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87
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A
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88
Q

Bowery

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89
Q

Where is

Bushwick

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90
Q
A

Bryant Park

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91
Q
A

UN Headquarters

On the East River between 42nd and 44th

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92
Q

What is the Lower East Side bounded by?

A

Houston St. to the north

Bowery to the West

Canal St. to the South

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93
Q

What separates Greenwich Village and the East Village?

A

Broadway

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94
Q

Where is

Lower East Side

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95
Q

Where is

West Village

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96
Q

Which Park is next to the NYU campus?

A

Washington Square Park

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97
Q
A

Greenpoint

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98
Q

Where is the East/West street dividing line in Manhattan?

A

5th Ave.

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99
Q

Where did TriBeCa come from?

A

Triangle Below Canal Street

100
Q

Where is

Theater District

A
101
Q
A

East Village

102
Q
A

Two Bridges

103
Q
A

8 Spruce St.

Right off park row on spruce by City Hall

104
Q
A

Cobble Hill

105
Q

Where is

Peter Cooper Village

A
106
Q
A

Domino Park Sugar Refinery

Off the East river just north of the Williamsburg bridge

107
Q

What neighborhood is Tompkins square park in?

A

East Village

108
Q
A

Hell’s Kitchen

109
Q

Union Square

A
110
Q

Where is

Stuyvesant Town

A
111
Q
A

Union Square Park

112
Q
A

Bowery

113
Q
A

Prospect Heights

114
Q
A

Gramercy Park

115
Q
A

Manhattanville

116
Q

East Village

A
117
Q

Where is

Williamsburg

A
118
Q
A

40 Wall St. now the Trump building

119
Q

Where is

SoHo

A
120
Q

Where does Lexington Ave start?

A

East 21st on the North Side of Gramercy Park

121
Q
A

Seward Park

122
Q

Where is

East Harlem

A
123
Q
A

550 Madison Ave.

124
Q
A

Empire State Building

Corner of 34th and 5th Avenue

125
Q

How high do the West East, East-West streets run?

A

up to 220th at the north end of the island

126
Q

Where is

Upper West Side

A
127
Q

Where is

Garment District

A
128
Q

Where are the boundaries of downtown midtown and uptown considered to be?

A

Below 14th st. is Downtown

14th St. up to 60th or the bottom of Central Park is Midtown

From 60th St. to 116th is Uptown

129
Q
A

Bowery St.

130
Q

Where is

Sutton Place

A
131
Q

Where is

Upper East Side

A
132
Q

Top 5 Tallest Buildings NYC

A

1, One World Trade - 1776

  1. 432 Park Ave. - 1396
  2. 30 Hudson Yards - 1296
  3. Empire State - 1250
  4. Bank of America Tower - 1200
133
Q

Flatiron District

A
134
Q
A

Woolworth Building

Barclay and Broadway (FiDi)

135
Q
A

Lever House

East 54th and Park

136
Q
A

Rockefeller Center

West 50th between 5th and 6th Ave

137
Q

Where is

Union Square Park

A
138
Q
A

Theater District

139
Q

What are the three bridges?

A

South to North

Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg

140
Q

Gramercy Park

A
141
Q
A

Yorkville

142
Q

Battery City Park

A
143
Q
A

Chelsea

144
Q
A

Tudor City

145
Q

Where is

Boerum

A
146
Q
A

Bushwick

147
Q

Where does NoHo come from?

A

North of Houston Street

148
Q

Where is

Chelsea

A
149
Q
A

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

East 51st between 5th and Madison

150
Q

Where is

Lincoln Square

A
151
Q

Major Dividing streets from south to north

A

canal

Houston

14th st.

23rd

34th

59th (Central Park)

72nd

96th

110th

152
Q

How to think of Lexington Ave.?

A

Is between 3rd Ave and Park Ave. Can be thought of as 3 1/2 Ave.

153
Q
A

Washington Heights

154
Q

How does Union Square Affect the avenues?

A

Both Broadway and 4th Ave Converge on the SE corner of the park. That street becomes Park S at the NE corner of Union Square and Broadway reappears at the SW corner

155
Q
A

Harlem

156
Q
A

Turtle Bay (Midtown East)

157
Q
A

Bryant Park

158
Q
A

Washington Sqaure Park

159
Q
A

The Beresford

off Central park

271 Central park west between 82nd and 83rd

160
Q
A

Citicorp Center

East 53rd between Lexington and 3rd Ave

161
Q
A

Crown Heights

162
Q
A

Tompkins Square Park

163
Q

Where is

Crown Heights

A
164
Q
A

NoMad

165
Q
A

Battery City Park

166
Q

Where is

Manhattan Valley

A
167
Q
A

Meatpacking District

168
Q
A

The NoMad Hotel

East 28th and Broadway

169
Q
A

Sutton Place

170
Q
A

Vinegar Hill

171
Q

Where is

Meatpacking District

A
172
Q
A

Alphabet City

173
Q
A

NoHo

174
Q
A

Gowanus

175
Q
A

The Irving Trust Company Building

1 Wall St.

176
Q

Where does the Chrysler building rank in NYC height?

A

8th with 1046ft

177
Q
A

The General Electric Building

East 51st and Lex

178
Q
A

The Dakota

Off Central Park

Between west 72nd and 73rd

179
Q

40 Wall St. Trivia

A

Was the tallest building in the world for just one month in 1930 before rival architects working on the Chrysler building added a spire to steal the title

180
Q

Hudson Square

A
181
Q

Where is

Prospect Heights

A
182
Q
A

St. Regis Hotel

East 55th between and Madison Ave.

183
Q
A

TriBeCa

184
Q

Population density of Manhattan according to the 2010 Census?

How does it compare to 1910?

A

72,000 people per square mile (1.6 mill over 23 miles)

101,000 people per square mile estimated in 1910

185
Q

Where is

Tudor City

A
186
Q
A

Timer Warner Center

Right off Columbus Circle

Between 59th and 58th

and 8th and 9th ave

187
Q
A

Kip’s Bay

188
Q

Avenue of the America’s is also called?

A

6th Ave

189
Q

Where is

Dumbo

A
190
Q

What is the main park in Greenwich Village?

A

Washington Square Park

191
Q
A

Peter Cooper Village

192
Q

Where is

Harlem

A
193
Q
A

Madison Square Park

194
Q
A

The McGraw Hill Building

330 West 42nd

195
Q

Where is

Madison Square Park

A
196
Q
A

Hamilton Heights

197
Q

Where is

NoHo

A
198
Q

Houston St.

A
199
Q
A

Lower East Side

200
Q
A

Garment District

201
Q

Where is

Yorkville

A
202
Q

Where is

Hell’s Kitchen

A
203
Q
A

432 Park Ave

204
Q
A

Upper West Side

205
Q
A

520 West 28th

206
Q

What streets bound Central Park N/S?

A

59th and 110th

207
Q
A

The New York Edition Hotel

Off Madison Square Park

Madison ave and east 24th

208
Q
A

Chrysler Building

42nd St. and Lexington Ave.

209
Q

Where is

Greenpoint

A
210
Q

Where is

NoMad

A
211
Q

How many Avenues aprx. is one mile going West to East or Vice Versa?

A

7

212
Q
A

Broadway

213
Q
A

Bank of America Tower

West 42nd and 6th Ave

214
Q
A

The Met Bruer Building

Off Madison Ave. between 74th and 75th

215
Q
A

New York Times Building

West 40th and 8th Ave

216
Q

Civic Center

A
217
Q
A

Park Slope

218
Q

Old Domino Sugar Factory Trivia

A

At one point was the largest sugar refinery in the world but stopped operations in 2004

219
Q

Where is

Hamilton Heights

A
220
Q
A

Midtown South

221
Q

Where is

East Williamsburg

A
222
Q
A

Lincoln Square

223
Q

A

Waldorf Astoria

East 49th and Park

224
Q

How many N/S city blocks are equal to a mile? (aprx)

A

20

225
Q

What separates the East Village and the Lower East Side?

A

Houston St.

226
Q
A

Clinton Hill

227
Q

Where is

Kip’s Bay

A
228
Q
A

The Pierre

795 5th Ave.

229
Q
A

ICA Building

Off the Hudson between w18th and w19th

230
Q

Where is

Park Slope

A
231
Q
A

Chinatown

232
Q
A

Fort Greene

233
Q

Where is

Washington Sqaure Park

A
234
Q
A

NoLita

235
Q
A

Little Italy

236
Q

Where does Madison Ave. Start?

A

At 23rd street and the southeast corner of Madison Square Park

237
Q
A

The Cobrin Building

13 John st. and Broadway

238
Q
A

Bloomberg Tower

East 59th and Lex

239
Q

What is the main park in the East Village?

A

Tompkins Square

240
Q

Where is

Financial District

A
241
Q
A

14th St.

242
Q
A

The Knickerbocker Hotel

West 42nd and 7th Ave.

243
Q
A

Washington Square Park

244
Q
A

Houston St.

245
Q
A