neighborhood name origins Flashcards by lindsay bjorklund

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fort george

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named after a fort named after king george V

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washington heights

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fort washington (which used to be there)

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hamilton heights

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alexander hamilton

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harlem

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haarlem, a dutch city

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carnegie hill

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andrew carnegie (scottish tycoon)

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turtle bay

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“duetal” dutch for knife

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times square

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the NYT

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hell’s kitchen

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unsure, probably early gang violence

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chelsea

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british nursing home

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greenwich

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dutch “groenwijck” meaning green district

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tribeca

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triangle below canal street

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battery park

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used to be assault batteries

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wall street

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used to be an actual wall there

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nolita

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north of little italy

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bowery

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dutch “bouwenj” meaning farm

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stuyvesant

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dutch governor

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gramercy

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dutch “Krom Moerasje” meaning “crooked little swamp”

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tenderloin

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lots of bribery in area in the old times

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lennox hill

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scottish businessman robert lennox

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manhattan

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lenape word “island of many hills”

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herald square

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herald newspaper