New York City Neighborhood Boundaries

[Sneakeater]

This is a great day for me.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/extremely-detailed-nyc-neighborhood-map.html

[small h]

There is really nothing I love more than a good interactive map.

[rozrapp]

Interesting that “Waterside Plaza” (which I’ve never heard of) includes Kips Bay, Murray Hill, and Gramercy Park, as well as Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village. Our apartment building is not in Murray Hill nor in Gramercy Park, but in-between the two. So…?

[Wilfrid]

It has Ocean Hill, so it has credibility.

[Wilfrid]

Hmm, it doesn't say Lower East Side unless you point your cursor at it.

@rozrapp I have never heard of Waterside Plaza either. The only Google result for it is an individual apartment building around E. 26th. So that just looks wrong.

[Wilfrid]

As the stats show, hardly anyone says Alphabet City any more.

[MitchW]

Waterside is the first or last stop on the M34 bus, so that might be a reason?

Maybe 25% is hardly anyone, but that's how many call it that.

 

 

[Wilfrid]

Right, maybe four people responded and one lives in the building. Otherwise there would be a least a search result or two.

[bloviatrix]

How do you not know about Waterside Plaza? It's a huge complex that is EAST of the FDR!!

Edited October 30, 2023 by bloviatrix

[Wilfrid]

Nobody is disputing that. I am disputing that it gave its name to the neighborhood. And it's down to 3% support on the map now.

[small h]

6 hours ago, rozrapp said:

Our apartment building is not in Murray Hill nor in Gramercy Park, but in-between the two. So…?

I'm not sure where you are exactly, but I used to live at the corner of 2nd Ave and E 22nd St. At the time, there were color-coded maps in cabs illustrating the various neighborhoods. The East Village! Midtown! Tribeca! My neighborhood had no name at all, and its color on the map was gray. So I told people I lived in The Gray Area. Maybe you do, too.

[bloviatrix]

3 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Nobody is disputing that. I am disputing that it gave its name to the neighborhood. And it's down to 3% support on the map now.

In that case I misread your initial post. I thought you weren't aware of the complex. It may be large, but it's NOT a neighborhood.

[rozrapp]

52 minutes ago, small h said:

I'm not sure where you are exactly, but I used to live at the corner of 2nd Ave and E 22nd St. At the time, there were color-coded maps in cabs illustrating the various neighborhoods. The East Village! Midtown! Tribeca! My neighborhood had no name at all, and its color on the map was gray. So I told people I lived in The Gray Area. Maybe you do, too.

I would think your location would be considered Gramercy Park.

We’re on the corner of 3rd Ave. and East 24th St.  At some point, there was an attempt to name our in-between area Rose Hill (can’t recall why) but it never took. As for those cab maps, our area was colored brown.

[Sneakeater]

They attempted to call it Rose Hill because that's what it was called in the 19th Century.

I.e., like Hudson Square, it was just a revival of the neighborhood's old name.

[MitchW]

2 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

In that case I misread your initial post. I thought you weren't aware of the complex. It may be large, but it's NOT a neighborhood.

I think it’s a neighborhood, it’s just east of the FDR!

[Orik]

8 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Hmm, it doesn't say Lower East Side unless you point your cursor at it.

@rozrapp I have never heard of Waterside Plaza either. The only Google result for it is an individual apartment building around E. 26th. So that just looks wrong.

A sprawling development (4 towers? plus low rise section) with everything you might need - nail salon, pizza place, gym. I know someone who lives there. 

[small h]

2 hours ago, rozrapp said:

I would think your location would be considered Gramercy Park.

The building was called The Gramercy East, but I and everyone else in it recognized that as aspirational. Common wisdom at the time was that everything within a 10:00 cab ride of the park was considered Gramercy Park. But it's not like I had a key or anything.

Edited October 31, 2023 by small h

[splinky]

1 hour ago, MitchW said:

I think it’s a neighborhood, it’s just east of the FDR!

it used to be famous for being overrun with rats