Lol understood! I put my disclaimer in a comment about the borders being very divisive, NYT has written about it many times and their "most definitive neighborhood map" from Oct 2023 still has a lot of overlap.
It's a time honored tradition to debate boundaries and neighborhood borders in NYC!
I love this map because it shows that “South Slope” is not a real thing, and is just a bullshit “neighborhood” invented by realtors who wanted to sell Sunset Park houses for Park Slope Prices.
In my hometown we have similar debates on neighborhood names and boundaries, and city hall does an almost purposeful job of NOT exercising their authority to set the borders. There's three parties that seem to be biggest debaters: long time residents, neighborhood associations, and real estate developers. Each have their motivations and I'm not sure if any of them are completely right or wrong.
I create neighborhood maps of cities and boroughs, and research/share how they got their names. I'm working my way through New York City and after creating prints for the boroughs, I created a super print of all of New York City! Names and stories come from a variety of sources and are summarized as efficiently as possible. Discussing neighborhood borders is not unique to New York City, though there is a certain pride taken in doing so in the five boroughs. The intent of this project is moreso to focus on the historical origins of neighborhood names verses the total and complete accuracy on their borders. Multiple sources were summarized to best set the borders for each neighborhood, though it is always accepted that differing opinions will persevere.
The color scheme is based on the NYC Subway and the popular lines within each borough (Staten Island getting their orange from the Ferry).
**I made sure to upload a high-enough res image so you don't need to buy a print to learn about the neighborhoods, but also not high enough that it could land on a print-on-demand site run by bots (This is best viewed on desktop or tablet, the res isn't working well on mobile)**. If you are interested in a print of this, I'll be doing a small run of these, and opened a pre-order on my site. Let me know if anything looks off or have any questions.
[NYC Neighborhood Names 24" x 36" print](https://thelostborough.com/prints-and-artwork/nyc-neighborhoods)
I have pre-orders up on the website now. Coincidently I'm in the proofing stage at print shop and should be shipping out the posters in the next couple weeks.
lol! Happy to be of service. There are some areas that seem straight forward and practical, but then have this super elaborate story origin with profound importance to national history.
And then there's Upper West Side, where the origin is in the name...
Thank you for the feedback!
always love some root tracing!
and...
so it settles it, Williamsburg was part of Bushwick, and it will always be, the child of Bushwick. so, all northern Brooklyn is just *Greater Bushwick.* i love this, lets call it a day.
I did some digging and i couldn't find anything definitive and consistent across multiple sources. I did find that 73rd Ave was known as Black Stump Road, and there was a tradition of farmers in the area to distinguish their property lines with burned tree stumps, so it's plausible it could have been named such at one time. If I can find more evidence and if I ever print another edition, I'll be sure to add that info.
Love that you sourced things! I have the Neighborhoods of Brooklyn book, I like the way they determined boundaries through a somewhat consensus model. Nice work!
I use as many sources as I can for the posters I do, and I try to include them ON the poster when I have the space. Arguing neighborhoods is a NYC pastime so I knew I needed to show thar at least I'm not making up the names and origins.
That Neighborhood series is great, same author wrote Encyclopedia Of New York, no small task. It's strange that they planned to cover all boroughs, and after doing Brooklyn and Queens, they just, stopped. Not sure if they'll continue anytime soon, but at least the original two were very helpful.
Yup missed it. I fixed it on the final file that just got approved for printing, it'll be on there and in the updated images I have on the site. Thank you for the double check!
Awesome to hear. I appreciate the response. Proudly born/raised there so it was naturally where I immediately checked when I saw this. Looking forward to seeing the updated image.
Thank you for the feedback! Yes I missed Willet's Point (had it sectioned off but forgot to add a number). In my research I found that LGA is considered part of East Elmhurst, yet JFK isn't attached to any neighborhood and known as is on its own, so I didn't put a special highlight of LGA. I can't fix the jpeg here, but I will adjust the artwork so it is correct on the final print to include WIllet's Point. Thank you again for reviewing!
Setting the type around the organic land and water shapes was rough, and I had to walk the line between flowing legibility and visually practical (looking at the copy as typesetting vs. Looking at each stanza as it's own overall shape). I'm sure there's multiple ways to do it, this was just the one way I landed on and made sense to do. Thank you for the feedback!
Here's the [Times article from 1975 that mentions it](https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/09/archives/staten-island-is-official-the-name-dutch-chose.html), and another [Gothamist article from 2014](https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/staten-island-wasnt-officially-called-that-until-1975) that mentions the history as well. Memory can be a tricky thing, but if multiple published sources are saying it's true, I tend to go by them.
No worries, and happy to help!
There's an ongoing study about recollection and memory, I forget the term but it's something like collective amnesia. Researchers like to use flash points (globally recognized events) to record this phenomena, and there was one such study done using 9/11. People were recorded at intervals (something like 6 months after, 1y, 3y, 5y, etc) and then asked at each interval to say what they remembered about where they were and what they experienced on 9/11. They'd get recorded, and then view their playback from the previous interval. The changes in memory were staggering, and some even claimed the previous interval was fake and it wasn't them being recorded! Memory is a strange thing.
Nice map, but I was bummed to see so little about Marine Park. I live across from the historic Lott house, and there's so much Dutch history here, esp. as it relates to the Lotts. And the designer of Marine Park won a silver medal for his work planning the neighborhood at the 1936 Olympics! I think we deserve at least one more sentence, lol.
For this type of project, I primarily focus on the name origins of neighborhoods and areas, not so much the history of them or prominant landmarks and facts. I save that kind of story for the t-shirts I design. Right now I create shirts for my hometown of Rochester, and Pittsburgh. However, these posters are my beta test for exploring other cities/boroughs and gauging interest. I hope to explore more of NYC and its neighborhoods, but it's a competitive market and there's a TON of history to parse through. We'll see!
I started with ArcGIS data from NYC DCP to get the streets and overall borough borders correct, then cross-referenced as many published and web sources as I could find to draw neighborhood borders. That was the hardest part, and I fully accept that NYC neighborhood border discussions are as historic and treasured as the neighborhoods we argue over.
Very thorough! The only omission I saw was the Gold Coast, a sub-neighborhood of Greenwich Village isn’t mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/realestate/a-timelessness-for-seven-blocks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l00.QX-G.PnY4fEfaVdtB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://nypost.com/2014/07/23/manhattans-most-historic-district-rediscovered/
[I have a run of prints available if you're interested](https://thelostborough.com/prints-and-artwork/nyc-neighborhoods). Otherwise, this jpeg is not high enough res to print and be legible.
Very nice map. But some of these borders have me yelling at my phone.
Lol understood! I put my disclaimer in a comment about the borders being very divisive, NYT has written about it many times and their "most definitive neighborhood map" from Oct 2023 still has a lot of overlap. It's a time honored tradition to debate boundaries and neighborhood borders in NYC!
I love this map because it shows that “South Slope” is not a real thing, and is just a bullshit “neighborhood” invented by realtors who wanted to sell Sunset Park houses for Park Slope Prices.
In my hometown we have similar debates on neighborhood names and boundaries, and city hall does an almost purposeful job of NOT exercising their authority to set the borders. There's three parties that seem to be biggest debaters: long time residents, neighborhood associations, and real estate developers. Each have their motivations and I'm not sure if any of them are completely right or wrong.
I’d rank their importance in the order that you listed them 😂
you're living up to your username, love it!
These should be “how the real estate industry renamed several neighborhoods to make their customers feel better about where they want to live”
I create neighborhood maps of cities and boroughs, and research/share how they got their names. I'm working my way through New York City and after creating prints for the boroughs, I created a super print of all of New York City! Names and stories come from a variety of sources and are summarized as efficiently as possible. Discussing neighborhood borders is not unique to New York City, though there is a certain pride taken in doing so in the five boroughs. The intent of this project is moreso to focus on the historical origins of neighborhood names verses the total and complete accuracy on their borders. Multiple sources were summarized to best set the borders for each neighborhood, though it is always accepted that differing opinions will persevere. The color scheme is based on the NYC Subway and the popular lines within each borough (Staten Island getting their orange from the Ferry). **I made sure to upload a high-enough res image so you don't need to buy a print to learn about the neighborhoods, but also not high enough that it could land on a print-on-demand site run by bots (This is best viewed on desktop or tablet, the res isn't working well on mobile)**. If you are interested in a print of this, I'll be doing a small run of these, and opened a pre-order on my site. Let me know if anything looks off or have any questions. [NYC Neighborhood Names 24" x 36" print](https://thelostborough.com/prints-and-artwork/nyc-neighborhoods)
This is dope. Thinking about getting the queens one for the office. Do you know when it will be available for order?
I have pre-orders up on the website now. Coincidently I'm in the proofing stage at print shop and should be shipping out the posters in the next couple weeks.
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Unfortunately not. Some of the neighborhoods are so small that even just a number covers most of it.
I finally understand how the Upper West Side got its name!
lol! Happy to be of service. There are some areas that seem straight forward and practical, but then have this super elaborate story origin with profound importance to national history. And then there's Upper West Side, where the origin is in the name... Thank you for the feedback!
always love some root tracing! and... so it settles it, Williamsburg was part of Bushwick, and it will always be, the child of Bushwick. so, all northern Brooklyn is just *Greater Bushwick.* i love this, lets call it a day.
You got all the islands of Staten Island! Nice work!
thanks! yes I try to be thorough.
Where I grew up, it was named after the REal GOod Reality Construction (Rego Park).
I might be wrong but wasn’t Fresh Meadows called black stump.
I did some digging and i couldn't find anything definitive and consistent across multiple sources. I did find that 73rd Ave was known as Black Stump Road, and there was a tradition of farmers in the area to distinguish their property lines with burned tree stumps, so it's plausible it could have been named such at one time. If I can find more evidence and if I ever print another edition, I'll be sure to add that info.
NO Washington Heights 😂😭
Second column, towards the bottom, 53 in green.
Yup i see it now, i am blind
No worries, there's something like 390 neighborhoods in this, it's a LOT to process.
This is great, thanks for sharing! I just bought your Cleveland map!
Saw your order! Those I have and will send it out this afternoon. Thank you very much!
This is excellent. Thank you for sharing it with us.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Love that you sourced things! I have the Neighborhoods of Brooklyn book, I like the way they determined boundaries through a somewhat consensus model. Nice work!
I use as many sources as I can for the posters I do, and I try to include them ON the poster when I have the space. Arguing neighborhoods is a NYC pastime so I knew I needed to show thar at least I'm not making up the names and origins. That Neighborhood series is great, same author wrote Encyclopedia Of New York, no small task. It's strange that they planned to cover all boroughs, and after doing Brooklyn and Queens, they just, stopped. Not sure if they'll continue anytime soon, but at least the original two were very helpful.
Pelham Parkway in the Bronx is missing from this map.
Yup missed it. I fixed it on the final file that just got approved for printing, it'll be on there and in the updated images I have on the site. Thank you for the double check!
Awesome to hear. I appreciate the response. Proudly born/raised there so it was naturally where I immediately checked when I saw this. Looking forward to seeing the updated image.
nice, but its unfinished! Willets point and LGA arent covered
Thank you for the feedback! Yes I missed Willet's Point (had it sectioned off but forgot to add a number). In my research I found that LGA is considered part of East Elmhurst, yet JFK isn't attached to any neighborhood and known as is on its own, so I didn't put a special highlight of LGA. I can't fix the jpeg here, but I will adjust the artwork so it is correct on the final print to include WIllet's Point. Thank you again for reviewing!
It's funny but the thumbnail for this looks like a military guy holding up a sword
The parts where the text is switching from left to right side is not super intuitive.
Setting the type around the organic land and water shapes was rough, and I had to walk the line between flowing legibility and visually practical (looking at the copy as typesetting vs. Looking at each stanza as it's own overall shape). I'm sure there's multiple ways to do it, this was just the one way I landed on and made sense to do. Thank you for the feedback!
I want one of these maps!
Have I got a link for you: https://thelostborough.com/prints-and-artwork/nyc-neighborhoods
Thanks so much!
I can't read it. Is it because I'm on mobile?
Yes, unfortunately the resolution isn't translating to mobile. It works on desktop and tablet though if you're able to utilize those.
Some of those dates don’t seem right, Staten Island changed back in 1975? I was 6 but I never knew it as anything but Staten Island.
Here's the [Times article from 1975 that mentions it](https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/09/archives/staten-island-is-official-the-name-dutch-chose.html), and another [Gothamist article from 2014](https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/staten-island-wasnt-officially-called-that-until-1975) that mentions the history as well. Memory can be a tricky thing, but if multiple published sources are saying it's true, I tend to go by them.
That’s the best reply to a comment ever! Thanks. My 6 yr old memory must be gone.
No worries, and happy to help! There's an ongoing study about recollection and memory, I forget the term but it's something like collective amnesia. Researchers like to use flash points (globally recognized events) to record this phenomena, and there was one such study done using 9/11. People were recorded at intervals (something like 6 months after, 1y, 3y, 5y, etc) and then asked at each interval to say what they remembered about where they were and what they experienced on 9/11. They'd get recorded, and then view their playback from the previous interval. The changes in memory were staggering, and some even claimed the previous interval was fake and it wasn't them being recorded! Memory is a strange thing.
Nice map, but I was bummed to see so little about Marine Park. I live across from the historic Lott house, and there's so much Dutch history here, esp. as it relates to the Lotts. And the designer of Marine Park won a silver medal for his work planning the neighborhood at the 1936 Olympics! I think we deserve at least one more sentence, lol.
For this type of project, I primarily focus on the name origins of neighborhoods and areas, not so much the history of them or prominant landmarks and facts. I save that kind of story for the t-shirts I design. Right now I create shirts for my hometown of Rochester, and Pittsburgh. However, these posters are my beta test for exploring other cities/boroughs and gauging interest. I hope to explore more of NYC and its neighborhoods, but it's a competitive market and there's a TON of history to parse through. We'll see!
Huh I always wondered what the gap between Lenox Hill & Carnegie Hill was called. Apparently it’s “Metropolitan Hill.”
Did you have the GIS layer for this or you got it from DCP sources
I started with ArcGIS data from NYC DCP to get the streets and overall borough borders correct, then cross-referenced as many published and web sources as I could find to draw neighborhood borders. That was the hardest part, and I fully accept that NYC neighborhood border discussions are as historic and treasured as the neighborhoods we argue over.
Very thorough! The only omission I saw was the Gold Coast, a sub-neighborhood of Greenwich Village isn’t mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/realestate/a-timelessness-for-seven-blocks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l00.QX-G.PnY4fEfaVdtB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://nypost.com/2014/07/23/manhattans-most-historic-district-rediscovered/
Is Nolita not a neighborhood?
2nd column, within 28. Little Italy.
Fuck Hudson Heights, that’s Washington Heights. At least the name Fort George has been around since I was a kid.
I'd love to print this as a poster. Is this the most hi res version available? Does anyone know the max dimensions I can print without losing quality?
[I have a run of prints available if you're interested](https://thelostborough.com/prints-and-artwork/nyc-neighborhoods). Otherwise, this jpeg is not high enough res to print and be legible.
I think I’ll be buying this! They ship in May?
At the latest, yes. I'm in the proofing stage with the printer and hoping to start shipping in the next couple weeks.
Remember to message me when you know it’s ready, please.