As I’ve said, I’m currently living in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. But where is Chelsea? Although New York is pretty dry when it comes to the names of its streets (numbered east-west streets and numbered north-south avenues), Manhattan is a quilt of neighborhood, each with its own history and character. Click the map below to see a map of Manhattan and the neighborhoods in the area.
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Akira Ohiso
June 29, 2006
3:11 am
Lexington Green
June 29, 2006
5:27 pm
That is the greatest name for a neighborhood ever.
Chicago neighborhoods are shown here, scroll down.
Chirol
June 29, 2006
10:03 pm
Mutantfrog
June 30, 2006
4:02 am
That is a great map, but in reality some of the neighborhood borders are a bit less well defined than it appears. For example, Little Italy barely exists anymore and is really far smaller than indicated, largely absorbed by a Chinatown which continues to grow.
Some people would also carve out a small part of the Garment District and call it Koreatown.
One could go on...
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September 24, 2006
10:04 pm
Duvet-Dayz
November 9, 2006
4:47 am
There is of course the official neighborhood map from the N.Y.C. Dep. of City Planning that maps the 59 community districts but most New Yorkers have a few more names for their neighborhoods.
There is Hell’s kitchen, the Meat Packing district, th...