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These are Manhattan neighborhoods, except for one, which is in Brooklyn.

What do the names stand for? Where are they?:  Answers below:

 

 

 

1. SoHo

2.  Dumbo

3. SoHa

4. Tribeca

5. NoHo

6. LES

7. UES

8. UWS

9 CPS

 

Answers

 

1.South Of **uston - lower Manhattan ,

2 Down U the Manhattan Bridge  Overpass in Brooklyn, an up and coming artsy, retail, commercial, neighborhood.

3. South Harlem- upper Manhattan,  below Harlem, near the northern side of Central Park

4 Tr iangle below  Canal - lower Manhattan

5.North of **uston- lower Manhattan

 

 

6-9 are commonly written as abbreviations, but the full name is always spoken. You would not say LES, but  would say Lower East Side.

LES - Lower East Side,

UES - Upper East  Side

UWS - Upper West Side

CPS, and  CPW, Central Park South  and  Central Park West

 

Houston  Street is pronounced  " How' sten  in NY.  The city in Texas is prounounced Hew' ston.

 

 

If you got them all right, you are awarded a Big Apple.

 

 

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Feb 5, 2010 7:20 AM Contessa Vanessa Contessa Vanessa    says:

The cyberspace censor is at my throat again. 

The blocked  word  with the ** is

H O U S T O N 

As we might say in New  York I will "fuggetaboudit"

Feb 5, 2010 5:17 PM JBa JBa    says in response to Contessa Vanessa:

Nice quiz and great explanation to everything. Thank you very much. Look like I still have to learn a lot until I become familiar with NY.

Feb 5, 2010 7:33 PM Amanda Kehoe Amanda Kehoe    says:

Marlene,

 

Great fact-sharing quiz! I like 'Dumbo', 'NoHo', and 'SoHa' as these abbreviations are not as familiar to most non-New York residents.

 

I enjoy having you on board! Your vast knowledge of New York is priceless. I NY!

 

Respectfully,

Amanda Kehoe

Feb 6, 2010 3:50 AM Ronald Chadwick Ronald Chadwick    says:

I always thought that SOHO was named after the London district SOHO famous for nightlife particularly restaraunt's