Editing Manhattan (section)

===Neighborhoods===
{{Main|Neighborhoods in New York City|List of Manhattan neighborhoods}}
[[File:Past Vs. Present.png|thumb|upright|The [[Empire State Building]] (in foreground) looking south from the top of [[Rockefeller Center]] with [[One World Trade Center]] (in background)]]

Manhattan's many neighborhoods are not named according to any particular convention, nor do they have official boundaries. Some are geographical (the [[Upper East Side]]), or ethnically descriptive ([[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]]). Others are [[acronyms]], such as [[TriBeCa]] (for "TRIangle BElow CAnal Street") or [[SoHo]] ("SOuth of HOuston"), [[NoLIta, Manhattan|NoLIta]] ("NOrth of Little ITAly"), and [[NoMad]] ("NOrth of MADison Square Park").<ref>Senft, Bret. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-tribeca-families-are-the-catalyst-for-change.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/TriBeCa; Families Are the Catalyst for Change"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328040004/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-tribeca-families-are-the-catalyst-for-change.html |date=March 28, 2019 }}, ''The New York Times'', September 26, 1993. Accessed June 30, 2009. "Families have overtaken commerce as the catalyst for change in this TRIangle BElow CAnal Street (although the only triangle here is its heart: Hudson Street meeting West Broadway at Chambers Street, with Canal its north side) ... Artists began seeking refuge from fashionable SoHo (SOuth of HOuston) as early as the mid-70s."</ref><ref>Cohen, Joyce. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/17/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-nolita-a-slice-of-little-italy-moving-upscale.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Nolita; A Slice of Little Italy Moving Upscale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402153955/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/17/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-nolita-a-slice-of-little-italy-moving-upscale.html |date=April 2, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 17, 1998. Accessed November 30, 2023. "No one is quite certain what to call this part of town. Nolita—north of Little Italy, that is—certainly pinpoints it geographically. The not-quite-acronym was apparently coined several years ago by real-estate brokers seeking to give the area at least a little cachet."</ref><ref>Louie, Elaine. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/05/garden/the-trendy-discover-nomad-land-and-move-in.html "The Trendy Discover NoMad Land, and Move In"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031542/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/05/garden/the-trendy-discover-nomad-land-and-move-in.html |date=March 28, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 5, 1999. Accessed November 30, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Feirstein |first = Sanna |title = Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names |publisher = [[New York University Press]] |year = 2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is4VCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 | isbn = 978-0-8147-2712-6|page=103}}</ref><ref>Sternbergh, Adam. [https://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/65365/ "Soho. Nolita. Dumbo. NoMad? Branding the last unnamed neighborhood in Manhattan."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325031050/http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/65365/ |date=March 25, 2015 }}, ''[[New York (magazine)]]'', April 11, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2016.</ref> [[Harlem]] is a name from the Dutch colonial era after [[Haarlem]], a city in the Netherlands.<ref>Pitts, David. [http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2005/06/20050606090446pssnikwad0.6376154.html "U.S. Postage Stamp Honors Harlem's Langston Hughes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202045942/http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2005/06/20050606090446pssnikwad0.6376154.html |date=February 2, 2017 }}, [[United States Department of State]]. Accessed November 20, 2016. "Harlem, or Nieuw Haarlem, as it was originally named, was established by the Dutch in 1658 after they took control from Native Americans. They named it after Haarlem, a city in the Netherlands."</ref> Some have simple [[folkloric]] names, such as [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]], alongside their more official but lesser used title (in this case, Clinton).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/04/22/helluva-town-origins-new-york-hellish-place-names|publisher=New York Public Library|title=A Helluva Town: The Origins of New York's Hellish Place Names|author=Carmen Nigro|date=April 22, 2011}}</ref>

Some neighborhoods, such as [[SoHo]], which is mixed use, are known for [[luxury goods|upscale shopping]] as well as residential use.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/07/27/the-shopping-district-that-banned-retail-sohos-incoherent-zoning/|work=The Real Deal|title=The shopping district that banned retail: Soho's incoherent zoning|author=Joe Lovinger|date=July 27, 2021}}</ref> Others, such as [[Greenwich Village]], the [[Lower East Side, Manhattan|Lower East Side]], [[Alphabet City, Manhattan|Alphabet City]] and the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], have long been associated with the [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] subculture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-greenwich-village|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=September 13, 2023|title=Bohemia in Greenwich Village}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cooperatornews.com/article/a-look-at-manhattans-east-village|work=Cooperator News|title=A Look at Manhattan's East Village|author=Hannah Fons|date=August 2009}}</ref><ref>[[Frank Bruni|Bruni, Frank]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/07/nyregion/the-grounds-he-stamped-the-new-york-of-ginsberg.html "The Grounds He Stamped: The New York Of Ginsberg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328070541/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/07/nyregion/the-grounds-he-stamped-the-new-york-of-ginsberg.html |date=March 28, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 7, 1997. Accessed June 30, 2009. "Indeed, for all the worldwide attention that Mr. Ginsberg received, he was always a creature and icon principally of downtown Manhattan, his world view forged in its crucible of political and sexual passions, his eccentricities nurtured by those of its peculiar demimonde, his individual myth entwined with that of the bohemian East Village in which he made his home. ''He embodied the East Village and the Lower East Side'', Bill Morgan, a friend and Mr. Ginsberg's archivist, said yesterday."</ref> [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] is one of several Manhattan neighborhoods with large [[LGBT culture in New York City|gay populations]] and has become a center of both the international [[visual art|art industry]] and New York's nightlife.<ref>Dunlap, David W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/realestate/the-new-chelsea-s-many-faces.html "The New Chelsea's Many Faces"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031044/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/realestate/the-new-chelsea-s-many-faces.html |date=March 28, 2019 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 13, 1994. Accessed June 30, 2009. "Gay Chelsea's role has solidified with the arrival of A Different Light bookstore, a cultural cornerstone that had been housed for a decade in an {{convert|800|sqft|m2|0|adj=on}} nook at 548 Hudson Street, near Perry Street. It now takes up more than {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|-2}} at 151 West 19th Street and its migration seems to embody a northward shift of gay life from Greenwich Village... Because of Chelsea's reputation, Mr. Garmendia said, single women were not likely to move in. But single men did. "The whole neighborhood became gay during the 70's", he said."</ref> [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] has the highest concentration of people of [[Chinese Americans in New York City|Chinese]] descent outside of [[Asia]].<ref>Grimes, Christopher. [https://archive.today/20120729000922/http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=030414001065 "World News: New York's Chinatown starts to feel the pinch over 'the bug'"], ''[[Financial Times]]'', April 14, 2003. Accessed May 19, 2007. "New York's Chinatown is the site of the largest concentration of Chinese people in the western hemisphere."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=1195 |title=Chinatown: A World of Dining, Shopping, and History |access-date=April 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709160929/http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=1195 |archive-date=July 9, 2006 }}, [[NYC & Company]]. Accessed June 30, 2009. "No visit to New York City is complete without exploring the sights, cuisines, history, and shops of the biggest Chinatown in the United States. The largest concentration of Chinese people—150,000—in the Western Hemisphere are in a two-square-mile area in downtown Manhattan that's loosely bounded by Lafayette, Worth, and Grand streets and East Broadway."</ref> [[Koreatown, Manhattan|Koreatown]] is roughly centered on 32nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.<ref name=KoreatownExpanding>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/koreatown-discerning-diners-article-1.2195196|title=Koreatown in NYC is now being taken more seriously as a dining destination|author=Gina Pace|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011113012/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/koreatown-discerning-diners-article-1.2195196|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]] features a growing number of Indian restaurants and spice shops along a stretch of [[Lexington Avenue]] between 25th and 30th Streets which has become known as ''[[Curry Hill]]''.<ref>Ensminger, Kris. [http://events.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12rest.html  "More Than Tandoori"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901115631/http://events.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12rest.html  |date=September 1, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 20, 2016. "Curry Hill, centered on Lexington Avenue and 28th Street, is named for its many Indian restaurants and spice shops."</ref> [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] in [[Uptown Manhattan]] is home to the largest [[Dominican Americans#New York City|Dominican immigrant]] community in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lbi.org/exhibitions/virtual-refuge-heights/changing-neighborhood/ |title=A Changing Neighborhood |publisher=Leo Baeck Institute |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> [[Harlem]], also in Upper Manhattan, is the historical epicenter of [[African American]] culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance|access-date=September 13, 2023|title=A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance|work=National Museum of African American History and Culture |publisher=Smithsonian}}</ref> Since 2010, a ''[[Little Australia]]'' has emerged and is growing in Nolita, Lower Manhattan.<ref name=LittleAustraliaNYC>{{cite web|url=https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/travel-inspiration/crikey-welcome-to-little-australia-in-new-york-city/|title=G-day! Welcome to Little Australia in New York City|author=Shaun Busuttil|publisher=KarryOn|date=November 3, 2016|access-date=May 24, 2019|quote=In Little Australia, Australian-owned cafes are popping up all over the place (such as Two Hands), joining other Australian-owned businesses (such as nightclubs and art galleries) as part of a growing green and gold contingent in NYC. Indeed, walking in this neighbourhood, the odds of your hearing a fellow Aussie ordering a coffee or just kicking back and chatting are high – very high – so much so that if you're keen to meet other Aussies whilst taking your own bite out of the Big Apple, then this is the place to throw that Australian accent around like it's going out of fashion!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523165204/https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/travel-inspiration/crikey-welcome-to-little-australia-in-new-york-city/|archive-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Manhattan has two central business districts, the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] at the southern tip of the island, and [[Midtown Manhattan]]. The term ''uptown'' also refers to the northern part of Manhattan above [[72nd Street (Manhattan)|72nd Street]] and ''downtown'' to the southern portion below [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]],<ref name="NYCBasics">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=365 |title=NYC Basics |access-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011014616/http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=365 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}, [[NYC & Company]]. Accessed June 30, 2009. "Downtown (below 14th Street) contains Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa, and the Wall Street financial district."</ref> with ''Midtown'' covering the area in between, though definitions can be fluid. [[Fifth Avenue]] roughly bisects Manhattan Island and acts as the demarcation line for east/west designations.<ref name="NYCBasics"/><ref>Grynbaum, Michael C. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/nyregion/23fifth.html "Along 5th Ave. in Manhattan, a Dispute Over Where East and West Begin"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 22, 2011. Accessed January 1, 2024. "Fifth Avenue, the glittering central spine of Manhattan, is the undisputed divider of the city's famous street grid: east of Fifth is East, and west of Fifth is West. Been that way since 1838."</ref> South of [[Waverly Place]], Fifth Avenue terminates and Broadway becomes the east/west demarcation line.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} In Manhattan, ''uptown'' means north and ''downtown'' means south.<ref name=ManhattanUptownDowntown>{{cite web|url=https://newdevrev.com/uptown-vs-downtown-whats-the-difference/|title=Uptown vs. Downtown? What's the difference?|author=Emily Injeian|date=August 12, 2022 |publisher=NewDevRev|access-date=September 10, 2023|quote=Keep in mind, uptown and downtown are not just neighborhood designations, they are also directions. If you hear someone say they are moving uptown, that could mean they are moving anywhere north of where they currently live. Likewise with downtown.}}</ref> This usage differs from that of most American cities, where ''downtown'' refers to the central business district.