Of these 38 neighborhood names, 19 took off only after 1950, beginning with Cobble Hill, which first appeared in the Times in 1960.
The map and chart follow 38 New York City neighborhood names through 152,247 Times article matches and mark when each name first appeared. Of those names, 19 are new names that took off after 1950, seven were pushed and never caught on, seven have been in steady use since before 1950 and five faded and came back.
Data provided by The New York Times Article Search API, 1851 to Sept. 22, 2026 · Methodology