If you are planning a trip to New York City, here are some New York City Acronyms that you will see and hear before and during your trip. This will make it easier to know what the locals are saying to you.

Additional acronyms can be found on the websites of the MTA and DOH.

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-011: Intenational Calls
-111: Reserved
-211: Human Services
-311: Government Information
–411: Information/Directory Assistance
-511: Traffic INformation
-611: Customer Service
-711: Hearing Impared/Store
-811: Property Survey
-911: EMS/September 11

A
-AAA: American Automobile Association
-ABP: Abandoned Property
-AAR: American Association of Railroads
-AAR: Association of American Railroads
-ABC: Alcoholic Beverage Control
-ACA: Arts and Cultural Affairs
-ACG: Alternative County Government
-ABD: Abandon
-AC: Air Conditioning
-ACM: Asbestos Containing Material
-ACHP: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
-ACSD: Albany City School District
-ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
-AFC: Automated Fare Collection
-AGM: Agriculture & Markets
-AMK: Amtrak
-AOC: Area of Environmental Concern
-AOP: Area of Potential Effect
-A/P: Atlantic-Pacific
-APTA: American Public Transportation Association
-ARC: Access to the Region’s Core
-ASP: Alternate-Side Parking
-ASS: Assistant Station Supervisor
-ATD: Assistant Train Dispatcher
-ATO: Automated Train Operation
-ATU: Amalgamated Transit Union
-AVLS: Automatic Vehicle Locating System

B
-BBG: Brooklyn Botinical Garden
-BDB: Boogie Down Bronx
-BKLYN: Brooklyn
-BNK: Banking
-BOA: Bank of America
-BQE: Brooklyn Queens Expressway
-BSC: Business Corporation
-BVO: Benevolent Orders
-BX: Bronx

C
-CAL: Canal
-CBP: Customs and Border Protection
-CCO: Cooperative Corporations
-CDC: Center for Disease Control
-CDMA: Code-Division Multiple Access
-CHOHO: Intersection of Chinatown, Soho and Little Italy
-CNT: County
-COR: Correction
-CVP: Civil Practice Law & Rules
-CVR: Civil Rights
-CVS: Civil Service

D
-DHS: Department odf Homeland Security
-DKNY: Donna Karan New York
-DUMBO: Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass

E
-EB: Eastbound
-EWR: Newark Liberty

F
-FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
-FDA: Food and Drug Administration
-FIDI: Financial District
-FOIL: Freedom of Information Law

G
-GSM: Global System for Mobile

H
-HELP: Heat Escape Lessening Position

I
-IATA: International Air Transport Association
-ICCNY: Islamic Cultural Center of New York
-IGLTA: International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association
-IS: Intermediate School
-IT: Information Technology

J
-JFK: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

K
–

L
-LANTA: Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority
-LES: Lower East Side
-LGA: LaGuardia
-LGBT: Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders
-LIE: Long Island Expressway
-LIFO: Last In, First Out
-LIRR: Long Island Rail Road
-LMSW: Licensed Master Social Worker
-LOMEX: Lower Manhattan Expressway

M
-MTA: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
-MUNY: Music Under New York

N
-NB: Northbound
-NICE: Nassau Inter-County Express
-NOHO: North of Houston Street
-NOL: Notice of Liability
-NWP: North White Plains
-NY: New York
-NYC: New York City
-NYCCC: New York Chinese Cultural Center
-NYCDOE: New York City Department of Education
-NYCDOHMH: New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
-NYCME: New York City Medical Examiners
-NYCT: New York City Transit
-NYHA: New York Heart Association
-NYP: NewYork-Presbyterian/New York Post
-NYPD: New York Police Department
-NYRP: New York Restoration Project
-NYS: New York State
-NYSAISAA: New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association
-NYSDED: New York State Department of Economic Development
–NYSGO: New York State Governor’s Office
-NYSE: New York Stock Exchannge
-NYT: New York Times

O
-OCN: Open Cubicle News
-OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

P
-PABT: Port Authority Bus Terminal
-PS: Public School

Q
-QNS: Queens

R
-RRR: Return Receipt Requested

S
-SATC: Sex And The City
-SB: Southbound
-SOHO: South of Houston
-SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
-SPARC: Stewart Park and Reserve Coalition
-SSDC: Social Security Disability Coalition
-SSI: Supplemental Security Income
-SSN: Social Security Number

T
-TAB: Transit Adjudication Bureau
-TIN: Tax Identification Number
-TSA: Transportation Security Administration

U
-UCC: Uniform Commercial Code
-USCBP: United States Customs and Border Protection
-USCIS: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
-UWS: Upper West Side

V
-VAT: Vehicle & Traffic
-VAW: Volunteer Ambulance Workers’ Benefit
-VIL: Village
-VOL: Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit

W
-WB: Westbound
-WKC: Workers’ Compensation

X
-XBAND: AM Expanded Band

Y
-YMHA: Young Men’s Hebrew Association
-YWHA: Young Women’s Hebrew Association

Z
-ZGM: Ngoma Airport
-ZKP: Kasompe Airport