What are some nicknames or monikers for New York City? Below are a few official and unofficial names that you may hear from the natives and those who have taken a love for the city.

* America’s Leading Tourist Resort
* America’s Mecca
* Father Knickerbocker
* Gotham
* Empire City
* Manhattan
* New Amsterdam
* New York, New York
* The Bablyonian Bedlam
* The Bagdad of the Subway
* The Bagdad on the Hudson
* The Banking Center of the World
* The Big Apple
* The Big Burg
* The Big City
* The Biggest Gateway to Immigrants
* The Big Town
* The Capital of Finance
* The Capital of the World
* The Center of the Universe
* The City
* The City of Cities
* The City of Friendly People
* The City of Golden Dreams
* The City of Islands
* The City of Light
* The City of New York
* The City of Orchestras
* The City of Skyscrapers
* The City of Superlatives
* The City of the Young
* The City of Towers
* The City of the World
* The City So Nice They Named It Twice
* The City That Never Sleeps

Searching for more names? More nicknames can be found in Names and Sobriquets of U.S. Cities and States (second edition 1970) by Joseph Nathan Kane and Gerard L. Alexander.

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