Knickerbocker

A Knickerbocker is a person from Manhattan (New York City, before 1898). A modern synonym is “New Yorker”.

Knickerbocker or Knickerbockers may also refer to:

People

Knickerbocker (surname), including a list of people with the surname, and an explanation of the term's 19th-century popularization
The Knickerbocker Dutch, a Dutch-speaking cultural group native to New York and New Jersey

Knickerbocker Group, consisting of Washington Irving and other frequent contributors to The Knickerbocker
Cholly Knickerbocker, a pseudonym used by a series of society columnists writing for the New York American and the New York Journal-American
Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving
Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker, American writer and journalist
Suzy Knickerbocker, a pseudonym for columnist Aileen Mehle

Knickerbocker Crisis, three-week financial crisis in the United States in 1907
Knickerbocker storm, 1922 blizzard that demolished Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, DC
Knickerbocker Case, late 1940s investigation of antisemitism at the City College of New York

Knickerbocker Holiday, a 1938 musical by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
The Knick, an American television drama series at the Knickerbocker Hospital
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo, a 1919 American silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks

The Knickerbockers, a "one hit wonder" American pop/rock music group best remembered for their 1965 hit "Lies"
The Knickerbockers, an alias of Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
"Knickerbocker", a 2008 song by Fujiya & Miyagi
"Hey, Mr. Knickerbocker", a children's song about a man who likes to "boppity-bop", popularized on the children's television show Barney & Friends

The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine (1833–1865), a literary magazine founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman
The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of books for children by Austrian writer Thomas Brezina, and a TV series based on the books

Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a New York City subway station
Knickerbocker Field Club, an historic tennis clubhouse located in Flatbush, Brooklyn
Knickerbocker and Arnink Garages, two attached stone buildings on Hudson Avenue in central Albany, New York
Knickerbocker Mansion, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York
Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)
Knickerbocker Hospital, Harlem, New York, closed in 1979
The Knickerbocker Hotel (Manhattan), New York City
Knickerbocker Village, a housing project in New York City
United States Post Office–Knickerbocker Station, a historic post office in New York City
Times Union Center, formerly the Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Knickerbocker (Spokane, Washington), a building listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, a bridge across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon
Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.), demolished by the Knickerbocker Storm
Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles), now Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments
Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), also known as Knickerbocker on the Lake
Knickerbocker Apartments (Kansas City, Missouri), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (demolished in 2020)

Knickerbocker Club, private male-only social club in New York City
Knickerbocker Greys, afterschool program in New York City
Knickerbocker Ice Company, an ice company based in New York State during the 19th century
Knickerbocker News, a newspaper in Albany, New York published between 1843 and 1988
Knickerbocker Press, a division of publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
Knickerbocker Sailing Association, a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender sailing club in New York City
Knickerbocker Trust Company, a bank whose failure triggered the Panic of 1907
Knickerbocker Yacht Club, a defunct yacht club in Port Washington, New York
SKDKnickerbocker, a public affairs and political consulting firm

Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team, an early-20th-century American football team
Knickerbocker Rules, an early formalization of the rules of American baseball
New York Knickerbockers, one of the first baseball teams
New York Knicks (short for "Knickerbockers"), a National Basketball Association team
Westchester Knicks, a minor league basketball affiliate of the New York Knicks
Warwickshire Knickerbockers, a cricket team that participated in first game of cricket in France
Knickerbocker Handicap, a grade III thoroughbred turf race at Belmont Park

Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers
USS Knickerbocker (SP-479), a United States Navy tug, minesweeper, and dispatch ship in commission from 1917 to 1919
Knickerbocker glory, a layered ice cream sundae
A resident of New York City
Manhattanite, a resident of Manhattan
Knickerbocker, a New York Central night train from St. Louis to destinations in New York City and Boston