A Knickerbocker is a person from

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

(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 The New York Dutch, also known simply as Dutchmen (Dutch: ''Duitsers''), were a cultural group native to New York and New Jersey found along the old borders of New Netherland. In New York they were known as the New York Dutch, and in New Jersey ...

, a Dutch-speaking cultural group native to New York and New Jersey

Writers

* Knickerbocker Group, consisting of Washington Irving and other frequent contributors to ''The Knickerbocker'' literary magazine * 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

Places

Knickerbocker, Texas Knickerbocker is an unincorporated community in southwestern Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It lies along Farm to Market Road 2335, southwest of the city of San Angelo, the county seat of Tom Green County. Its elevation is 2,051 f ...

, a community in the western part of the state

Historical events

* 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 The Knickerbocker Case at the City College of New York (CCNY) between 1945 and 1950 involved accusations of antisemitism against a department chairman, investigations by university, city, and state authorities, as well as by the American Jewish Cong ...

, late 1940s investigation of antisemitism at the City College of New York

Arts and media

Film, television, and theatre

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Knickerbocker Holiday ''Knickerbocker Holiday'' is a 1938 musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); based loosely on Washington Irving's ''Knickerbocker's History of New York'' about life in 17th-century New Netherland (old New ...

'', a 1938 musical by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson * ''

The Knick ''The Knick'' is an American medical period drama television series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery ( Clive Owen) and the staff at a fictionalized ...

'', an American television drama series at the Knickerbocker Hospital * ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'', a 1919 American silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks

Music

* 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, 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''

Publications

* ''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

Buildings and infrastructure

New York

*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

Elsewhere

*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)

Organizations

* 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

Sport

* 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 France national cricket team#Early years, cricket in France * Knickerbocker Handicap, a grade III thoroughbred turf race at Belmont Park

Other uses

* Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers * , 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