Knickerbocker
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Knickerbocker or Knickerbockers may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Knickerbocker (surname), including a list of people with the surname, and an explanation of the term's 19th-century popularity
Groups
[edit]- Knickerbockers, an imagined New York aristocracy said to descend from the Dutch colony of New Netherland; invented by Washington Irving in A History of New York
Writers
[edit]- 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 in 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 of columnist Aileen Mehle
Historical events
[edit]- Knickerbocker Crisis, a financial crisis in the United States in 1907
- Knickerbocker storm, a 1922 blizzard
- Knickerbocker Case, a 1940s investigation of antisemitism at the City College of New York
Arts and media
[edit]Film, television, and theatre
[edit]- 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
Music
[edit]- The Knickerbockers, an American music group best known 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 popularized on Barney & Friends
Publications
[edit]- The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine (1833–1865), a literary magazine founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman
- The Knickerbocker Gang, a series of children's books by Austrian writer Thomas Brezina, and a TV series based on the books
- Knickerbocker News, a newspaper in Albany, New York published between 1843 and 1988
Buildings and infrastructure
[edit]New York
[edit]- Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a New York City subway station
- Knickerbocker Field Club, a tennis clubhouse in Flatbush, Brooklyn
- Knickerbocker and Arnink Garages, two stone buildings on Hudson Avenue in 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 post office in New York City
- Times Union Center, formerly the Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
Elsewhere
[edit]- Knickerbocker (Spokane, Washington), a building
- Knickerbocker Bicycle Bridge, a bridge across the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon
- Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
- Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles), now Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments
- Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), also known as Knickerbocker on the Lake
- Knickerbocker Apartments (Kansas City, Missouri), demolished in 2020
Organizations
[edit]- Knickerbocker Club, a private male-only social club in New York City
- Knickerbocker Greys, an afterschool program in New York City
- Knickerbocker 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 consulting firm
Sport
[edit]Sports teams
[edit]- Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team, an early-20th-century American football team
- 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
Other uses in sport
[edit]- Knickerbocker Rules, early rules of American baseball
- Knickerbocker Stakes, a horse race at Belmont Park
Other uses
[edit]- Knickerbockers (clothing), baggy knee trousers
- USS Knickerbocker (SP-479), a US Navy tug, minesweeper, and dispatch ship in commission from 1917 to 1919
- Knickerbocker glory, a layered ice cream sundae from the United States and United Kingdom
- Knickerbocker (Zamboanga), an ice cream dessert with various fresh fruits from the Philippines
- Knickerbocker, a New York Central train from St. Louis to New York City and Boston
- Knickerbocker, Texas
See also
[edit]- Knickers, underwear worn by women
- New Yorker (disambiguation)