Tribeca
Geography & Places abbreviation · City and Neighborhood
| Stands for | Triangle Below Canal Street |
|---|---|
| Categories | Geography & Places |
Tribeca stands for Triangle Below Canal Street, a city and neighborhood abbreviation.
Lower Manhattan neighborhood south of Canal Street, once a warehouse district and now one of New York's most expensive residential areas. The name, coined in the 1970s, is sometimes written TriBeCa to show its origin.
Example: Loft apartments in Tribeca sell for tens of millions of dollars.
Usage notes
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro and partners to help revive Lower Manhattan after September 11. The neighborhood is actually more of a trapezoid than a triangle.