Tribeca

Also known as TriBeCa, Manhattan, Triangle Below Canal Street, TriBeCa, New York City

Tribeca ( ), originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral) is bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Chambers Street. By the 2010s, a common marketing tactic was to extend Tribeca's southern boundary to either Vesey or Murray Streets to increase the appeal of property listings.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tribeca
Settlement.settlement_type: Neighborhood of Manhattan
Settlement.image_skyline: Tribeca, New York (51521771723).jpg
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Settlement.image_caption: Hudson Street in Tribeca
Settlement.map_caption: Location in New York City, using extended southern border introduced by realtors in 21st century
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: City
Settlement.subdivision_name2: New York City
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Borough
Settlement.subdivision_name3

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Contents

Name
History
Early history
Commercial and industrial development
Redevelopment
Demographics
Places
Historic districts
Police and crime
Fire safety
Health
Post offices and ZIP Codes
Education
Schools
Libraries
Notable people
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
External links

The neighborhood began as farmland, then was a residential neighborhood in the early 19th century, before becoming a mercantile area centered on produce, dry goods, and textiles, and then transitioning to artists and then actors, models, entrepreneurs, and other celebrities. The neighborhood is home to the Tribeca Festival, which was created in response to the September 11 attacks, to reinvigorate the neighborhood and downtown after the destruction caused by the terrorist attacks.