Knickerbocker

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Knickerbocker may refer to:

In people:

• The adopted surname of Harmen Jansen van Wyhe, a Dutch colonist in New Netherlands (New York)
  • also spelled Knikkerbakker, Knickerbakker, Knickerbacker
• Herman Knickerbocker, a United States Representative

In literature:

• Diedrich Knickerbocker, pseudonym of Washington Irving
• The Knickerbocker: or, New-York Monthly Magazine

In clothing:

• Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers
• Knickers, panties or women's undergarments

In food:

• The Knickerbocker glory, a British dessert

In historical events:

• The Knickerbocker Case

In music:

• The Knickerbockers, a "one hit wonder" American pop/rock music group best remembered for their 1965 hit, "Lies."

In places:

• Knickerbocker Avenue, a shopping strip and street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
• Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), a New York City subway station
• Knickerbocker Village, a housing project in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City
• Knickerbocker Station, a U.S. Post Office in lower Manhattan, New York City
• Six Times Square, also known as the Knickerbocker Hotel, in New York City
• The Knickerbocker Theatre, a former Broadway theatre
• The Knickerbocker Bar and Grill, a New York City jazz club
• The Times Union Center, formerly the Knickerbocker Arena, in Albany, New York
• Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles) in California
• Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Knickerbocker, Texas, a community in the western part of the state
• Mr. Knickerbocker (Clemson, SC), a Clemson University clothing and memorabilia store

In sports:

• The 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
• The name of other sporting teams founded in the nineteenth century in various sports: baseball, cricket, athletics ^{[1] [2]} .

In organizations:

• The Knickerbocker Greys, an afterschool program in Manhattan, New York City

Notes:

1. ^ WP: Cricket in France
2. ^ WP: Development of Track and Field (U.S.)

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