Tenderloin, Manhattan

This article is about the New York City neighborhood. For other uses, see Tenderloin (disambiguation).

40°44′56″N 73°59′17″W / 40.749°N 73.988°W / 40.749; -73.988

"Clubber" Williams, who coined "the Tenderloin"

The Tenderloin was an entertainment and red-light district in the heart of the New York City borough of Manhattan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

The area originally ran from 24th Street to 42nd Street and from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue.[1] By the turn of the 20th century, it had expanded northward to 57th or 62nd Street and west to Eighth Avenue,[2][3] encompassing parts of what is now NoMad, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, the Garment District and the Theater District.

  1. ^ a b Elsroad, Lisa. "Tenderloin" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300055366., p.1161
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  3. ^ New York City Landmark Preservation Commission. "23rd Police Precinct ("Tenderloin") Station House Designation Report", pp. 2–3