Houston Street
HOW•stuhn
A major east-west street in Lower Manhattan. The Ho in SoHo.
Voice: Richard Hake, WNYC news host
Moonachie
moo•NAH•key
A New Jersey borough.
Voice: Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money
Backdrop: Bee Collins via Flickr
Kosciuszko Bridge
kah•skee•OOS•koh
or
kuh•SHOO•skoh
A bridge connecting Brooklyn and Queens. Named after American Revolutionary War general Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Voice: Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show
Backdrop: rollingrck via Flickr
George Pataki
puh•TACK•ee
Former governor of New York.
Voice: Amy Eddings, host of All Things Considered
Backdrop: Christopher Leonard via Flickr
Gansevoort
GANN•zuh•vohrt
A street in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.
Voice: Soterios Johnson, host of Morning Edition
Backdrop: Rafael Chamorro via Flickr
Bogota
buh•GOH•duh
A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Voice: Manoush Zomorodi, host of New Tech City
Backdrop: Doc Searls via Flickr
Joralemon Street
johr•AHL•ih•mun
A street in Brooklyn.
Voice: Richard Hake, WNYC news host
Backdrop: Inhabitat Blog via Flickr
DeKalb Ave
deh•KALB
or
DEE•kalb
A subway station and street in Brooklyn and Queens.
Voice: Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show
Backdrop: Billie Ward via Flickr
Schermerhorn Street
SKER•mer•horn
A street in downtown Brooklyn. Named after a family of early Dutch settlers that ran a Brooklyn shipping supply business.
Voice: Amy Eddings, host of All Things Considered
Backdrop: Adam Moss via Flickr
Gowanus
guh•WAH•niss
A neighborhood and a canal, both in Brooklyn.
Voice: Soterios Johnson, host of Morning Edition
Backdrop: listenmissy via Flickr
Macombs Dam
mah•COHMS
Formerly a dam on the Harlem River, now a bridge and a park of the same name.
Voice: Manoush Zomorodi, host of New Tech City
Backdrop: Travis Grathwell via Flickr
Staten Island Advance
ADD•vance
Staten Island's daily newspaper. Most people at the paper reportedly say "ad-VANCE," but not most Staten Islanders.
Voice: Richard Hake, WNYC news host
Schenectady
ska•NECK•ta•dee
A city near Albany, New York.
Voice: Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money
Backdrop: Carl Johnson via Flickr
Secaucus
suh•CAW•cuhs
or
SEE•caw•cuhs
A New Jersey town and rail hub in the Meadowlands. SEE-caw-cuhs is the local pronunciation.
Voice: Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show
Backdrop: Robyn Lee via Flickr
Boerum Hill
BORE•um
A neighborhood in central Brooklyn, between Cobble Hill and Prospect Heights.
Voice: Amy Eddings, host of All Things Considered
Backdrop: Brett Renfer via Flickr
Montefiore Hospital
mahn•teh•FYOR
A hospital in the Bronx.
Voice: Soterios Johnson, host of Morning Edition
Backdrop: The All-Nite Images via Flickr
Todt Hill
TOAD
A neighborhood in Staten Island.
Voice: Manoush Zomorodi, host of New Tech City
Backdrop: Matthew X. Kiernan/New York Big Apple Images via Flickr
Spuyten Duyvil
SPY•tin DIE•vuhl
The creek between northern Manhattan and the Bronx. Also the name of a nearby neighborhood and Metro-North train station.
Voice: Richard Hake, WNYC news host
Backdrop: Steve Guttman via Flickr
Dyker Heights
DIKE•er
A neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Voice: Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money
Backdrop: actoraine via Flickr
Greenwich
GREH•nitch
A street and neighborhood (Greenwich Village) in Manhattan. Also a town in Connecticut.
Voice: Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show
Backdrop: Jim Linwood via Flickr
Kearny
CAR•nee
A New Jersey town between Newark and Jersey City. Home to the WNYC-AM transmitters.
Voice: Amy Eddings, host of All Things Considered
Backdrop: Doc Searls via Flickr
Patchogue
PATCH•awg
A village on the south shore of Long Island.
Voice: Soterios Johnson, host of Morning Edition
Backdrop: Doug Kerr via Flickr
Stuyvesant
STY•vuh•sent
A Manhattan high school and apartment complex. Named for Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch director-general of the colony that became New York.
Voice: Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex & Money
Backdrop: Orin Hassan via Flickr
Van Wyck
van WICK
The Van Wyck Expressway is the section of Interstate 678 between JFK Airport and the Whitestone Expressway.
Voice: Brian Lehrer, host of The Brian Lehrer Show
Backdrop: Will Tung via Flickr
Zabar's
ZAY•bars
An Upper West Side deli founded in 1934, known especially for its bagels and smoked fish.
Voice: Manoush Zomorodi, host of New Tech City
Backdrop: Adam Hertz via Flickr

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