Knickerbocker

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Knickerbocker or Knickerbockers may refer to:

Historical events

• Knickerbocker Case, late 1940s investigation of antisemitism at the City College of New York
• Knickerbocker Storm, event which demolished the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C.
• Knickerbocker Crisis, 3-week financial crisis in the United States

Literature and music

• Diedrich Knickerbocker, pseudonym of Washington Irving
• The Knickerbocker or New-York Monthly Magazine (1833–1865), literary magazine founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman
• Knickerbocker Group, consisting of Irving and other frequent contributors to The Knickerbocker
• Knickerbocker Holiday, 1938 musical by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
• The Knickerbockers, "one hit wonder" American pop/rock music group best remembered for their 1965 hit, "Lies"
• "Knickerbocker", 2008 song by Fujiya & Miyagi
• "Mr. Knickerbocker", children's song about a man who likes to "bobbity-bop", popularized on the children's television show Barney & Friends
• The Knick is an American television drama series at the Knickerbocker Hospital.

Organizations

• Knickerbocker Club, private male-only social club in New York City
• Knickerbocker Greys, afterschool program in New York City
• Knickerbocker Sailing Association, a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender sailing club in New York City
• Knickerbocker Trust Company, a bank whose failure triggered the Panic of 1907

Places

• Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line), New York City subway station
• Knickerbocker Hospital, Harlem, New York, closed in 1979
• The Knickerbocker Hotel (Manhattan), New York City
• Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles), now Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments
• Knickerbocker Hotel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), also known as Knickerbocker on the Lake
• Knickerbocker Mansion, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York
• Knickerbocker (Spokane, Washington), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• Knickerbocker, Texas, community in the western part of the state
• Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)
• Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.), demolished by the Knickerbocker Storm
• Knickerbocker Village, housing project in New York City
• Times Union Center, formerly the Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
• United States Post Office–Knickerbocker Station, historic post office in New York City

Sports

• Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team, an early-20th-century American football team
• Knickerbocker Rules, early formalization of the rules of American baseball
• New York Knickerbockers, one of the first baseball teams
• New York Knicks (short for "Knickerbockers"), National Basketball Association team
• Warwickshire Knickerbockers, cricket team that participated in first game of cricket in France

Other uses

• Knickerbocker (surname), list of people with the surname
• Knickerbockers (clothing), men's or boys' baggy knee trousers
• USS Knickerbocker (SP-479), a United States Navy tug, minesweeper, and dispatch ship in commission from 1917 to 1919

See also

• Knickers, underwear worn by women