noun; adjective

A row house or townhouse associated with a brown sandstone façade, often used more broadly for a familiar New York residential building type.

““They restored the stoop on the old brownstone.””

In New York streetwear and baseball-cap talk, a fitted is a structured cap sold by exact head size rather than adjusted with a strap or snaps.

““She picked up a navy Yankees fitted in her size.””

An apartment that occupies an entire building floor or extends from the front of the building to the back.

““The floor-through has windows facing both the street and garden.””

A term for Puerto Rican identity and culture shaped in New York, especially through migration, community life, literature, music, performance, and political expression.

““The course focused on Nuyorican poetry and performance.””

An apartment or building above street level that has no elevator, requiring residents and visitors to use the stairs.

““It’s a fifth-floor walk-up, so pack light.””