“Dumboer” is the name of an inhabitant of Dumbo, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name “Dumboer” (also often given as “DUMBOer”) has been cited in print since at least 2007.
An inhabitant of Dumbo is also called a “Dumboite.”
Wikipedia: Dumbo, Queens
Dumbo, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It encompasses two sections: one located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 2.
The Brooklyn Paper (NY)
July 21, 2007
Nabe needs PO to be a nabe
BY HARRY CHEADLE
(...)
That could change very soon. The USPS has been looking for space to set up shop, and soon, DUMBO-ites (DUMBOers? DUMBOnions? Or just plain DUMBOs?) will be able to buy stamps, weigh packages, and do all those other postal things that currently require schlepping up a big hill to the main post office on Cadman Plaza East.
Dumbo NYC
Water Street Art Vandalized
June 10th, 2008
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COMMENTS
fatass Says:
June 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am
here here, laura…who gives a crap indeed. haven’t we more important things to worry about than one graffiti-ist dissing another graffiti-ist? lord, what will be the next great drama facing this neighborhood. dumboers (and i am one of you) take themselves and their neighborhhod WAY to freaking seriously WAY too often. get over it.
New York (NY) Post
DUMBOers: Pull plug on Con Ed
By RICH CALDER
Last Updated: 2:11 AM, May 29, 2012
Posted: 12:30 AM, May 28, 2012
DUMBO has a message for Con Edison: Get out!
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NYers (and DUMBOers) go checkout this awesome DUMBO app! It’s hyperlocal! http://on.fb.me/Z5YAjU
4:25 PM - 2 Mar 13
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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