TriBeCa stands for the Triangle Below Canal (st.), that is an area on the

west side of Manhattan, south of Canal St (a main East-West artery).  The

name was attached after the area had become gentrified (70s?) and had

some semblance that required a separate identification to contrast with

Chinatown to the East.

 

Does that suffice?

 

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