There's a new fish in town at the New York Aquarium, and he's a real slick fellow...but as of right now, this sleek electric eel has no name. But you can change all that! more ›

Last year, three years after CBGB founder Hilly Kristal died, a bankruptcy judge ruled that the late Kristal’s estate is the rightful owner of the club’s assets, including its name. At the time, the estate already said they were trying to find potential buyers, and now Bloomberg News reports that they'll be auctioning it off. more ›

Let the Lohan de-branding begin! According to Dina Lohan her daughter is dropping her last name, and will just be going by Lindsay from now on. On top of that, she tells PopEater that she "and [younger daughter] Ali will be officially changing our last names back to my maiden name, Sullivan." more ›

Woodside, Queens native Edward Burns, who apparently refers to himself as Burnsie these days, is calling upon his 11,000-something Twitter followers to help name his new movie. This morning he asked: "New flick title vote. Newlyweds In New York or Triangles Below Canal. Top vote getter will be the title. Thx Burnsie." But... Monday he declared (also via the Twitter) that there was a "new title for Newlyweds. Triangles Below Canal. FYI the whole movie takes place in TriBeCa." (Also FYI, we read Edward Burns's Twitter feed so you don't have to.) more ›

While it's not as ridiculous as Dowisetrepla (short for: Downwind of the sewage treatment plant), the latest neighborhood name is a close second... and as opposed to its competition it's real. According to the Daily News, a city marketing group is trying to make CanDo happen. The name is short for Canal Downtown, and the would-be rebrander—Clive Burrow, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Marketing Association—says, "By packaging it, by giving it the feel of a neighborhood like SoHo, then you're giving the whole area a pizzazz." (It is unclear at this time if Burrow displayed jazz hands while saying this.) more ›

In 2007, CBGB founder Hilly Kristal died, which set off a fight for his money, and for the CBGB name. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that a bankruptcy judge ruled that the late Kristal’s estate is the rightful owner of the club’s assets, including its name. more ›

It's been over three years since Live Nation made the decision to rename Irving Plaza: the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. And it's been over three years that no one has called it that. The NY Times now reports that the old name, and with it the old marquee, will be coming back to the legendary venue by the end of the month. But why now? more ›

For 41 years now, Jets fans have been dreaming of another Superbowl title. But one man from Chappaqua decided to actually do something about it. Tom Schonberg decided to name his son "Jake Edward Thomas Schonberg," or J.E.T.S. And hey, look at that, the Jets are one game away from the Superbowl. more ›

Investigators have been able to put names to the remains of two women who were killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to 1010WINS. Though the medical examiner's officer is withholding releasing the names of the victims at the families' request, the city says it used a new DNA technology developed in 2006 to determine the identity one of the victims. The city regularly retests unidentified remains, though many were "too badly compromised by heat and time" to study. There are still more than 1,100 victims whose remains have not been identified. more ›

There are big elections tomorrow, but the most interesting race might take place in a tiny NJ town that'll be voting on its name for the fifth time since 1989. Woodland Park, population 11,000, received its outdoorsy name last year, but will decide whether or not to reinstate the community's old name, West Paterson. The pro-Woodland Park contingent says the new moniker helps distance the town from the stigma of poorer neighbor, Paterson, while the pro-West Paterson folks claim the name Woodland Park betrays the community's history and "sounds like a cemetery," according to the Times. Currently, the town is stuck between both names: The official website welcomes visitors to the "Borough of Woodland Park" with the URL www.westpaterson.com more ›

Would a Tavern on the Green by any other name fare just as well in Central Park? The NY Times digs into the latest debate over the restaurant's name, which is reportedly appraised at $19 million. more ›

Not only will pickle purveyor Guss' Pickles be moving from its longtime Lower East Side home to Brooklyn, but it'll be losing its name, too! Co-owner Pat Fairhurst has revealed that according to the terms of a prior lawsuit settlement, she's required to relinquish the name if she does pickle business anywhere else. It's a little complicated, but in 2006 Fairhurst got into a legal fight over the Guss' name with Steve and Andrew Leibowitz, a father-son team who run United Pickle in the Bronx and tried to open up a pickle shop named Guss' on Long Island. Lawsuits and counter-lawsuits ensued, with both parties asserting their right to the Guss' legacy—which stretches back to Isidor Guss, a Polish immigrant who sold pushcart pickles and later opened up the LES shop. But Fairhurst, who has owned Guss' since 2004, doesn't seem worried about dropping the historic name; she tells the Daily News, "It doesn't matter what our name is. People are going to know where I'm going. I'll put whatever I want on the sign, and they'll still come because it's our pickles they want." more ›

You know how the Queens Museum of Art was offering up miniature real estate on their panorama? It's pretty much the only place you can put your name on a landmark or apartment for such a low price. Well, now for some more coin you can put your name on the life-size versions of things! The NY Post reports that if you have $5 million to spare, your name could grace Central Park's tennis center, and for around $2 million you could sponsor the Chelsea Recreation Center. Times are tough, so any name will do! The list of available locations that will gladly accept your cash and take on your name include the restored pool in Williamsburg's McCarren Park (maybe Vice or American Apparel has $3 million for this one); "the track and field house proposed for Ocean Breeze Park on Staten Island ($2 million); and the sports facility being built at Mill Pond Park near Yankee Stadium in The Bronx ($2 million)." Since there is no advertising allowed in parks, the cash will get the donor a plaque, perhaps with a corporate logo. Are we that far away from walking across the Brooklyn Bridge presented by Verizon Wireless? more ›

Speaking out—in violation of court order—about the removal of her Nazi-named children from her home, NJ resident Deborah Campbell tells the Easton Express-Times, "My husband and I would never abuse our children. I just want my children back. I'm begging people to stand behind us and for an attorney to come forward." Campbell's husband Heath had created a media frenzy when publicized Shop-Rite's refusal to inscribe a third birthday cake with son Adolf Hitler (Campbell)'s name. Their local police chief believes that attention prompted others to come forward with accusations against the parents and arousing the concern of family services (who claim the kids weren't taken because of their names, but due to other danger). Adolf Hitler, Joyce Lynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie's parents' hearing has been postponed because they haven't found a lawyer yet. more ›

Whoa, Nelly! The neighborhood name game continues as The Brooklyn Paper reports residents of a seven-square-block micro-neighborhood south of Prospect Park are rallying, and possibly succeeding, to rename their community "Stable Brooklyn" (as in: horses). Councilman Bill DeBlasio supports these residents, who reportedly want to "restrict the size of new buildings in the area bounded by Caton Avenue, Prospect Expressway, Coney Island Avenue and Ocean Parkway"—but not everyone is on board, even though the paper notes that "The Department of City Planning also uttered the name in recent documents about a proposed rezoning of an area that many residents know as Kensington." Some real estate agents chimed in (of course) saying it made the neighborhood sound "messy," and the CB7 district manager declared: "You can’t call one block this neighborhood and the next block another neighborhood without someone taking offense." But the Stable Brooklyn Community Group have been at this for 3 years and show no signs of stopping. more ›

The Health Department has released their annual report on baby names in New York City, and among newborn boys the name "Jayden" is (almost) number one with a bullet, ranking #2 overall and #1 among black and Hispanic babies. Jayden wasn't even in the top ten in 2006, and baby name expert Laura Wattenberg shares a theory with City Room about the his stunning rise in popularity: Two years ago, one Jayden James Federline entered the world stage, the offspring of recording artist Britney Spears. “Britney Spears seems to have shifted the standard spelling. That name used to be spelled every which way, but now the ‘y’ spelling has become dominant,” Wattenberg says. more ›

Something was lost in translation when a Turkish shop owner went to name his market on 84th and York Avenue. A Fine Blog reports that "he believed that it was something positive that he was saying...like 'not bad.'" U Don't Know Nothing Produce is a much more inspired name than Not Bad Produce, however, so maybe this was a happy accident after all. more ›

Galapagos officially changed hands earlier this year, with Matt Roff & Co. now at the helm. With the Galapagos name moving to DUMBO and the artspace under new ownership, there was a contest to name the 70 N 6th Street space (after briefly working under the name Natural Selection). Well, they've finally come to a decision (drum roll please): Public Assembly. Roff tells us that they'll also be holding the official after parties for the McCarren Pool Parties there, which start this Sunday (check out the full lineup for the McCarren Pool free shows here). more ›

Matt Roff & Co. decided not to name their new venue Natural Selection after all...so as Galapagos moves to DUMBO, the space is going to need a moniker that'll stick. And now the naming duties have been handed down to you with their Name Our Space contest. more ›

Earlier this week, the Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously agreed to allow the main branch of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street to inscribe the name of a prominent donor, financier Stephen A. Schwarzman, multiple times on the library facade. The fabulously wealthy son of a grocer and co-founder of the Blackstone Group will have his name inscribed five times on the library’s façade as a shout-out for his $100 million unconditional gift to the NYPL. more ›