New Amsterdam used to be the name of a city in United States

'They Might be Giants' comes through again!

Yan Kees is a man's Dutch name, Brooklyn and Bronx are named after Dutch towns but spelled differently over there. Stoop (stoep) is Dutch for sidewalk. All taught to me by my Dutch friend and verified at the Keukenhof.

so what's the question?

Many Dutch names still exist here in NYC: Hudson River, Amsterdam Avenue, the NY Knicks (from Knickerbocker), Dykeman Avenue, Flushing in Queens, the Bronx (land owned by Jacob Bronk's family), Brooklyn, Van Cortlandt Park, to name just a few.

That was a statement, not a question.

Grovescamp, ha ha I was thinking the same! Didn’t know anyone else listened to them..wow

Thank you Gangs of New York

oh how it has changed since being new Amsterdam