why is new york city called the big apple?

Answer 1

As provided by Wikipedia.org:

"The "Big Apple" is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City used by New Yorkers. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Its earlier origins are less clear.

One explanation cited by the New-York Historical Society and others is that it was first popularized by John Fitz Gerald, who first used it in his horse racing column in the New York Morning Telegraph in 1921, then further explaining its origins in his February 18, 1924 column. Fitz Gerald credited African-American stable-hands working at horseracing tracks in New Orleans.

In the 1920s the New York race tracks were the cream of the crop, so going to the New York races was a big treat, the prize, allegorically a Big Apple."

Answer 2

It’s a translation error that originally led to the use of the term the ‘Big Apple’

'Manzana' in Spanish means amongst other things apple, and a city block. So a big block of buildings, such as can be seen in New York, would be gran manzana, which would then be re-translated incorrectly as big apple.

The fact that this term was then re-used by horse-racing commentators and Jazz musicians is neither here nor there, the question is about where the term came from, not how it passed into popular usage.

Answer 3

simple. because all small apple around the world jump in it. example technology, money investment, talent. and much more.