New York, New York (On the Town) New York, New York (On the Town) "New York, New York" is a song from the 1944 musical "On the Town" and the 1949 MGM musical film of the same name. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A well known line of this song is, "New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery's down." For the film version, the word "helluva" was changed to "wonderful" to appease the Production Code offices. In 2004 the film version finished at #41 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
Waterford (village), New York Waterford (village), New York Waterford is a village in Saratoga County, New York, US. The population was 2,204 at the 2000 census. The name derives from the ford between the mainland and Peebles Island. The Village of Waterford is located in the southeast part of the Town of Waterford, north-northwest of Troy, New York. The Village is located just north of the falls where the eastbound Mohawk River flows into the southbound Hudson River. The site of the village was occupied as "Half Moon Point" in the 17th Century. It was then in the territory of Mahican natives. This early