| Nivy | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood of Bratislava |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bratislava Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bratislava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ružinov |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Median income |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (PSČ) |
| Postal Code: | 821 08, 821 09 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone area code |
| Area Code: | (+421) 2 |
Nivy (literally: Floodplains) is a neighborhood of the Ružinov borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, located in the Bratislava II district. At the end of the 19th century, the area underwent massive industrialization becoming the first industrial part of Bratislava. In the 1950s to 1970s, the area was redeveloped into a residential suburb. At the end of the 20th century large-scale construction of office buildings started again to change the character of the neighborhood and in the 21st century, Nivy became the location of the emerging new city centre of Bratislava. It is an important transport hub featuring the Nivy Station.[1]
One of the key issues of urban development in Bratislava lies in the redevelopment of brownfield sites adjoining the old city centre[2] which are located in the Nivy neighborhood.
The area of Nivy is delimited by Karadžičova Street from the west, Krížna Street and Trnavská cesta Street from the north, Bajkalská Street and Hraničná Street from the east and the Winter Harbor of the Port of Bratislava from the south. It borders the Štrkovec neighborhood, Trávniky neighborhood and Prievoz neighborhood of Ružinov from the east, the Vlčie hrdlo neighborhood of Ružinov from the south, the borough of Old Town from the west and the borough of Nové Mesto from the north.
The Nivy neighborhood features the following local areas (Slovak: miestna časť):
The central area of Nivy around today's Dulovo Square was historically undeveloped and it served mainly for growing fruits and vegetables by wealthy farmers for sale at Bratislava's markets.[3] At the end of the 19th century, the Thread factory (Slovak: Cvernovka) was built on Páričkova Street.