Hackney can mean several things:

Geographical

• The London Borough of Hackney, an inner-city borough in East London.
• Hackney Central, the innermost district of the London borough.
• The pre-1965 LCC Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, which was combined with the then boroughs of Stoke Newington and Shoreditch to create the contemporary borough.
• Other places in London

• South Hackney

• Hackney Wick
• Hackney Marshes
• Hackney Downs
• Hackney College
  • Hackney, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide.
• Hackney, Kansas

As a name

• Sheldon Hackney
• Joe Hackney
• Duane D. Hackney

Other uses

• A breed of horse, known for its stamina.
• The Hackney Pony
• A Hackney carriage, the correct term for those taxicabs in London and elsewhere popularly known as 'black cabs'. Originally drawn by Hackney horses.