List of eponymous streets in New York City

This is a list of streets and squares in New York City named after a person, organized by borough. Over the years, streets have been named in honor of various historical figures,[1] in addition to first responders, singers, and politicians' parents.[2]

Manhattan

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Squares

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The Bronx

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  • Allerton Avenue – Daniel Allerton, an early Bronx settler who purchased and farmed this area with his wife Hustace.
  • Bainbridge Avenue – William Bainbridge a Commodore in the United States Navy. He is notable for his many victories at sea. He commanded several famous naval ships, including USS Constitution, and saw service in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812.
  • Bartow Avenue – John Bartow, a missionary for the Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in London.
  • Bruckner Boulevard and Bruckner ExpresswayHenry Bruckner, politician and longtime borough president.
  • Corsa Avenue – Andrew Corsa who led 5,000 American and French troops to Morrisania to survey British fortifications.
  • Deputy Chief Orio J. Palmer Way – Orio Palmer, Battalion Chief of the New York City Fire Department who died while rescuing civilians trapped inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
  • Detective Sean Carrington Way – Sean Carrington, a New York City Police Department detective fatally shot in the line of duty in 1998.
  • DJ Scott La Rock Boulevard – Scott La Rock, a social worker, hip hop DJ, music producer and founding member of Boogie Down Productions fatally shot in 1987.
  • Donald Byrd Way – Donald Byrd, jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist.
  • Elias Karmon Way – Elias Karmon, a generous philanthropist and humanitarian to multiple causes in and outside of the Bronx, and owner of multiple businesses in the Bronx since the late 1930s.
  • Elmo Hope Way – Jazz Pioneer; for Elmo Hope, pianist, composer and arranger.
  • Emmanuel Mensah Way – Emmanuel Mensah, a National Guardsman who died trying to save four children from an apartment building fire in December 2017.
  • Hillman Avenue – Sidney Hillman (1887–1946), labor leader.
  • Hull Ave – Isaac Hull, Commodore in the United States Navy. He commanded several famous U.S. naval warships including USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") and saw service in the undeclared naval Quasi War with the revolutionary French Republic (France) 1796–1800; the Barbary Wars (1801–1805, 1815), with the Barbary states in North Africa; and the War of 1812 (1812–1815), for the second time with Great Britain.
  • Lesandro Junior Guzman-Feliz Way - Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, a 15-year-old teenager killed in a brutal gang attack in The Bronx on June 20, 2018, in case of mistaken identity.
  • Major Deegan ExpresswayWilliam Francis Deegan, an architect, organizer of the American Legion, major in the Army Corps of Engineers, and Democratic Party political leader in New York City[5]
  • Perry Avenue – Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval officer noted for his heroic role in the War of 1812 during the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.
  • Rivera Avenue – Mariano Rivera, a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013.
  • Rose Feiss Boulevard – Rose Feiss, founder of a lampshade manufacturer on what was Walnut Avenue in the Bronx.
  • Seabury Avenue – Samuel Seabury, first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal of America.
  • Sheridan Avenue – Philip Sheridan, American Civil War general.
  • Southern Boulevard (formerly Theodore Kazimiroff Boulevard) – Theodore Kazimiroff, Bronx historian and a founder of The Bronx County Historical Society. Although part of Southern Boulevard was renamed after Kazimiroff in 1980, his name was removed from street signs in 2011 because he was not well known even among many Bronx locals. This was one of the few instances where an eponymous street has reverted to its old name.[6]
  • Hugh J. Grant Circle – Hugh J. Grant, 88th mayor of New York City from 1889 to 1892.
  • Van Cortlandt Avenue – Jacobus Van Cortlandt, a wealthy Dutch-born American merchant, slave owner, and politician who served as the 30th and 33rd Mayor of New York City from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720.

Brooklyn

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Queens

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Staten Island

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Moscow, Henry (1978). The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins. New York: Hagstrom Company. ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0.
  2. ^ Brachfeld, Ben (June 18, 2024). "NYC pols still naming streets after their parents, singers and heroic first responders". amNewYork. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Underground History". The New York Times. April 10, 1987. Retrieved 2010-12-03. ... referring to John Jacob Astor, for whom Astor Place was named and who in the early days of the country was a trader in beaver furs.
  4. ^ "Stuyvesant Street". Forgotten NY. Retrieved 2010-12-03. Petrus Stuyvesant built this house at 21 Stuyvesant Street in 1803. It was a wedding gift to his daughter Elizabeth, who married Nicholas Fish, a close friend and political ally of Alexander Hamilton. Son Hamilton Fish became New York State governor, senator, and secretary of state. It is now known as the Stuyvesant-Fish House.
  5. ^ Tierney, John (11 March 1999). "The Big City; Where Have You Gone, Major Deegan?". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (April 12, 2011). "Kazimiroff Boulevard Is Renamed in the Bronx". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Martin Mbugua (August 3, 1999). "Make Tracks to Big Avenue". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 2010-11-30. Created through the amalgamation of several local streets as the elevated tracks were being constructed in the early 1900s, Roosevelt Ave. was named after Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City native and 26th President of the U.S.[permanent dead link]

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