List of eponymous streets in New York City

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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]

Contents

Manhattan

Squares

The Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

See also

References

  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 December 3, 2010. ... 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 December 3, 2010. 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. Donovan, Aaron (July 29, 2011). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Belmont; Close-Knit Bronx Area With Italian Aura". New York Times . Retrieved August 18, 2025. When the city began to build streets in the area in the late 19th century, Catherine Lorillard, an admirer of the 21st president, Chester A. Arthur, asked that the main street in the area be named after him, Mr. Ultan said.
  6. "Bailey Playground Highlights : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation . Retrieved August 19, 2025. Nathaniel Platt Bailey (1809-1891), the namesake of both this playground and bounding Bailey Avenue, was a 19th century Bronx landowner.
  7. "Grant Park Highlights - Grant Park : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation . Retrieved August 19, 2025. This park was named for Grant Avenue, after Ulysses S. Grant, one of many Bronx streets named after Union Civil War generals.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Battle of Gettysburg heroes give names to many streets in the Bronx". New York Daily News . August 24, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  9. Tierney, John (March 11, 1999). "The Big City; Where Have You Gone, Major Deegan?". The New York Times . Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Bronx History at the Bronx Library Center: What's in a (Street) Name?". The New York Public Library . Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  11. "Historical Sign Listings : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation . Retrieved August 19, 2025. The Sheridan Expressway is named for Arthur V. Sheridan (1988-1952), Bronx Borough Commissioner of Public Works (1942-1952) under Borough President James Lyons and supportive colleague of Arterial Coordinator Robert Moses (1888-1981).
  12. Grynbaum, Michael M. (April 12, 2011). "Kazimiroff Boulevard Is Renamed in the Bronx". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  13. Martin Mbugua (August 3, 1999). "Make Tracks to Big Avenue". Daily News . New York. Retrieved November 30, 2010. 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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