The former colonial governor of New York lends his name to the street that would later cross his property as seen on this 1817 map of lower Manhattan available in the New York Public Library.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – You can explore the history behind co-named streets in New York City through an interactive map. The New York City Department of Records offers an interactive map online that ...

You may not recognize these Dutch street names of NYC, but these are the names of streets ... In a 19th-century map of 1642 New Amsterdam, this pathway was marked as the “Common Ditch.” ...

Ephemeral New York notes that while Manhattan looks rather ... obviously, Bridge Street. So why does this Dutch map have an Italian name? From Racontrs: The map dates from 1660, but it remained ...