Astor Place
John Jacob Astor, originally “Ashdor”, richest man in the America when he
died in 1848 at age 75.
Bayard Street
Nicholas Bayard, nephew of Peter Stuyvesant and mayor of New York in 1686.
Bayard was partially responsible for the hanging of Governor Jacob Leisler.
Bayard himself was convicted as an accomplice of pirate Captain Kidd, but the
death of King William saved Bayard from being hanged.
Baxter Street
Charles Baxter who resigned from the state legislature to enlist in the war of
1848. Originally Orange Street, it was renamed Baxter because of its
disreputable reputation.
Bowery
The namesake Peter Stuyvesant’s farm or Bouwerij. Once one of NY’s most
elegant streets lined with mansions and fashionable shops. By the time of the
Civil war the area gave way to beer gardens, whorehouses and flophouses.
Chatham Square
Named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and Prime Minister of England before
the revolution.
Doyers Street
A Dutch distiller who owned a popular tea garden on the spot
Mulberry Street
Named for a Mulberry grove on the Site.
Mott Street
Joseph Mott a prosperous butcher before the revolution.
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