C (continue)
CROPSIE
STREET was the former name
of State St.
COZINE STREET was the
former name of Grove St.
CROSS STREET was the
former name of Park St.
CROWN POINT STREET was
the former name of Grand St.
from the Bowery to the East
River.
CROWN POINT STREET was
the former name of Corlears St.
CROWN POINT STREET was
the former name of Water St.
between Montgomery St. and the
East River.
CROWN STREET was the
former name of Park St. ; known
in 1797 as Cross St.
CROWN STREET was the
former name of Liberty St.; it
was laid out about 1690 ; at one
time called Tienhoven St. ; name
changed to Liberty St. in 1783.
CUSTOM HOUSE ST. was the
former name of Pearl St.,
between Whitehall St. and
Hanover Square.
D
DAVID STREET was the
former name of Bleecker St.,
between Broadway and Hancock
St.; name changed in 1829.
DAVID STREET was the
former name of Clarkson St.
between Varrick and Hudson Sts.
DECATUR PLACE was the
former name of 7th St. between
1st Ave. and Avenue A.
DEPAU ROW was the former
name of Bleecker St. between
Thompson and Sullivan Sts.
DESBROSSES STREET was the
former name of Grand St. between
Broadway and Varrick St.
DIRTY LANE was the former
name of South William St. This
street was opened about 1656 and
was called by the Dutch Slyck
Steegh, meaning Dirty Lane. In
1674 it was called Mill Street
Lane; name changed to South
William St. about 1832.
DIVISION STREET was the
former name of Fulton St.
between Broadway and West. St.
DIXSON'S ROW was the name
given to a part of 110th St.
between 8th and Columbus Ave.
DOCK STREET was the
former name of Pearl St. between
Whitehall St. and Hanover
Square.
DOCK STREET was the
former name of Water St. between
Coenties Slip and Beekman St.
DOMMIC STREET was the
former name of Dowling St.
DONOVAN'S LANE was near
No. 474 Pearl St.
DUGGAN STREET was the
former name of Canal St. between
Center and West Sts.
DUKE STREET was the
former name of Stone St. During
the Dutch times a part was known
as Brouwers Straet, and another
part as Hoogh Straet ; in 1674
was known as High St. and a part
as Stone St. In 1691 it was
called Duke St. and since 1797
has been known as Stone St. This
street was the first to be paved
with stone in the City.
DUKE STREET was the
former name of Vanderwater St. ;
it was known by this name in
1755.
DUNCOMB PLACE was the
former name of East 128th St.
between 2nd and 3rd Aves.
DUNSCOMBE PLACE was the
former name of East 50th St.
between 1st Ave. and Beekman
Place.
DUNHAM PLACE was the
former name of an Alley running
south from 142 West 33rd St.,
now closed.
DWAR'S STREET was the
former name of Exchange Place
between Broadway and Broad St.
DYES STREET. Dey Street
was so called in 1767.
E
EAGLE STREET was the
former name of Hester St. ; it
was laid out about 1750; known
in 1755 as Hester St.; in 1766
as Eagle St., and since 1807 as
Eagle St.
EAST BANK STREET was an old
road in Greenwich Village; it
ran from 7th and Greenwich Ave.
northeasterly to the Union Road
in the block now bounded by 6th
and 7th Aves., 13th and 14th
Sts.
EAST COURT was in West 22nd
St. near 6th Ave. ; now closed.
EAST GEORGE STREET was the
former name of Market St.
EASTERN POST ROAD started at
the present Broadway and 23rd
St. and ran northeasterly across
Madison Square to about 30th St.
just west of Lexington Ave. ; it
then ran northerly, parallel to
Lexington Ave. to 36th St.,
there veering easterly, crossing
3rd Ave. at 45th St. and then
running northerly, midway
between 2nd and 3rd Ave. to 50th
St., where it turned
northeasterly. Crossing 2nd Ave.
at 52nd St., from there it ran
northerly, midway between 1st
and 2nd Aves. At 57th St. it
turned slightly westerly,
crossing 2nd Ave. at 62nd St.,
3rd Ave. at 72nd, and Lexington
Ave. at 76th St. It then ran
northerly and northeasterly,
recrossing Lexington Ave. at
77th St., then northeasterly,
northerly and northwesterly,
crossing 5th Ave. at 90th St.,
then northerly through Central
Park, recrossing 5th Ave. at
109th St., 4th Ave. at 115th
St., then northeasterly between
3rd and 4th Ave. to the Harlem
River at 130th St. and 3rd Ave.
This road was also called the
Boston Post Road. It was closed
in 1839.
EAST PLACE formerly ran in
the rear of Nos. 184-186 East
3rd St.,between Avenue B and C.
EAST ROAD was the former
name of 4th Ave. between 37th
and 90th Sts.
EAST STREET was the former
name of Mangin St.
EAST TOMPKINS PLACE was the
former name of East llth St.
between Ave. A and B.
EDEN STREET was the former
name of Morton St. between
Bedford and Bleeker Sts. It was
also called Arden St.