Women's History Month
Bronx and Brooklyn: Women’s Street Names
Saturday, March 15th, 2008It took me awhile, but I found some street names in Bronx and Brooklyn that honor women. I found this info from a lot of different websites and books.
Cooper Street, Brooklyn: Bushwick resident Hannah Cooper once owned the land through which this street was cut.
Coster Street, Bronx: Named for Julia Coster who was married to [...]
Manhattan: Women’s History Month
Monday, March 10th, 2008March is Women’s History Month, so I wondered how many sisters were honored with a place name in NYC. I love that there’s a story behind every place name in NYC. This post is about names in Manhattan.
All of my info in this post comes from the terrific book by Henry Moscow called The Street [...]