List of eponymous streets in New York City

This is a list of streets and squares in New York City named after a person, organized by borough.

Manhattan

• Allen Street – Captain William Henry Allen, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812.
• Ann Street – Ann White, wife of developer and merchant Capt. Thomas White
• Astor Place and Astor Row – John Jacob Astor and other members of the Astor family, landowners
• Barrow Street – Thomas Barrow, artist of a popular engraving of Trinity Church
• Bayard Street and Hester Street – Hester Bayard
• Beach Street – Paul Bache, the son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard, who owned Lispenard Meadows, just south of what is now Canal Street
• Beak Street – uncertain, but probably for the Beak family
• Beekman Place, Beekman Street, William Street – Wilhelmus Beekman. William Street is also named for William of Nassau.
• Bethune Street (pronounced Beth-YOON) – Johanna Bethune, co-founder of the New York Orphan Asylum
• Bleecker Street – Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827). a lawyer, poet and friend of Washington Irving and William Cullen Bryant, because the street ran through Bleecker's farm.
• Bogardus Place – the Bogardus family, including Everardus Bogardus and James Bogardus
• Broome Street – John Broome, lieutenant governor of New York
• Cabrini Boulevard – Mother Cabrini
• Charles Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner
• Charlton Street – John Charlton, president of the New York Medical Society
• Christopher Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner. Prior to 1799 known as Skinner Road after Col. William Skinner, son-in-law of landowner Adm. Peter Warren
• Colonel Robert Magaw Place – Robert Magaw, a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
• Columbus Circle – for the quadcentennial of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
• Cortlandt Street – for the Cortlandt family, landowners
• Delancey Street – James De Lancey, who owned a farm located in what is now the Lower East Side
• Detective Omar J. Edwards Way – after a police officer killed by friendly fire
• Forsyth Street – Lt. Col. Benjamin Forsyth
• Fulton Street – Robert Fulton
• Gay Street – possibly "R. Gay," apocryphally to Sidney Howard Gay
• George Balanchine Way – In 1990 a segment of West 63rd Street near the New York State Theatre was renamed George Balanchine Way, after the founder of the New-York City Ballet.
• Great Jones Street – Samuel Jones, "The Father of The New York Bar"
• Greene Street – Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary War hero
• Henry Street (Manhattan) – Henry Rutgers, American Revolutionary War hero
• Horatio Street – Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Saratoga
• Houston Street (pronounced HOW-ston) – William Houstoun, Founding Father
• Irving Place – Washington Irving (author) known for his History of New York and short stories like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
• Jane Street – A Mr. Jaynes, who resided at #81, where Alexander Hamilton is sometimes said to have died
• Jefferson Street (Manhattan) – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd American President
• Peter Jennings Way – Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor
• Juan Pablo Duarte Boulevard (part of Saint Nicholas Avenue) – Juan Pablo Duarte, a founding father of the Dominican Republic
• LaGuardia Place – Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City
• Lenox Avenue – James Lenox, philanthropist
• Leroy Street – Jacob Le Roy & Son, a shipping company and War of 1812 blockade-runner
• Ludlow Street – Augustus Ludlow, War of 1812 naval hero
• Macdougal Street – Alexander McDougall, Revolutionary War hero
• Madison Avenue and Madison Street – James Madison, fourth president of the United States
• Mercer Street – Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War figure
• Malcolm X Boulevard (co-named with Lenox Avenue) – Malcolm X American human rights activist
• Monroe Street (Manhattan) – James Monroe, American president
• Morton Street – Jacob Morton, early 19th century militia commander
• Nassau Street – William of Nassau
• Perry Street – Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero of the War of 1812
• Rivington Street – James Rivington, Revolutionary War-era publisher
• Rutgers Street – Henry Rutgers, American Revolutionary War hero
• St. Mark's Place
• Saint Nicholas Avenue – Saint Nicholas
• Stuyvesant Street – Peter Stuyvesant, last governor of New Netherland, who owned the land
• Sullivan Street – John Sullivan, American Revolutionary War general
• Thompson Street – William Thompson, Revolutionary War general
• Vanderbilt Avenue – Vanderbilt family, who owned Grand Central Terminal, the construction of which predicated construction of the road
• Varick Street – Richard Varick, American Revolutionary War figure and Mayor of New York City
• Vesey Street (pronounced VEE-see) – after Rev. William Vesey
• Washington Street – George Washington, first president of the United States
• Wooster Street – David Wooster, American Revolutionary War hero
• Worth Street – William J. Worth

Squares

• Chatham Square – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and Prime Minister of Great Britain
• Duffy Square – Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York's 69th Infantry Regiment
• Hanover Square – the House of Hanover
• Lincoln Square – a local landowner
• Madison Square – James Madison, fourth President of the United States
• Margaret Sanger Square – founder of Planned Parenthood
• Times Square – The New York Times
• Tompkins Square Park – Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), Vice President of the United States
• Verdi Square – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer
• Washington Square Park – George Washington
• Worth Square – William J. Worth

Bronx

• Bruckner Boulevard and Bruckner Expressway – Henry Bruckner, politician and longtime Borough President
• Elias Karmon Way; (Located at the corner of Thwaites Place and Barker Avenue 10467) – Elias Karmon, aka fondly "Mr. Bronx" and then later "Dr. Bronx" for his honorary graduate degree. He was great-grandfather, a generous philanthropist and humanitarian to multiple causes in and outside of the Bronx, and owed multiple businesses in the Bronx since the late 1930s.
• Bartow Avenue – Family of John Bartow, a missionary for the Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in London
• Seabury Avenue – Samuel Seabury, first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal of America
• Corsa Avenue – Family of Andrew Corsa who led 5,000 American and French troops to Morrisania to survey British fortifications

Brooklyn

• Fulton Street – Robert Fulton
• Herzl Street – Theodor Herzl
• McGuinness Boulevard – Peter McGuinness
• Vanderbilt Avenue – Vanderbilt family

Queens

• Brinckerhoff Avenue – the Brinckerhoff family
• Douglaston Parkway – named for the Douglas family as was the area of Douglaston, Queens
• Francis Lewis Boulevard – Francis Lewis, local resident and signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Parsons Boulevard – named after botanist Samuel Bowne Parsons
• Jackie Robinson Parkway – Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player
• Roosevelt Avenue – Theodore Roosevelt
• Sean Bell Way – renamed for the victim of a controversial police-involved shooting, originally named Liverpool Street
• Steinway Street – named for the makers of the famed Steinway piano. Their factory was located in the Astoria area of Queens, where this street runs through.
• Van Wyck Expressway (formerly Van Wyck Boulevard) – named for Robert Anderson Van Wyck, first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs

Staten Island

• Father Capodanno Boulevard – Vincent R. Capodanno, killed in action in the Vietnam War
• Hylan Boulevard – John F. Hylan, Mayor of New York City
• LaGuardia Avenue – Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City
• Detective Russel Timoshenko Way – after a police officer killed in the line of duty

See also

• List of eponymous roads in London
• List of eponymous streets in Manila
• List of numbered streets in Manhattan

Further reading

• New York Songlines: Virtual Walking Tours of Manhattan Streets