Beekman Place (Manhattan)

Beekman Place (Manhattan)

Beekman Place is a small neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan, New York City, named after the Beekman family, an influential family in the development of the city. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=cZ0xAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%22joris+jansen+rapalje%22&source=web&ots=-Xev9bucxb&sig=Cw3L9Ff9QAYvmBU3fSCPYsE5ydg&hl=en#PPA238,M1 Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, William B. Aitken, The Knickerbocker Press, 1912] ]

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