List of eponymous streets in New York City

This is a list of eponymous streets and squares in New York City by borough.

Manhattan

* 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
* 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
* Bethune Street - 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
* 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
* Forsyth Street - Lt. Col. Benjamin Forsyth
* Fulton Street - Robert Fulton
* Gay Street - possibly "R. Gay," apocryphally to Sidney Howard Gay
* Great Jones Street - Samuel Jones, "The Father of The New York Bar"
* Greene Street - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary War hero
* Hester Street - Hester Bayard
* Horatio Street - Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Saratoga
* Houston Street - William Houstoun, Founding Father
* Jane Street - A Mr. Jaynes, who resided at #81, where Alexander Hamilton is sometimes said to have died
* Peter Jennings Way - Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor
* Juan Pablo Duarte Boulevard - Juan Pablo Duarte, a founding father of the Dominican Republic
* LaGuardia Place - Fiorello H. 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 - James Madison, fourth president of the United States
* Mercer Street - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War figure
* Malcolm X Boulevard - Malcolm X
* 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
* 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 - after Rev. William Vesey
* Washington Street - George Washington, first president of the United States
* William Street - William of Nassau
* Wooster Street - David Wooster, American Revolutionary War hero

Squares

* Chatham Square - William Pitt The elder, the First 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 Prussian House of Hanover
* Lincoln Square - a local landowner
* Madison Square - James Madison, fourth President of the United States
* Tompkins Square Park - Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), Vice President of the United States
* Washington Square Park - George Washington
* Worth Square - William Jenkins Worth

Bronx

* Bruckner Expressway - Henry Bruckner, politician and longtime Borough President.:"See also: Jonas Bronck (1600–1643), Swedish immigrant who gave his name to The Bronx

Brooklyn

* Fulton Street - Robert Fulton
* Vanderbilt Avenue - Vanderbilt family

Queens

* Brinckerhoff Avenue - the Brinckerhoff family
* Francis Lewis Boulevard - Francis Lewis, local resident and signer of the Declaration of Independence
* Roosevelt Avenue - Theodore Roosevelt [Mbugua, Martin. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/1999/08/03/1999-08-03_make_tracks_to_big_avenue_it.html "Make Tracks to Big Avenue"] . "New York Daily News". August 3, 1999. Retrieved September 13, 2008.]

taten Island

* LaGuardia Avenue - Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City

ources

* [http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines/ New York Songlines: Virtual Walking Tours of Manhattan Streets]