Wolcott Street

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Wolcott Street was most likely named after Oliver Wolcott. a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a general in the Revolutionary War.

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This Item is related to Item: Red Hook Lane: Heritage Trail

Sources:

  • Dikeman, J. The Brooklyn Compendium, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Common Council. 1870. https://books.google.com/books?id=jvpHAQAAMAAJ (accessed 2016)
  • Sherman, Herman. "Red Hook Place-Names." Graduate Thesis, Brooklyn College, 1965.
Published on Feb 18, 2016. Last updated on May 19, 2018.

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