Coles Street

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Coles Street opened in 1850. It was likely named after Jordan Coles, who, among his various enterprises, ran a one of Brooklyn's seven water powered mills in the early 1820s. Together the mills produced most of Brooklyn's flour, over 6,000 barrels in 1824.

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Sources:

  • Sherman, Herman. Red Hook Place-Names. Graduate Thesis, Brooklyn College, 1965

    Stiles, Henry Reed.  A History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh, Volume 2
    p. 212
Published on Jun 5, 2016. Last updated on Sep 7, 2019.

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