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The Hicks family were one of early colonial settlers in Brooklyn. Brothers Jacob and John Hicks were in the lumber and milk businesses, respectively. Hick Street was named sometime before 1819. Hicks Street between West 9th Street and Mill Street...
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Hamilton Avenue was officially plotted and named by 1835. It was quite likely named after Alexander Hamilton.
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Halleck was officially plotted and named by the City of Brooklyn in 1835. Halleck Street was possibly named after Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790 - 1867), an American poet very popular in his day. Beginning in 1832, he became...
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It is uncertain now who Ferris Street is named for. It is possibly for Gilbert H. Ferris who owned a ship yard at the corner of Van Brunt and Beard Streets - not far from Ferris Street - in the 1860s. Whether he, or his family, was active in the...
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Dwight Street was one of several Red Hook streets officially named and plotted by the City of Brooklyn in 1835.
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Dikeman Street, one of many officially named by the City of Brooklyn in 1835, was most likely named in honor of John Dikeman, He was one of the first property owners in Brooklyn, was the Villages's lawyer in 1819 and went on to be a respected Judge....
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Cuba Street opened in 1848 and was closed in 1876 to make room for more wharves. It was likely named for the one of area's biggest imports at the time: sugar from Cuba
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Creamer Street officially opened in 1835 as Grinnell Street. Mr. Henry Grinnell, a wealthy public spirited merchant wan an original investor in the Atlantic Dock Company. The street was renamed in 1891 for Joseph M. Creamer, a Brooklyn Police...
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Court Street was originally George Street in honor of King George. When it was officially renamed in 1835, Brooklyn's court houses were not yet built but probably planned.
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Bush Street was officially plotted and named by the City of Brooklyn in 1835. According to the book: Brooklyn By Name , Bush was an early landowner in Red Hook.
