Weehawken Street

Weehawken Street is a short street located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City's Greenwich Village, one block from the Hudson River, between Christopher Street and West 10th Street. During the colonial era it was the site of a ferry landing and market where fresh produce was brought to Manhattan from farms across the river. The land within the Weehawken Street Historic District was part of the late 18th Century Newgate State Prison, until the land was sold off in 1829 by the City of New York.^[1]

Preservation

From the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report:^[2]

The picturesque enclave of fourteen buildings and the street plan that together comprise the Weehawken Street Historic District represents several phases of construction spanning a century of development along Greenwich Village's Hudson River waterfront, from 1830 to 1938. The architecture illustrates the area's long history as a place of dwelling, industry, and commerce, much of it maritime-related, and is a rare surviving example of this once typical development pattern on Manhattan's west side waterfront. Many of the properties in the historic district were associated with the families of prominent long-term owners, such as former Mayor Stephen Allen, Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt, lawyer Edmund R. Terry, brewer-distiller Patrick Skelly, and linen merchant James Dean. In addition, several significant maritime-related industries were located within the historic district for a century, between 1884 and 1984.

The Weehawken Street Historic District was designated in 2006, largely due to the efforts of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, a preservation advocacy group active in the area.

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