Hewes Street in Brooklyn, New York is named for Joseph Hewes. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Hewes Street - BMT Jamaica Line - was created in 1888.
Our elderly neighbors want to know who their street was named for
Stockholm Street in Brooklyn was named for the Stockholm family, not the capital of Sweden. Abraham and Andrew Stockholm owned land in Bushwick in the 19th century.
It seems that it was named for a manufacturer of corsets, Patrick J. Menahan, whose shop was on the street. At that time the street was called Ralph St, possibly after Ralph Patchen, a big landowner of the area in the 1700s.
Bettie Hewes was born in 1921.
Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway begins at Tillary Street and Adams Street.
At over 10 miles long, Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn.
David Hewes died in 1915.
David Hewes was born in 1822.
Henry Hewes was born in 1917.
Henry Hewes died in 2006.