Our elderly neighbors want to know who their street was named for
Hewes Street in Brooklyn, New York is named for Joseph Hewes. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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.
Drew Seeley has a little sister named Katie :-)
A man named Henry Seeley was the inventor of the electric iron. Seeley invented the iron in 1882. That first iron, patented as an 'electric flatiron,' weighed 15 pounds. Seeley was from New York.
Adams Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
At over 10 miles long, Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway begins at Tillary Street and Adams Street.
Oh, dude, Menahan Street in Brooklyn, NY was named after Richard Menahan, a landowner in the area back in the 19th century. He was probably like, "Hey, I have all this land, might as well name a street after myself." So yeah, that's the scoop on Menahan Street.
Irons were invented in 1882 by a man named Henery W. Seeley.
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On the Manhattan side, Park Row is the street that takes you onto the bridge. On the Brooklyn side, Adams Street takes you onto the bridge.
The address of the Brooklyn Branch is: 6 East Mill Street, Brooklyn, 46111 9717