University Heights, The Bronx

University Heights

University Avenue's former name was Aqueduct Avenue. It was renamed for New York University in 1913 and renamed again in 1988 for Martin Luther King Jr.

The Old Croton Aqueduct has been preserved for a two mile stretch from Kingsbridge Road South to about Bainbridge Avenue, along Aqueduct Avenue West, Aqueduct Avenue East and University Avenue as raised a embankment and walkway. Aqueduct Avenues East and West are named for their location in relation to the Croton Aqueduct's location. An aqueduct gatehouse remains at Phelan Place (although from the New Croton Aqueduct 1885-1893).

The University Heights Campus of New York University (1920)
Museum of the City of New York

New York University developed a University Heights campus in 1894 to follow New York City's development as it moved uptown. However years later, in 1973, fearing urban decay New York University sold the University Heights campus to the City University of New York. With the engineering school residing at the University Heights campus, the school of engineering merged with Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn to form the Polytechnic Institute of New York. The University Heights campus became the home of Bronx Community College. The campus includes the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans | Wallyg

Stuyvesant Square Park, Manhattan

Stuyvesant Square (1930) New York Public Library Stuyvesant Square Park is a park spanning from East 15th Street north to East 17th Street and from Rutherford Place east to Nathan D. Perlman Place. The square is commonly thought to be named for Peter Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherlands until it was ceded to English control in 1664. It is actually named for Peter Gerard Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant Square (1905) Museum of the City of New York The park lies within what was the Stuyvesant family farm. The farm once stretched from the Bowery to the East River and from 3rd Street to 14th Street. The park itself is in the approximate location of the original Stuyvesant family mansion. Randel Farm Map 1818-1820 In 1836, Peter Gerard Stuyvesant and his wife Hellen Rutherford reserved four acres of the family farm and sold it to the City of New York for $5 as a public park, with the proviso that the City of New York build a fen

Kingsbridge Armory, The Bronx

Looking west at the Kingsbridge Armory on July 21, 1914. Museum of the City of New York Kingsbridge Armory Also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory located on West Kingsbridge Road. It was built in the 1910s to house the National Guard's Eighth Coastal Artillery Regiment which relocated from Manhattan in 1917. Possibly the largest armory in the World. After World War II, the City offered it to the United Nations as a temporary meeting place. Looking northeast at the Kingsbridge Armory on July 18, 1914 Museum of the City of New York In 1911, the New York State Legislature authorized construction of the Armory using an excavated area that was planned to have been the eastern basin for Jerome Park Reservoir. Some military artifacts were unearther in the area, believed to have been from nearby Revolutionary War forts including Independence and Number Five. After the second world war, the City offered it's use to the United Nations General

Greenwich Village, Manhattan

Greenwich Village or "The Village" extends from Houston north to West 14th Street and from Broadway west to the Hudson River. Greenwich is Anglicized from the Dutch Greenwijck (meaning pine district) into the same name as the borough of London. Greenwich Village May, 1868 New York City Department of Records Greenwich Village has many streets named for Revolutionary War heroes: Alexander McDougall New York Public Library MacDougal Street - named for Alexander McDougall (1731-1786) a leader of the Sons of Liberty, major general in the Continental Army, a NY State Senator and the first President of New York Bank. Hugh Mercer New York Public Library Mercer Street - named for Hugh Mercer (1726-1777) a Brigadier General and close friend of George Washington. Died as a result of wounds received in the Battle of Princeton. Thompson Street - named for William Thompson (1736-1781) a Brigadier General of the War. David Wooster

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