Uncover the original Dutch street names of NYC and see how the names of streets in the Lower Manhattan street grid evolved!
The street names of Lower Manhattan's grid reveal the history of New York City from its time under Dutch and British colonial rule through the Revolutionary War.
The street grid that gives shape to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is a unique remnant of both the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs that you can still see, and walk, today.