My Life In Brooklyn

To your right, listed under “A Few Brooklyn Books” you will see the title Brooklyn by Name, which is on my wish list and perhaps already addresses the topic of this post, I haven’t even looked at the book yet.  Or may be the answer lies in Forgotten New York, another wishlist item I haven’t picked up yet.

In the Brooklyn Eagle, dated 09 Nov 1897, the Council meeting of the Board of Aldermen ordered the following changes in street names:

• Avenue A to Ausable avenue
• Avenue B to Beverly [sic] road
• Avenue E to Ditmas avenue
• Tulip street to Rutland road
• Hart’s alley to Mack place
• Vesta avenue to the Van Sindered avenue
• Neck road to Kouwenhoven place
• Bay Sixteenth street to New Utrecht avenue
• Jackson street to New Utrecht avenue

Interesting changes, I am just curious why Tulip became Rutland.   Some of the reasoning on all of the changes would be interesting, odd that sort of information was not in the paper.

I can’t imagine these are the original colors, but it is interesting anyway and quite strking.  Number 2121 Westbury Court, off of Flatbush Avenue.