who name all the streets in nyc?

Question

who name the boroughs of ny?

Answer 1

Check out the following book:
The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins / by Henry Moscow 1990
Begins with detailed street maps which are followed by an explanation of the street names (in alphabetical order).

Bronx was named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish sea captain from the Netherlands.
History of Brooklyn

Brooklyn may have gotten its name from the Dutch word for broken land, Breukelen

Queens was named after the English Queen Catherine of Braganza.

Staten Island was named in honor of the governing body of the Netherlands, the States General,

Answer 2

Maritza, the majority of the streets and avenue in New York City, including the outer boroughs are number, with the exception of those named after a famous person or a landmark. The City Council will grand the naming or renaming of a street or avenue after a person either past away, or he or she made a contribution to the City in the form of a public service. Sometime a citizen's group will petition the City Council to renamed the street or avenue. Here are a few examples. Canal Street is named after a canal that once ran through the area. Yes, a canal. Wall Street, the heart of the financial world, is named for a wall the once stretched from the Hudson to the East River. The wall was build to keep protect the settlers of New Amsterdam (the original name of New York City) from invasions from the north. FDR Drive was named for former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was Governor of New Yorker in the 1920s. The FDR Drive was originally called the "East River Drive." However, it was given its current name sometime after the Second World War. The Joe DiMaggio Highway (aka: The West Side Highway) was named after Joe DiMaggio, who played for the Yankees in the 1950s. The highway was renamed in his honor a few months after he passed away in March 1999. Most recently, the Triborough Bridge, was renamed for Robert F. Kennedy. However, the City Council did not approve this because the bridge is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), so it was both the MTA Executive Board and the State law makers who approved it. I hope this information is very helpful. Good luck Native New Yorker

Answer 3

The posters above covered the historical naming. Currently the City Council names the streets.

Answer 4

The streets in lower Manhattan were named by the Dutch settlers. As the population began to spread northward the populace reverted to numbered avenues and streets.;Avenues ran north and south; but were numbered from east to west. while streets ran east to west and numbered from south to north.

Answer 5

ppl from the colonial era who came from england somwhere around 1500 to 1600