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There’s debate surrounding Wallabout’s name origins — read through to see what one commenter found about the neighborhood.

Comment of the Day

According to the July 1916 issue of “Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy,” Wallabout is a corruption of “Waal Boght,” Dutch for Waal Bend, which reflects the large number of Walloons–French-speaking natives of Belgium–who once resided near a bend in the East River.

— Robert Perris in Prison Ships and Bayside Markets: How Wallabout Got Its Name

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