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August 5, 2008

Forgotten NY Remembers Dunham Place

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The folks at Forgotten NY have been studying the bible of Brooklyn streets, Brooklyn by Name, and unearthed the history of a tiny little slice of a street in Williamsburg called Dunham Place. It was one of the first named streets in the neighborhood, dedicated to a merchant named David Dunham who helped get the steam ferry zooming from Brooklyn to Manhattan. His fascination with water transportation ultimately failed him; he ended up falling overboard and drowning up near West Point. Update: The Waterfront Preservation Alliance has added a blog post of its own on the history of Dunham Place.
Dunham Deal: Alley With a View [Forgotten NY]




Posted by lisa at 11:32 AM | Comments (2)
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Street sign on building like in Italian cities. Cool.

Posted by: DOW8000SP800 at August 5, 2008 12:20 PM

The Forgotten NY guy references the older houses that used to be on this block... I kind of remember them. They were cute and did look really old. I think at least one had a peaked roof? I always thought this was a cute block, used to make a point of detouring down it on the way to the Right Bank or Dempsey's.

Posted by: Heather at August 5, 2008 1:49 PM

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