On State Street at Battery Place, on the left when traveling south on State Street. Reported permanently removed.
INTRODUCTION In September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his . . . — — Map (db m127314) HM
On Battery Place at State Street, on the right when traveling east on Battery Place. Reported permanently removed.
BEAVER’S PATH Location: Battery Place at Greenwich Street Dutch Name: Bever Straet Here, on a sandyshore, Lenape Indians beached their canoes to trade beaver and otter pelts for Dutch cloth, kettles, and metal tools. To the Lenape, . . . — — Map (db m127312) HM
On Whitehall Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
PETRUS STUYVESANT'S GREAT HOUSE Location: Whitehall Street between Pearl & State Streets Dutch Name: Opt Waeter Near this site stood the “Great House” of Petrus Stuyvesant (c. 1612-1672), Nieuw Nederland’s last director. A . . . — — Map (db m127311) HM
On Pearl Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
STADT HUYS (CITY HALL) Location: Broad Street & Coenties Alley Dutch Name: Langs Straet (Along the Shore) New York’s first city government began meeting across the street in 1653, after the Dutch West India Company agreed to grant . . . — — Map (db m127523) HM
On Stone Street at Mill Lane, on the left when traveling east on Stone Street. Reported permanently removed.
ASSER LEVY’S HOME Location: Stone Street at Mill Lane Dutch Name: Hoogh Straet (High Street) In a house on this site lived the Jewish trader and butcher Asser Levy. Possibly born in Lithuania, Levy probably came here from Amsterdam in . . . — — Map (db m127960) HM
On Broad Street at Marketfield Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street. Reported permanently removed.
ADRIAEN VAN DER DONCK’S HOME Location: Marketfield Street at Broad Street Dutch Name: Het Marckvelt Steegie In a house that stood a few feet from here lived lawyer Adriaen van der Donck (c. 1620 - c. 1655), author of the . . . — — Map (db m127313) HM
On Broad Street at Exchange Place, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street. Reported permanently removed.
LORDS’ CANAL Location: Broad Street Dutch Name: Heere Gracht Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant had workmen create the Gracht, or Canal, here on the site of a small creek during the 1650s. The canal stretched from near today’s Exchange . . . — — Map (db m127521) HM
On Wall Street at William Street, on the right when traveling east on Wall Street. Reported permanently removed.
ANDRIES REES’S TAVERN Location: William Street and Wall Street Dutch Name: Smit Straet Here, in 1660, Andries Rees ran a tavern serving his fellow colonists. Taverns were lively centers of social life in the Netherlands, and Dutch . . . — — Map (db m127522) HM
On Broadway at Wall Street, on the right when traveling south on Broadway. Reported permanently removed.
THE WALL Location: Wall Street Dutch Name: Langs de Wal Here, in 1653, Nieuw Amsterdam’s settlers built a wall running from the Hudson River to the East River to defend their town against attack. They feared invasion by England and her New . . . — — Map (db m125840) HM
On Broadway at Maiden Lane, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Reported permanently removed.
STREAM FOR WASHING LAUNDRY Location: Maiden Lane Dutch Name: ‘t Maagde Paatje Here, in the 1600’s, a stream ran into the East River, along the course of what is now Maiden Lane. A footpath brought Dutch “maidens” to wash . . . — — Map (db m127519) HM
On Broadway at Barclay Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Reported permanently removed.
INTRODUCTION In September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his . . . — — Map (db m127518) HM