Welcome to Eldridge Street on the lower east side of New York City.
Eldridge Street is one of five streets in this area which were
named after military heroes of the War of 1812. In one grand municipal
gesture of honor back in 1817, Eldridge Street was named for Lieutenant
Eldridge was killed by Canadian Indians (scalped).
Allen Street was so named after William H Allen of the Navy; Chrystie
Street was named for Lieutenant-Colonel John |
Christie, who was killed
on the New York Niagara frontier; Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth who
was wounded in Canada is honored with Forsyth Street; Lieutenant
Ludlow (Ludlow Street) was killed in action in a ship battle between
the ship Chesapeake and the HBMS Shannon. Pike Street is named for
General Pike, who was killed in the attack upon York, near Toronto,
Canada. All of them died in 1813 and were honored in New York City
with street names in this area in 1817. |
