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		The focal point of Stuyvesant Street, St. Mark's-In-The-Bowery, was first built in 1799 on what had been the vast estate of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam.
		Stuyvesant himself is entombed in the church's graveyard.
		But Stuyvesant Street had by then become a well-established thoroughfare and so was allowed to remain after the Commissioners Plan has eliminated most of the other odd roads that would have interrupted the grid.
	www.forgotten-ny.com /Alleys/stuyvesant/stuy.html (663 words)

	Peter Stuyvesant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stuyvesant and his family were large land owners in the northeastern portion of New Amsterdam, and the Stuyvesant name is currently associated with the Stuyvesant Town housing complex and Stuyvesant High School (where he is fondly known as "Pegleg Pete" and the football team is called the Peglegs in his honour), among other locations.
		Stuyvesant's grand official residence at the very tip of Manhattan was renamed "Whitehall" by the English and survives in another New York street name, Whitehall Street.
		To honor Stuyvesant's dedication to education and New Amsterdam's legal-cultural tradition of toleration under Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan was named after him, in spite of his initial objections to the arrival, in 1654, of a large group of Sephardim from Dutch Brazil without West India Company passports.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant (733 words)

	Stuyvesant High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stuyvesant High School is named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New Netherland before the ownership of the colony was transferred to England in 1664.
		Street building to the Chambers Street one; a meeting of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology; an all-class reunion; and visits and speeches from notable alumni.
		Stuyvesant also was the high school with the highest number of Advanced Placement exams taken, and also the highest number of students reaching the mastery level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stuyvesant_High_School (4896 words)

	Peter Stuyvesant Summary
		Stuyvesant and his family were large land owners in the northeastern portion of New Amsterdam, and the Stuyvesant name is currently associated with the Stuyvesant Town housing complex and Stuyvesant High School (where he is fondly known as "Pegleg Pete" and the football team is called the Peglegs in his honour), among other locations.
		Stuyvesant's grand official residence at the very tip of Manhattan was renamed "Whitehall" by the English and survives in another New York street name, Whitehall Street.
		To honor Stuyvesant's dedication to education and New Amsterdam's legal-cultural tradition of toleration under Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan was named after him, in spite of his initial objections to the arrival, in 1654, of a large group of Sephardim from Dutch Brazil without West India Company passports.
	www.bookrags.com /Peter_Stuyvesant (3267 words)

	Manhattan User's Guide > Archives > Stuyvesant Street
		After the institution of the city's grid in 1811, all of the other streets and houses that did not follow the grid were changed, and houses were demolished.
		The Stuyvesants, being the Stuyvesants, got to keep their street (at that time the driveway to the mansion) on its original axis, as it remains today.
		Twenty-one Stuyvesant, the Federal-style Stuyvesant-Fish residence, was built in 1804 by Peter Stuyvesant's great-grandson for his daughter Elizabeth's marriage to Nicholas Fish.
	www.manhattanusersguide.com /archives_content.php?contentID=040407&category=info (512 words)

	NYU > New York University Department of Housing
		Stuyvesant town is a diverse community of graduate students at NYU with 324 students and 6 Resident Assistants.
		Located in the Stuyvesant Town complex, residents live within the beautiful atmosphere of the complex while also enjoying close proximity to the East Village.
		This year, Stuyvesant Town is part of a larger graduate residence hall community including Washington Square Village and 14 Washington Place.
	www.nyu.edu /housing/residence.halls/stuyvesant.town (253 words)

	About Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association
		Streets in Manhattan, is the center of one of the most handsome and historic neighborhoods in New York City.
		His street plan was laid out in a true north-south direction, however, and the work was largely erased when, in 1811, the city adopted its own street grid to conform with Manhattan’s northwesterly bias.
		Because of its beautiful houses and access to the church, the street was left as it was, and is today.
	www.preserve.org /stuyvesant/about.html (480 words)

	Bed-Stuy on the Move
		The informal street vendors, who were all over Fulton Avenue until 2001, are the best example of the vitality and negative externalities of the informal economy in Bed-Stuy.
		Street congestion is an example of negative externality produced by unregulated street markets.
		Crystal, owner of a bookstore on Lewis Street and member of the Brownstoners of Bed-Suy association, observes that “most recent homebuyers are fl and most white people living in the neighborhood are renting.” She doesn’t see gentrification and displacement as an issue.
	urbanology.org /BedStuy (17464 words)

	New York Architecture Images- St. Mark’s in the Bowery Church
		Peter Stuyvesant himself is buried under the church, and six generations of his descendants are also found here.
		Stuyvesant built a road connecting his farm to the rest of the city that became known as the Bowery because the route passed by the “bouweries”, which means farms in Dutch.
		Regardless of Stuyvesant’s attempts to limit this city to the religion of the Dutch Reformed Church, a wide variety of other groups, including those who were not Dutch, not white and not Protestant, have succeeded in New York.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /LES/LES021.htm (3887 words)

	The Holland Ring - Peter Stuyvesant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In response to their demands for self-government, he and the council in 1647 appointed an advisory board of nine, and in 1653 there was established the first municipal government for the city of New Amsterdam, modeled after the cities of Holland.
		But he succeeded in dislodging the Swedes from their settlement in Dutch territory along the Delaware River and in establishing peace with the Indians there.
		In August 1664, when the burghers refused to aid him, Stuyvesant was forced to surrender New Netherland to the British.
	www.thehollandring.com /stuyvesant.htm (283 words)

	Manhattan Section - Bowery Number One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This street still exists in lower Manhattan, and is distinguished by running at an angle to the grid of surrounding streets.
		At about the corner of Stuyvesant Street and Second Avenue was the original site of the Stuyvesant family chapel; it was here that Petrus Stuyvesant was buried in 1672.
		At the other end of Stuyvesant Street, at the intersection of Third Avenue, a small garden commemorates the Dutch leader of the colony and his vast farm, which now comprises the East Village of Manhattan.
	www.nnp.org /newvtour/regions/Manhattan/bowery-no.-1.html (444 words)

	Proposed Cooper Union General Large Scale Development Plan
		Avenue/Lafayette Street corridor was to preserve a moderately scaled area as a transition between the somewhat more densely built up area to the west and the largely low-rise area to the east.
		This street and view corridor mark the original boundary between Peter Stuyvesant’s farms as surveyed by the Dutch West India company, and is Manhattan’s only remaining true east-west street.
		We believe a more appropriate fate for the Stuyvesant Street roadbed would be for it to be preserved, demarcated, remain open, and be accessible to the public.
	www.gvshp.org /cooperunion.htm (2417 words)

	Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn
		Stuyvesant Heights, a flat region of brownstone fronts and two-story homes lying east of Nostrand Avenue between Fulton Street and Broadway, contains the city's second largest Negro population.
		The curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences is based on the traditional Catholic system of education with its emphasis on the humanities.
		Statue of Robert Fulton, in Fulton Park, at Fulton Street and Stuyvesant Avenue, is a 10 1/2-foot zinc-and-copper figure showing the inventor of the steamboat resting one hand on a small boat model Caspar Buberl was the sculptor.
	www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/stuyvesant_heights.html (492 words)

	Directions to Stuyvesant Yacht Club
		Park on the street and walk to the end of Centre street.
		The Stuyvesant Yacht Club is at the end of the street.
		The Willis Avenue Bridge is the fastest way to travel but involves a few blocks on city streets in a neighborhood that is not particularly good.
	www.stuyvesantyc.org /directions.asp (664 words)

	Application submitted by The Cooper Union
		Street and Fourth Avenue, in C6-3 and C6-1 Districts.
		A portion of the Stuyvesant Street roadbed is subject to a deed restriction that only permits educational use.
		In 1959, the City deeded the area of the demapped Stuyvesant Street to Cooper Union and the deed restricted the use of this roadbed area to educational purposes.
	www.gvshp.org /cooperunionmbo.htm (1842 words)

	The Campaign For Stuyvesant - Memorabilia
		Stuyvesant was, and remains, one of a handful of NYC schools geared to advanced students.
		of a gridiron street layout was adopted in 1811.
		The four-acre parcel was once a part of Stuyvesant's farm; Stuyvesant Street, a few blocks downtown, was once the road that led to his mansion.
	www.stuyvesant.ourstrongband.org /Memorabilia.htm (1538 words)

	New York City Below Forty-Second Street - Part 4
		At 10th Street and Second Avenue you will find the famous old Church of St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, where Peter Stuyvesant's burial vault is incorporated in the east wall.
		The Washington Irving High School, between 16th and 17th Streets, is one of the outstanding high schools of the country and much visited by persons interested in education.
		At the southwest corner of 17th Street and Irving Place is the house which once belonged to Washington Irving's nephew.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/new-york-city-28.shtml (2327 words)

	Bed-Stuy Gateway and the Fulton-Nostrand Revitalization Project
		Super Foodtown of Bedford-Stuyvesant, located at 1420 Fulton Street in Restoration Plaza is a 31,000 square foot multi-department, full-service supermarket, owned and operated by PSK Supermarkets, Inc.
		Joanna West receives the Community Leader of the Year Award on behalf of her organization, The Doe Fund, which has donated the street sweeping and sanitation services of its Ready Willing and Able team to the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business District since late 2005 in an effort to assist the formation of the Bed-Stuy Gateway BID.
		On November 15, 2006, JPMorgan Chase, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford-Stuyvesant will host a free evening of financial empowerment and wealth creation tips geared for the whole family.
	www.bedstuygateway.com (3195 words)

	How Far from True North are the Avenues of Manhattan?
		When describing the location of homes or hot restaurants, we refer to the north and south sides of streets, the east and west sides of avenues, and corners that are northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast.
		This was the site of Peter Stuyvesant's manor, and the street that remains was once part of a larger grid of streets oriented to truth north.
		Suyvesant Street is supposed to run exactly east-west but the longitude and latitude at the two markers reveals that it's not quite exact.
	www.charlespetzold.com /etc/AvenuesOfManhattan/index.html (1964 words)

	village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Adamma Ince
		A 20-minute ride from 14th Street on Duke Ellington's famous A train lands you deep in the heart of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, a/k/a Bed-Stuy.
		Renowned for its tree-lined blocks of beautiful brownstones and other fine architectural properties, the community's affordable housing has brought yuppies from all over the city flocking to the 'hood.
		Four wood-framed cottages at 1698-1708 Bergen Street are the remains of a historic settlement of free fls called Weeksville.
	www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0219,ince,34525,15.html (689 words)

	Welcome to ELAD Properties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It’s one of the shortest streets in New York, but the two-block-long Astor Place was the site of one of the most memorable events in New York history, an 1849 riot — over an English actor playing “Macbeth” — in which at least 22 people were killed.
		The street, which runs from Broadway across Lafayette Street to Third Avenue, was named for the millionaire fur trader John Jacob Astor.
		When Bible House was demolished in the mid-1950’s for Cooper Union’s six-story engineering building, the school also used the roadbed of Stuyvesant Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, which it had received from the city with the proviso that the resulting building be used for education.
	www.eladproperties.com /press4.htm (1257 words)

	Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Greenest Block in Brooklyn
		East 35th Street (between Avenue H and Glenwood Road)
		Haring Street (between Avenue X and Avenue Y) Sheepshead Bay
		Vanderveer at Flatbush Avenue/East 23rd Street (between Flatbush Avenue and East 23rd Street)
	www.bbg.org /edu/greenbridge/greenestblock/2005_semifinalists.html (325 words)

	1906 Voters Registration Guide..Bklyn, Kings Co.
		Edwards street, Willoughby street, Raymond street, Lafayette street, Navy street, Willoughby street, Hudson avenue, Bolivar street and Navy street.
		Lexington avenue, Franklin avenue, DeKalb avenue, Skillman street and Willoughby avenue.
		Stagg St Tinsmith’s The Fourth Election District is bounded by and within Ten Eyck street, Leonard street, Johnson avenue, Broadway, Hewes street, South Fifth street, Montrose avenue and Lorimer street.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Vote/1906.Vote.html (13180 words)

	Stuyvesant, NY (Columbia County) - town travel guide - ePodunk
		Stuyvesant, NY (Columbia County) - town travel guide - ePodunk
		New York > All counties > Columbia County > Stuyvesant, NY Stuyvesant, NY
		Stuyvesant is a small community, with a population of 2,188
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/travInfo.php?locIndex=1767 (202 words)

	mag treecorps
		Since 1971, the Neighborhood Tree Corps has provided much needed tree care for Bedford Stuyvesant's street trees and gives neighborhood youngsters a valuable and enjoyable learning experience.
		The Tree Corps helped survey almost 7,000 street trees in a pilot project to provide the New York City Parks Department with accurate, block-by-block information about street trees and their health.
		As the trunk grows in size, such wires can cut into the tree trunk and gradually cut off the passageways that transport nutrients through the tree.
	newarkwww.rutgers.edu /~gelobter/cucrej/html/body_mag_treecorps.html (673 words)

	Directions to Empire State Development Southern Tier Regional Office
		Right hand turn at stop sign at exit to Stuyvesant Street.
		Go one block and take a left onto Hawley Street.
		buildings in the governmental complex across the street.
	www.empire.state.ny.us /Contacts_and_About_Us/southern_directions.asp (345 words)

	New York City Department of City Planning - Amanda M. Burden, Director
		The proposal, which affects a 206 block area, aims to preserve neighborhood scale and character, maintain opportunities for mid-rise apartment building construction along appropriate corridors, and allow for residential growth with incentives for affordable housing along the Fulton Street transit and retail corridor.
		The objective of the proposal is to promote development that respects established built form, create opportunities for the development of affordable housing and preserve historic assets.
		In response to recent and anticipated development activity in Harlem, DCP has initiated the 125th Street/River to River Study to generate a development framework for the entire 125th Street corridor between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dcp (707 words)

	PERFORMA: Not for Sale Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Department brings students, practicing artists, educators, and art professionals together in a richly interactive, multidisciplinary community that fosters imaginative art-making and intellectual exchange.
		November 18, 2004 – 6:30 – 8.00 PM New York University, 34 Stuyvesant Street, NY NY Artists Marina Abramovic and Tania Bruguera, and curators Debra Singer and Klaus Ottmann will discuss performance and its relationship to the museum, gallery, and collector.
		34 Stuyvesant Street, NY NY Curators Chrissie Iles, Robert Storr and artist Joan Jonas discussed how museums address performance-based and other ephemeral artwork.
	www.performa-arts.org /programs/32/not-for-sale-series (2311 words)

	IAFF Local 574
		A fire broke out in an abandoned house on Stuyvesant Street Wednesday night.
		Firefighters say the blaze was so bad they had to call in extra units to help.
		on Wednesday after spotting smoke coming from the house at 1825 Stuyvesant St., said Capt. Matthew Stanley, spokesman for Savannah Fire and Emergency Services.
	www.iaff574.org /index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=46601 (215 words)

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