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Hurley Avenue
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| - | : South of Denison Avenue, between West 21st and West 23rd. | + | : South of [[Newburgh St.|Denison Avenue]], between West 21st and West 23rd. |
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| - | :Unknown. It is, perhaps, the most | + | :Unknown. It is, perhaps, the most curiously named street in Brooklyn Centre as it appears to have no connection to any owner discovered so far. |
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Revision as of 18:32, 3 March 2007
Pre-1906 name:
- Earliest known name was South Street, at least up through 1894.
Post-1906 name:
- Hurley Avenue
Location:
- South of Denison Avenue, between West 21st and West 23rd.
Development:
- In 1853, Jacob Schneider, a piano manufacturer, purchased village lot no. 33 of Moses Fish survey bounded as follows on Chestnut Street 132 feet, and on Spring Street Sixty Six feet- containing 32 rods of land and also village lots of Moses Fish Survey Nos. 14 thru 27, and 33 thru 53. The seller was Alexander Ingham and his wife, Lydia [sister of Moses Fish, first landowner of the south half of original Lot #65.]
- In 1884, the first sublots sold by Jacob Schneider appear to be #55,56,57,58 on what was then called South Street. The buyer was Estella A. (Sackett) Oviatt. Two years later, she and her husband, Martin J. Oviatt, also bought sublot #53. When she died in 1921, they were living at 3903 W. 23rd St.
Named for:
- Unknown. It is, perhaps, the most curiously named street in Brooklyn Centre as it appears to have no connection to any owner discovered so far.
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