Waiting on Stone St.
As one of New York's oldest streets, Stone Street was known for a long time by its Dutch name of Hoogh Straet, which translates as "High Street." When the British colonized the area, they named it "Duke Street" after the Duke of York, but its name was changed to Stone Street in 1794 to remove the association with the British and to acknowledge that it was one of the first paved streets in New York.
Waiting on Stone St.
As one of New York's oldest streets, Stone Street was known for a long time by its Dutch name of Hoogh Straet, which translates as "High Street." When the British colonized the area, they named it "Duke Street" after the Duke of York, but its name was changed to Stone Street in 1794 to remove the association with the British and to acknowledge that it was one of the first paved streets in New York.