This is a list of streets and squares in New York City named after a person, organized by borough.
Manhattan
Allen Street – Captain William Henry Allen, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812. Ann Street – Ann White, wife of developer and merchant Capt. Thomas White Astor Place and Astor Row – John Jacob Astor and other members of the Astor family, landowners Baxter Street - Lt. Col. Charles Baxter, a hero of the Mexican War who was killed in Chapultepec in 1849. Bayard Street and Hester Street – Hester Bayard Beach Street – Paul Bache, the son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard, who owned Lispenard Meadows, just south of what is now Canal Street Beekman Place, Beekman Street, William Street – Wilhelmus Beekman Bleecker Street – Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827). a lawyer, poet and friend of Washington Irving and William Cullen Bryant, because the street ran through Bleecker's farm. Bogardus Place – the Bogardus family, including Everardus Bogardus and James Bogardus Bond Street - William Bond, city surveyor. Bowery - an anglicization of the Dutch bouwerie, derived from an antiquated Dutch word for "farm": In the 17th century the area contained many large farms. Broome Street – John Broome, lieutenant governor of New York Cabrini Boulevard – Mother Cabrini Charles Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner Christopher Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner. Prior to 1799 known as Skinner Road after Col. William Skinner, son-in-law of landowner Adm. Peter Warren Columbus Circle – for the quadcentennial of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus Cortlandt Street – for the Cortlandt family, landowners Delancey Street – James De Lancey, who served as chief justice, lieutenant governor, and acting colonial governor of the Province of New York, and who owned a farm located in what is now the Lower East Side Frederick Douglass Boulevard - named after Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Doyers Street - Hendrik Doyer, an 18th-century Dutch immigrant who bought the property facing the Bowery in 1791 Dyckman Street – named for Dutch farmer William Dyckman, whose family owned over 250 acres (11,000,000 sq ft) of farmland in the area; the Dyckman House, located nearby at the corner of Broadway and 204th Street, was built by William Dyckman in 1784 and is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan, and many consider it the border between Washington Heights and Inwood. Eldridge Street – Lt. Joseph C. Eldridge, killed in the War of 1812 Elizabeth Street - Elizabeth Rynders, wife of Nicholas Bayard II, and daughter of Hester Rynders Bayard. Essex Street - Essex county of England Forsyth Street – Lt. Col. Benjamin Forsyth Fulton Street – Robert Fulton Gansevoort Street - Peter Gansevoort, a hero in the siege of Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler) which contributed to the downfall of Burgoyne's army at the Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War. Gay Street – possibly "R. Gay," apocryphally to Sidney Howard Gay. Gold Street - Nathan Gold, an American colonial leader and deputy governor of the Colony of Connecticut. Gouverneur Street - Abraham Gouverneur, a 15th-century French immigrant turned big-time New York political activist. Great Jones Street – Samuel Jones, "The Father of The New York Bar" Henry Street – Henry Rutgers, American Revolutionary War hero Houston Street (pronounced ) – William Houstoun, Founding Father. Hudson Street - Henry Hudson, an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.