Forgotten New York checks out one of the more obscure streets in Carroll Gardens this week (obscure to those who don’t know the neighborhood). Here’s a sample:
New York City and United States history can be gleaned from the most mundane, unexceptional places. There’s a tiny street on the Cobble Hill-Red Hook border that exists in two sections, having been ravaged by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and submerged under the Brooklyn Battery toll plaza, that remembers the family that produced the very first European child born in the colony that would become New York state. Rapelye Street runs from Henry to Hicks and from Hicks again (with an interruption by the BQE) west to Hamilton.
Head over to read.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Mike // Nov 6, 2008 at 9:57 am
As a resident of Rapelye St. I can confidently say that no one has ever heard of it (esp. living on the Hicks – Hamilton side).
2 ff // Nov 6, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Where’s the link?
3 Rob // Nov 7, 2008 at 2:13 pm
The 76th Pct was on rapelye street before they realocated to Union Street. Bet no one from the 76th knows this or even cares
4 V.T. Allen // Nov 7, 2008 at 3:52 pm
My grandfather was born in a house on Rapelye Street in January, 1875. The address was 102 Rapelye Street. I think the house has been torn down by now. It was great to see the photo!
5 giuseppe d'alessandro // Apr 19, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I’m searching the places in which my grandfather lived in 1932. i found that his last residence was in 6 Machasset Pl, that was a short street between Rapeley and 4th Pl (old). Now the street net has changed and Machasset Place doesnt exist anymore. I would like to get some old pictures in which Machasset Place is shown. Can anybody help me? gda.alex@gmail.com
6 Jef // Apr 30, 2009 at 11:51 am
I love Rapelye Street, and the area surrounding it. Rode my bicycle there and it is so peaceful. I snapped a bunch of pictures and one of my favorites was the backyards between Rapelye and Woodhull where the little park is. All thge backyards with greenery, a few clotheslines…. It was just great.