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Despite the 18th-century local prominence of the Gouverneur Morris family, [4] the name "Mount Morris" for the rocky formation, one of two the Dutch called the Ronde Gerbergte is of 19th-century origin. [5] Little Hill was leveled when the right-of-way was graded for the New York and Harlem Railroad, following the present route of Park Avenue. [6]
The New York Central's absorption of the railroad in 1853 further fueled development. Around the Civil War, Bergen's downtown had four blocks of frame commercial buildings. [2] In early 1866, a fire destroyed the buildings on three blocks of the west side of Lake Street in the present historic district.
Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,465 at the 2010 census. [ 3 ] The town and village were named after Robert Morris , an 18th Century slave trader and Founding Father of the United States.
The village of Bergen is located in northeastern Genesee County at (43.083388, -77.941754), [3] on the eastern side of the town of Bergen New York State Route 19 passes through the village center as Lake Avenue, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Brockport and south 8 miles (13 km) to Le Roy.
The Manhattan Community Board 10 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Harlem and Polo Grounds in the borough of Manhattan.It is delimited by Fifth Avenue and Mount Morris Park on the east, Central Park on the south, Harlem River drive, Edgecombe Avenue, Saint Nicholas Avenue, the 123rd street and Morningside Avenue on the west, as well as by the Harlem River on ...
Row houses on West 138th Street designed by Bruce Price and Clarence S. Luce (2014) "Walk your horses". David H. King Jr., the developer of what came to be called "Striver's Row", had previously been responsible for building the 1870 Equitable Building, [6] the 1889 New York Times Building, the version of Madison Square Garden designed by Stanford White, and the Statue of Liberty's base. [2]
This area, along with the surrounding residences, was incorporated in on March 5, 1877, as the village of Bergen. The village of Bergen is located near the center of the eastern boundary line, on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Fire destroyed the business area around the railroad tracks again in 1880.