Bank Street (Manhattan)

Bank Street is a primarily residential street in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, in the borough of Manhattan. It runs from West Street to Hudson Street, and Bleecker Street to Greenwich Avenue; it switches from west to east at Fifth Avenue. Between Hudson Street and Bleecker Street the position in the grid that would be occupied by Bank Street is a children's playground.

Bank Street is named after a branch of the Bank of New York which had an office on Wall Street. In 1798 a clerk in the office was stricken with yellow fever, and, to avoid being quarantined and closed in the future, the bank bought eight lots in Greenwich Village and erected a branch there for use in emergencies. [Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names,Sanna Feirstein, Pg.89, Published 2001, ISBN:0814727123] [ [http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines/bank.htm] ]

The Bank Street College of Education is named after Bank Street, although it is no longer located there. [ [http://www.bankstreet.edu/aboutbsc/history.html] ]

Vehicular traffic runs west-east along this one-way street.

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=%22Bank+Street%22+NYC&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image Google Maps]
* [http://nyc.everyblock.com/landmark-building-permits/by-date/2007/3/26/564297/ 74 Bank Street Landmark Permit]
* [http://nyc.everyblock.com/landmark-building-permits/by-date/2008/1/15/696426/ 15 Bank Street Landmark Permit]

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