THE LANDMARK MAP REFERENCE KEY
 

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Laws of N. Y., 1903, Chap. 433. Shown in Ann.
Rep., Dept. of Bridges (1912), PI. 12.

Washington Bridge.       _                              2113-3

Site: Across Harlem River, from Amsterdam Ave.
and i8ist St. to Aqueduct Ave., Bronx. Begun
1886; opened 1888. Const, engineer, R. H. Hut-
ton.—Act of May 19, 1870; Laws of N. Y., 1885,
Chap, 487; Reports, Dept. of Bridges, iqoq to
1913. Shown in Architectural Rec. (1905), XVlII:
357-8.

Williamsburg Bridge. _           _                      347-1

Site; Across East River, Clinton and Delancey
Sts. to Roebling and S. Fifth Sts., Brooklyn.
Begun 1896; opened igoj.—Laws of N. Y., 189s,
Chap. 789; Ann. Rep., Dept. of Bridges (1912),
376. Shown on PI. i6o-a, Vol. Ill; also in Archi¬
tectural Rec. (1905}, XVIII: 242. Designed and
constructed under jurisdiction of New East River
Bridge Commission (which was succeeded by
Dept. of Bridges); L. L. Buck, chief engineer

Willis Avenue Bridge.                                 1804-1

Site: Across the Harlem River from 127th St. at
First Ave. to 134th St. and Willis Ave., Bronx.
Opened for traffic igoi.—Ann. Rep., Dept. of
Bridges (1912), 278. See Laws of N. Y., 1894,
Chap. 147; ibid., 1837, Chap. 664; ibid., 1901,
Chap. 607. Shown in Architectural Rec. (1905),
XVIII: 247.
 

CEMETERIES
Beth  Haim  or  Second  Cemetery  of  Shearith
Israel,                                                   S74~'

Site:   Nos.  72-76 W.   nth St.    From  1805  to
1833.—20th Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist. Pres.
Soc, 103.
Beth   Haim   or  Third   Cemetery   of   Shearith
Israel.                                                   796-1

Site: Nos. 106-110 W. 21st St. Land acquired
1829 {Liber Deeds, CCLII: 14); interments dis¬
continued 1851.—soth Ann. Rep., Am. Seen, and
Hist. Pres. Soc, 104. The first burial place was
at Oliver St. and New Bowery, the second at
Nos. 72-76 W. nth St.

Jews' Burial Ground.                                    279-'

Site: New Bowery near Oliver St. Granted 1656
(Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 160); added to 1728
(M. C. C, 111:447-8), also by deed from Noe
WiUey 1729 (Liber Deeds, XXXI: 319); became
place of sepulture congr. Shearith Israel 1784
(Sanford's Superior Court Rep., IV; 102); inter¬
ments ceased here 1805 {20th Ann. Rep., Am.
Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc, 103); bodies permitted
to be removed when Bowery was extended 1855.
—Pro. Bds. Aid. and Councilmen, XXIII: 384.
Much of the old hurying-ground still remains.
Shown on Pis. 32, 34, 40, 41 and 42, Vol. I; and
on modern atlases; also in Ullman's A Landmark
Hist, of N. Y., 39.

Marble Cemetery.                                         4S8-i

Site: In the interior of the block bounded by the
Bowery, Second Ave., 2nd and 3d Sts. Pur¬
chased 1830 by Anthony Dey and Geo. W.
Strong {Liber Deeds, CCLXIV: 302); conveyed by
them as trustees to New York Marble Cemetery
1S33 {ibid., CCLXXXVI:24); incorporated 1831.
—Laws of N. Y., 1831, Chap. 38. Shown in
Todd's In aide N. Y., 30.
 

Nagel Cemetery.                                          2209-1

Site:    3i2th   St.,   bet.   Ninth   and^ Tenth   Aves.
Laid   out subsequent  to   1729   (Riker's  Hist,  of
Harlem,   509);   reduced   by   cutting   through   of
2i2th St. 1908.—N. Y. Sun, Aug. 13, 1911.
Negroes' Burying-ground.                             426-1

Site: 195-197 Chrystie St. Bought and set apart
by the Corporation as a "burying-ground for the
Black People" 179$.—M. C. C. (MS.), XI: 215.
See PI. 64, Vol. I.
New Burial Place Without the Gate of the
City.                                                           49

Site: Trinity Church Yard. First mention 1673
{Doc. Hilt. N. Y., 8vo ed.. Ill: 85); granted to
Trinity Church 1703 (M. C. C, II: 321, 232;
cf. Liber Grants, B:47, Compt. Office); enclosed
1705.—Trinity Min., Feb. 14, 1705. Shown on
PI. 33-a, Vol. I.

New York City Marble Cemetery.               444-i

Site: N. side 3nd St., bet. First and Second
Aves. Estab. 1833 (Laws of N. Y., 1831, Chap.
38; Laws of N. Y., 1832, Chap. 319); interments
in forbidden 1849.—Pro. Bds. Aid. and Assts.,
XVII: 365. Also known as "Stillwell's Burial
Ground."    Shown in Todd's In Olde N. Y., 34.

Old Church-yard on the Heere Straat. 13, 20
Site: Covered by 27 to 37 Broadway, extending
westward to the W. line of Church St., or high-
water mark. First place of sepulture on Manhat¬
tan Island; referred to 1649 as "the Old Church
Yard" (Liber Patents, II: 20, Albany); disused
before 1673; lots sold out of (Libers Deeds, XII:
8s, 90; XIII: 102); last remaining portion sold
by the Corporation i687.-~Liber Grants, A: 31.
Compt. Office.   Shown on Pis. 10, loA, Vol. I.

Pottersfield.                                           153-1,1,1,1

Site: Bet. Broadway and Centre St., N. of Cham¬
bers St. "The Negroes' Burial Ground" prior to
1755.—Pl. 34> Vol. I._ A burial place for the
slaves, paupers, and criminals, and for American
prisoners during Revolutionary War.—i^th Ann.
Rep., Am. Seen, and Hist. Pres. Soc, map and
text opp. p. 416.

Pottersfield.                                              1257-1,2

Site: Fifth to Sixth Ave., dOth to 42d St. Pur¬
chased hy the city as a puolic cemetery 1823.—■
Goodrich's Picture of N. Y., 137, and map. Sub¬
sequently site of Crystal Palace, Bryant Park,
Croton Reservoir and N. Y. Public Library.

Pottersfield.                                    1303-1, 1304-1

Site: Fourth Ave. to Lexington Ave., 48th to soth
St. Prior to 1836 (Colton's Topog. Plan, 1836,
Pl. 134, Vol. Ill); removed to Randall's Island
1843.—Pro. Bds. of Aid. and Assts., X: 246-7.

Pottersfield.

See also Madison Square; Bryant Park; Union
Square; Washington Square.

St. Mark's Cemetery.                                    4S3~'

Site: In block bounded by First and Second Aves.,
nth and 12th Sts. Land given by Peter Gerard
Stuyvesant 1803; fenced 1804.—Memorial of St.
Mark's Church (1909), 134, 143.

Trinity Cemetery.                                2085 & 2100

Site: Amsterdam-Twelfth Aves., I53d-is5th Sts.
Bisected by Broadway, Purchased 1842; opened
for interments 1843.—rc?(A A}in. Rep., Am. Seen.
and Hist. Pres. Soc, 463 et seq.

Trinity Parish Cemetery.

See under Parks, Hudson Park.