Home Beak Street: The Umbrella Merchant Behind Manhattan’s Shortest Street 1855 New York State census (click image to enlarge)

1855 New York State census (click image to enlarge)

Beak Street: Manhattan's shortest named street in 2016.

1855 New York State census (click image to enlarge)

Beak Street from Google map
Dyckman Street circa 1904. (Collection of Cole Thompson)