Home Beak Street: The Umbrella Merchant Behind Manhattan’s Shortest Street Dyckman Street circa 1904. (Collection of Cole Thompson)

Dyckman Street circa 1904. (Collection of Cole Thompson)

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

Dyckman Street circa 1904. (Collection of Cole Thompson)

1855 New York State census (click image to enlarge)

1863 Albert L Beak estate sale new York Times April 29 1863