Home Beak Street: The Umbrella Merchant Behind Manhattan’s Shortest Street 1863 Albert L Beak estate sale new York Times April 29 1863

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

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

1863 Albert L. Beak estate sale, New York Times, April 29, 1863.

Dyckman Street circa 1904. (Collection of Cole Thompson)

Beak family plot, Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Source: Findagrave.com