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Bleecker Street (other)
Bleecker Street is an east–west street in the New York City Boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood today popular for music venues and comedy, but which was once a major center for American Bohemianism, bohemia. The street is named after the family name of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, a banker, the father of Anthony Bleecker, a 19th-century writer, through whose family farm the street ran. Bleecker Street connects Abingdon Square (the intersection of Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street (Manhattan), Hudson Street in the West Village, Manhattan, West Village) to the Bowery and East Village, Manhattan, East Village. History Bleecker Street is named by and after the Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, Bleecker family because the street ran through the family's farm. In 1808, Anthony Lispenard Bleecker and his wife deeded to the city a major portion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleeker Street Near Corner With Sullivan Street Oct 2009
Bleeker is a Dutch language, Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher"). at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands. People with the surname include: * Alex Bleeker (born 1986), American musician and guitarist * Bernhard Bleeker (1881–1968), German sculptor * C. Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983), Dutch phenomenologist of religion * Eppie Bleeker (born 1949), Dutch speed skater * Horst Bleeker (born 1938), German swimmer * Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space technology scientist **Named after him: the main-belt asteroid 9693 Bleeker * Kevin Bleeker (born 1993), Dutch basketball player * Lili Bleeker (1897–1985), Dutch physicist * Mel Bleeker (1920–1996), American football player * Piet Bleek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
