Peekskill Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Peekskill Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Fineview |
| Origin of name | Peekskill, New York |
| Parker Avenue (until 1925) | |
This street appears as Parker Avenue in the 1901–1902 Hopkins atlas.[1][2] It was renamed Peekskill Street in 1925.[3]
It is probably named for Peekskill, New York. Bob Regan includes "Peekskill" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "A city in Westchester county, New York and birthplace of Governor George Pataki."[4]
See also
- Pierce Street, originally named Parker Street
References
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 1, plate 16. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1901. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1901-volume-1--plat-book-allegheny. [view source] hopkins-1901-allegheny-vol-1
- ↑ Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plates 4, 5. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1902-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1903–1906 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1902-allegheny-vol-2
- ↑ "An ordinance changing the names of certain avenues, streets and ways in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1925, no. 175. Passed Apr. 20, 1925; approved Apr. 22, 1925. Ordinance Book 36, p. 299. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1925, appendix, pp. 142–146, Kaufman Printing Company, Inc., Pittsburgh (Google Books qSb28JpAxN8C; HathiTrust uiug.30112109819786; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1925). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 27, 1925, p. 15 (Newspapers.com 88691643), and Apr. 28, [p. 21] (Newspapers.com 88691689). [view source] ordinance-1925-175
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
