Crescent Street was once Cypress Avenue.
Eugene Armbruster’s history of the old town of New Lots, which joined Brooklyn in the 1880s, lists Crescent Street as formerly Cypress Avenue. We have not yet found out why the new name was chosen.
Lines
- J‹ Norwood AvCypress Hills ›
- Z‹ Norwood Av75 St–Elderts Ln ›
Sources
- Brooklyn Genealogy Info bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org
- East New York, Brooklyn Wikipedia
- Crescent Street station (BMT Jamaica Line) Wikipedia
This text was written with the help of AI from the sources above and checked against them.