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St Lawrence Av

Soundview, Bronx

Possibly honours a Lawrence; ‘Saint’ was added because a Lawrence Avenue already existed.

According to the Stratton Park local-history website, the street may have been named after Cyrus Jay Lawrence, one of the financial backers of the Park Versailles real-estate venture, or after a Lawrence family in the Town of Westchester. It was to be called Lawrence Avenue, but a street of that name already existed, so ‘Saint’ was added.

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Sources

  1. Street names Stratton Park (archived)
  2. St. Lawrence Avenue station Wikipedia

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