Origin of Teaneck Street Names

Balsam Street

Probably named after the balsam trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Barbara Drive

Barr Avenue

Bayard Street

Perhaps named after John Bubenheim Bayard (1738–1807), a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, who was a colonel in the Continental Army, a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Congress of the Confederation in 1785 and 1786, and the mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey

Beatrice Street

Named after Beatrice, a daughter of Samuel B. Garrison, a contractor from the area around Rochester, New York, who worked for the railroad constructing bridges and culverts in the 1880s, then started his own business and became Teaneck’s first homegrown contractor. He owned a large house at Garrison and Beatrice, which burned down in the 1930s. Beatrice’s sisters Belle and Ester also have streets named after them.

Beaumont Avenue

Named after William Beaumont, born in England, who moved to Teaneck in 1900; was a member of the Board of Education from 1912 to 1922; and supervised the building of Teaneck’s Municipal Building, which opened on July 4, 1926

Bedford Avenue

Probably named after Bedford, a market town in Bedfordshire, England; its Bedford Castle, destroyed in 1224, was built by King Henry I, and the town, granted borough status in 1166, has been represented in Parliament since 1265

Beech Street

Probably named after the beech trees either originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Belle Avenue

Named after Belle, a daughter of Samuel B. Garrison, a contractor from the Rochester area of New York, who worked for the railroad constructing bridges and culverts in the 1880s, then started his own business and became Teaneck’s first homegrown contractor. He owned a large house at Garrison and Beatrice, which burned down in the 1930s. Her sisters Beatrice and Ester also have streets named after them.

Bennett Road

Named for William Weaver Bennett (1841–1912), born in England, who became the estate manager for William Walter Phelps (1839–1894) in Teaneck and was the first mayor of Teaneck, from 1895 to 1909

Bergen Avenue

Probably named after a township that existed in New Jersey from 1661 to 1862, first as Bergen, New Netherlands, then as part of Bergen County, and finally as part of Hudson County

Berkeley Street

Possibly named after Berkeley, a market town in Gloucestershire, England, known for Berkeley Castle, where the imprisoned King Edward II is believed to have been murdered. The town was also the birthplace of Edward Jenner, the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine.

Berwick Avenue

Possibly named after Berwick-upon-Tweed, in Northumberland, England, sometimes known as simply Berwick, the northernmost town in England.

Beveridge Street

Named after Wallace Beveridge, a World War I veteran and doctor in Teaneck

Beverly Road

Billington Road

Possibly named after Billington, a civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. There are two settlements there: Little Billington (a hamlet in the west of the parish) and one that is now called Great Billington. During the late 1870s and early 1880, large areas of the village were bought by one Arthur Macnamara, who built a manor house there.

Bilton Street

Birch Street 

Probably named after the birch trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Blauvelt Street

Named after descendants of Gerrit Hendricksen Blauvelt (ca. 1620-ca. 1685), who came to New Amsterdam from the Netherlands

Bogert Street

Probably named for G. Bogart, who had a house nearby, on Teaneck Road, in 1861. It might instead be named forSamuel Bogert, a 19th-century builder, part of the numerous Bogert family, which descended from Jan Cornelisen Bogaert, who came to the area by the 1670s. The borough of Bogota, New Jersey, is at least partly named after the family, due to the many Bogerts living in that community.

Briarcliff Road

Brinkerhoff Avenue

Named for the Brinkerhoff family, originally from the Netherlands, whose descendants had settled in Teaneck by the 18th century; in 1867, J. S. Brinkerhoff, Henry J. Brinkerhoff, and Jacob Brinkerhoff all had houses along Teaneck Road

Broad Street

Bromley Avenue

Bryant Avenue

Probably named after William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), an American attorney, romantic poet, journalist, and longtime editor of the New York Evening Post

Buckingham Road

Probably named after Buckingham Palace, a royal residence in London which serves as the administrative center for the monarch of the United Kingdom

Buffet Terrace

Byng Street

Possibly named after the British Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng (1862–1935), the commander of the Canadian Corps and the British Third Army during World War I, and later the governor-general of Canada

Burr, Frank W., Boulevard (See Frank W. Burr Boulevard)

Cadmus Court

An avenue next to the Zabriskie-Kip-Cadmus House, which was built in 1751; this court was named for the Cadmus family in 1899, when the house was passed to it by marriage

Cambridge Road

Probably named after the University of Cambridge, a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, founded in 1209 and given a royal charter by Henry III in 1231

Camperdown Avenue

Probably named after the Camperdown elm, or “weeping elm,” trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Cane Street

Possibly named after the cane originally growing here

Canterbury Court

Probably named after the city of Canterbury in the county of Kent, England; its Canterbury Cathedral is renowned for its architecture, music, and for being the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Carlton Terrace

Possibly named after the Carlton Hotel, a luxury hotel in London that operated from 1899 to 1940 and was originally run by the Swiss hotelier César Ritz, with Auguste Escoffier as the head chef

Carroll Place

Named after the horse farm and stables of the Fiss, Doerr, and Carroll Horse Company, which was once nearby

Catalpa Avenue

Probably named after the deciduous catalpa trees originally growing here

Cedar Lane

Probably named after the cedar trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Center Place

Chadwick Road

Named after Floyd F. and Grace Chadwick, who gave land for Holy Name Hospital and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the 1920s

Champlin Square

Possibly named after the Champlin family, descended from Mayflower pilgrims, which contributed patriots to American wars at least through the Civil War

Cherry Lane

Named for the Oxford cherry trees once planted in the area by William Walter Phelps

Chestnut Avenue

Probably named after the chestnut trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Chestnut Place

Probably named after the chestnut trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Church Street

Named after the Teaneck Presbyterian Church, the first house of worship in Teaneck, which appeared on this street in 1894; the current structure dates from the 1950s

Churchill Road

Probably named after Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874– 1965), a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as prime minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955

Circle Driveway

Claremont Avenue

Possibly named after the historic Claremont Club and Spa, built in Berkeley, California, in 1915

Clinton Place

Possibly named after DeWitt Clinton (1769 –1828), a United States senator, the mayor of New York City, and the seventh governor of New York, largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal

Club Road

Named after a nearby private golf course, the Phelps Manor Country Club, which was built in the 1920s and lasted until the Depression

Colonial Court

Columbus Drive

Probably named after Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Italian explorer and navigator.

Commonwealth Drive

Probably named after the Commonwealth of Nations, an international association of member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire, from which it developed

Congress Avenue

Named after the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States,

Coolidge Avenue

Named after Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 1872– 1933. During his political career, Coolidge was the lieutenant governor and governor of Massachusetts (1916–1921); the vice-president of the United States (1921–1923); and became the 30th president of the United States (1923–1929) upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding; elected in his own right in 1924, he had a huge victory in Bergen County, gaining 69.41% of the vote.

Cooper Avenue

Possibly named after James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), a popular American writer of historical romances situated in the 17th to the 19th centuries

Copley Avenue

Named after Richard Copley, who was the manager of several entertainers before becoming a real estate developer in the area

Cornwall Avenue

Probably named after Cornwall, a county in southwest England.

Cottage Place

Country Club Drive

Named after a nearby private golf course, the Phelps Manor Country Club, which was built in the 1920s and lasted until the Depression

Court Street

Cranford Place

Crescent Avenue

Crestview Place

Cumberland Avenue

Probably named after Cumberland, a historic county in Northern England that includes the Lake District

Darien Terrace

Possibly named after Darien, a coastal town in Fairfield County,  Connecticut; in the early 19th century, a sailor who had traveled to the Gulf of Darien, in Central America, which was then part of the Spanish Empire, suggested the name Darien for the town, which was eventually adopted

Dartmouth Street

Probably named after Dartmouth College, a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, one of the Ivy League schools. Established in 1769 to educate Native Americans, it also trained Congregationalist ministers

Dearborn Street

Probably named after Henry Dearborn (1751–1829), an American military officer and politician, who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, as Secretary of War under President Thomas Jefferson, from 1801 to 1809, and in the War of 1812 as a commanding general

Decatur Avenue

Probably named after Stephen Decatur Jr. (1779–1820), a U.S. naval officer and commodore, who served under three presidents and had numerous naval victories against Britain, France, and the Barbary states

Degraw Avenue

Named after William P. Degraw (1847–1901), a wealthy farmer who became the township’s road commissioner, donating land in Teaneck and Bogota to bring a trolley line to Teaneck. On the trolley’s very first run, though, Degraw injured his leg getting off a car and later died of gangrene.

Delaven Street

Possibly named for Timothy Delavan, a Revolutionary War patriot with ten sons from among whom—a story goes—he provided George Washington’s bodyguard when he first entered New York. After peace was declared, Delavan and his sons supposedly enjoyed a public dinner in New York City in appreciation of their service during the war.

Demarest Road

Named for the numerous local Demarest clan, which descended from the French Huguenot family of David and Marie Demarest, who migrated to the area in the 1660s

Demott Avenue

Probably named after Henry J. Demott, who had a farmhouse along Teaneck Road by 1867; its later address was 646 Teaneck Road, which was demolished ca. 1990

Dewey Place

Named after Admiral George Dewey (1837–1917), who defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila during the Spanish-American War of 1898

Dickerson Road

Probably named after a Dickerson who in 1876 was living near New Bridge

Dogwood Lane

Probably named after the dogwood trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Dohrman Avenue

Named after Henry K. Dohrman, a fireman and real-estate developer in the area

Dover Court

Probably named after Dover, a port town in the English county of Kent that faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel

Downing Street

Probably named after Downing Street in London, which was built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing; it now houses the official residences and offices of the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the chancellor of the exchequer

East Cedar Lane (See Cedar Lane)

East Forest Avenue

East Laurelton Parkway

East Maple Street (See Maple Street)

East Oakdene Avenue (See Oakdene Avenue)

East Sherwood Avenue

East Walnut Street (See Walnut Street)

Eastlawn Drive

Edgemont Place 

Possibly named after the Edgemont Memorial Park in Montclair, New Jersey, founded in 1906; its World War I memorial was dedicated in 1925.

Edgemont Terrace

Possibly named after the Edgemont Memorial Park in Montclair, New Jersey, founded, in 1906. Its World War I memorial was dedicated in 1925.

Elizabeth Avenue

Elm Avenue

Probably named after the elm trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Elmer Place

Emerson Avenue

Possibly named after Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), the American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet of the mid-19th century

Endicott Terrace

Possibly named after John Endicott (or Endecott) (before 1600 to 1664/1665), the longest-serving governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Englewood Avenue

Named after Englewood, the city with which this avenue connects Teaneck. Englewood had been called the “English Neighborhood,” as the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River after New Netherland was annexed by England in 1664. Its name may have come from the Engle family in 1959, though it may also derive from “wood ingle,” or “woody nook.”

Englewood Avenue, West (See Englewood)

Essex Road

Probably named after Essex, a ceremonial county in the east of England

Ester Avenue

Named after Ester, a daughter of Samuel B. Garrison, a contractor from the area around Rochester, New York, who worked for the railroad constructing bridges and culverts in the 1880s, then started his own business and became Teaneck’s first homegrown contractor. He owned a large house at Garrison and Beatrice, which burned down in the 1930s. Ester’s sisters Belle and Beatrice also have streets named after them.

Evergreen Place

Probably named after the evergreen trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Fabry Terrace

Fairfield Street

Fairidge Terrace

Fairview Avenue

Falmouth Avenue

Possibly named after Falmouth, a port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, or it may be named after Falmouth, Maine

Farragut Court

Probably named after David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870), who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was made a full admiral in 1866, the first U.S. Navy officer to hold that rank

Farragut Drive

Probably named after David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870), who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was made a full admiral in 1866, the first U.S. Navy officer to hold that rank

Farrant Terrace

Probably named after Floyd B. Farrant (ca. 1900–1984) whose company, starting in 1912, sold insurance and real estate and whose location was on “Queen Anne Road and the Trolley Line” in 1931; his wife was named Margaret and his two sons were named Ford and Raymond

Fayette Street

Possibly named after Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, the Marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat and military officer who joined the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, as a volunteer, in the Revolutionary War

Fenimore Road

Probably named after James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), an American writer during the first half of the 19th century, famous for his historical romances. Cooper’s mother was a member of the Fenimore family of Burlington, New Jersey

Forest Avenue

Forest Avenue, East

Forest Avenue, West

Forest Drive, North

Forest Drive, South

Fort Lee Road

Named after one of its terminuses, this road used to go through the communities of Bogota, Teaneck, Leonia, and Fort Lee to the Edgewater Ferry, which took passengers over the Hudson River to 125th Street, in New York City

Frances Street

Perhaps named after Frances von Rottenburg (1895–1980), the daughter of Marion Phelps von Rottenburg and the granddaughter of the diplomat and philanthropist William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), whose estate included much of modern Teaneck

Franklin Road

Probably named after Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), the American writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, political philosopher, and postmaster general, who helped create the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States

Frank W. Burr Boulevard

Named after Frank White Burr (1906–1992), the mayor of Teaneck from 1970 to 1974, who was an advocate for the Glenpointe development in town

Fycke Lane

The road got this name, from the Dutch word for “fish trap,” in the 19th century

French Court

Gall Court

Possibly named after Gall (c. 1840–1894), a Hunkpapa Sioux war chief who was an important leader at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June of 1876

Galway Place

Probably named after Galway, a city and county in the west of Ireland

Garden Street

Garrison Avenue

Named after Samuel B. Garrison, a contractor from the area around Rochester, New York, who worked for the railroad constructing bridges and culverts in the 1880s, then started his own business and became Teaneck’s first homegrown contractor. He owned a large house at Garrison and Beatrice, which burned down in the 1930s. His daughters Belle, Beatrice, and Ester all have streets named after them

Gaylord Terrace

Probably named after Mrs. Franklin Gaylord (1860–1943), born Mary Louise Robinson, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. In 1891, she married Franklin Augustus Gaylord (1856-1943), who became another Presbyterian minister; both worked for the Y.M.C.A. until 1921, founding a Y.M.C.A. movement in Russia. They resided in Teaneck from 1919 until their deaths in 1943.

Genesee Avenue

George Street

Possibly named after George Hitchcock, who, with his partner Gustav Casper, owned the local Norma Land Realty Company in the earlier twentieth century

Georgian Court

Probably named after Georgian architecture, the architectural style that arose between 1714 and 1830, during the reigns of the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover (all named George). The style features symmetry and proportion based on the classical architecture of Greece and Rome, as revived in Renaissance architecture

Gifford Place

Glen Court

Glenpointe Way

Named after Glenpointe, a 50-acre development, which has a 670,000-square-foot Class-A office campus, the 26,000-square-foot Glenpointe Fitness Center, and 700 guest rooms spread across three on-site hotels

Glenwood Avenue

Golf Court

Named after a nearby private golf course, the Phelps Manor Country Club, which was built in the 1920s and lasted until the Depression

Grace Terrace 

Graham Place

Gramercy Place

Probably named after Gramercy Park, a small, fenced-in private park in Manhattan, or its surrounding neighborhood

Grange Court

Named after the threshing floor at the corner with Merrison that was owned by William Walter Phelps (1839–1894); his mansion, located some distance away, was also called the Grange

Grange Road

Named after the threshing floor at the corner with Merrison that was owned by William Walter Phelps (1839–1894); his mansion, located some distance away, was also called the Grange

Grant Terrace

Probably named after Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the commanding general for the Union Army in the Civil War, who served as the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877)

Gray Street

Grayson Place

Named after Private William Grayson, the first soldier to fire a shot in the Philippine Insurrection

Green Court

Possibly named after Hetty Green, a rich woman who vacationed in the Norwood Hotel in Teaneck

Greenwood Road

Grenville Avenue

Possibly named after George Grenville (1712–1770), the prime minister of Great Britain whose best-known policy is the Stamp Act, a long-standing tax in Great Britain which Grenville extended to America

Griggs Avenue

Named after C. R. Griggs, a New York cotton broker, who built a mansion on the present site of Holy Name Hospital (it was finished by 1876)

Grove Street

Haddon Place

Possibly named after John Haddon, whose daughter, Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh, came from England in the 1700s and settled on her father’s large landholdings in New Jersey, which included what is now Haddon Township

Hamilton Lane

Probably named after Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 to 1804), the American military officer and statesman, who served as the first secretary of the treasury during George Washington’s presidency, from 1789 to 1795

Hancock Avenue

Probably named after John Hancock (1737–1793), the merchant, statesman, and patriot of the American Revolution, who served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Hanover Street

Probably named after Hanover, the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866), the Province of Hannover of the Kingdom of Prussia (1868–1918), the Province of Hannover of the Free State of Prussia (1918–1947), and the State of Hanover (1946); from 1714 to 1837, Hannover was the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Harding Avenue

Probably named after Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death, in 1923

Hargreaves Avenue

Possibly named after James Hargreaves (c. 1720–1778), an English weaver, carpenter, and inventor from Lancashire, England, who is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764

Harriet Avenue

Hartwell Street

Possibly named after the Samuel Hartwell House, associated with the Revolutionary War’s battles of Lexington and Concord in 1755; the house was built in 1733 in what was then known as Concord, but is now called Lincoln, Massachusetts

Hastings Street

Probably named after Hastings, a seaside town in east Sussex on the south coast of England that also gives its name to the nearby Battle of Hastings, which took place at Senlac Hill in 1066 and began the Norman Conquest of England

Hawthorne Avenue

Probably named after Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne, 1804–1864), the American novelist and short-story writer whose works include “The Scarlet Letter” and “The House of the Seven Gables”

Helen Street

Hemlock Terrace North

Probably named after the hemlock plant originally growing here

Hemlock Terrace South

Probably named after the hemlock plant originally growing here

Hendrick Avenue

Possibly named after Hendrick Aupaumut (1757–1830), a Mohican historian and diplomat, who served on the American side during the Revolutionary War as a captain of Mohican warriors

Hendry Street

Possibly named after Captain Samuel Hendry (1754–1823), born in Burlington, New Jersey, who served in the Continental Army from 1775 until 1783

Herrick Avenue

Probably named after Herrick Park, which is near one of its ends, but may be named after the Herrich Realty Company, which operated in the area in 1912

Hickory Street

Probably named after the hickory trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

High Street

Highgate Terrace

Highwood Avenue

Highwood Street

Hill Street

Probably named after Nellie Hill, mother of Nelson Maitland Ayers (1876– 1940), a developer in the area during the early 20th century

Hillcrest Street

Hillside Avenue

Hirliman Road

Holland Terrace

Perhaps named after Clifford M. Holland, the chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, which opened in 1927

Home Street

Howard Street

Howland Avenue

Probably named after F. Howland, who had four houses in Teaneck in 1876, three of which were along Teaneck Road

Hubert Terrace

Named for Pfc. Hubert Roch, killed in the Battle of the Argonne in World War I

Hudson Road

Probably named after Henry Hudson (c. 1565–1611), an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, who was best known for his explorations of the Hudson River, present-day Canada, and parts of the northeastern United States

Katherine Street

Named after Katherine Kelly Selvage, the wife of Walter Selvage, an early 20th-century developer (for whom Selvage Avenue was named), and the daughter of Mrs. Anastasia Kelly, who had been born in Ireland

Kensington Road

Probably named after Kensington, an area in London that is home to many embassies and consulates as well as to Kensington Gardens, the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery, the Speke Monument, the Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, the Natural History Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Science Museum

Kent Avenue

Probably named after Kent, a county in southeast England that is the closest to continental Europe; its Canterbury Cathedral, the oldest in England, has been the seat of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the conversion of England to Christianity that began in the 6th century with Saint Augustine

Kenwood Place

Possibly named after Kenwood, a community on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of Chicago, which was settled in the 1850s by wealthy Chicagoans

Kilmurray Drive

Named after the Kilmurray family, members of whom have served in the Teaneck Police Department or the Department of Public Works for decades

Kings Court

Kipp Street

Probably named after the Kipps of the Zabriskie-Kipp-Cadmus House, since the house was near the Kipp Street terminus on River Road

Lakeview Terrace

Lambert Road

Possibly named after Lambert Castle, located in Paterson, New Jersey, which was built in 1892 and originally called Belle Vista

Larch Avenue

Probably named after the larch trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Laurel Terrace

Previously called Elm Terrace; probably named after the laurel trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Laurelton Parkway, East

Laurelton Parkway, West

Lees Avenue

Lerome Place

Letter Avenue

Probably named after Frank Letter, whose farm and farmhouse were nearby

Lewis Court

Named after the John H. Lewis Farm in the area, which is now gone

Liberty Road

This avenue extends from Teaneck to near the Liberty Pole monument in Englewood, where a Liberty pole was erected in 1776

Lilbet Road

Lincoln Place

Probably named after Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865; Lincoln succeeded in defeating the insurgent Confederacy, abolishing slavery, expanding the power of the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy

Lindbergh Boulevard

Not appearing until sometime after 1912, this street was either named after a local realtor, or perhaps after Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902–1974), the American aviator and military officer, who made the first nonstop solo flight from New York City to Paris on May 20–21, 1927

Linden Avenue

Probably named after the linden trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Livingston Place

Probably named after William Livingston (1723 –1790), an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the Revolutionary War and as a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress; he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution; the township of Livingston, New Jersey, was named for him when it became a township, in 1813

Locust Street

Probably named after the locust trees that grew there or that were intended to grow here

London Court

Named after London, the capital of England and a major settlement for nearly two millennia, which is on the River Thames in southeast England

Lone Pine Lane

Probably named after a lone pine originally growing here

Longfellow Avenue

Named after the 20th-century realty company Longfellow & Holberg

Longview Court

Lorraine Avenue

Named after the Lorraine region in France, which includes the Argonne Forest, where American forces fought in World War I

Lozier Place

Named after the Lozier family, whose members included Lemuel Lozier, a surveyor and developer; G. J. and J. J. Lozier, who had a house along Teaneck Road in 1867; Theodore F. Lozier, an early superintendent of Teaneck’s school; and Nicholas Lozier, whose house on Teaneck Road was demolished in 1959

Lucy Avenue

Possibly named after Lucy Flucker Knox (1756–1824), an American revolutionary who married Henry Knox, a leading officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; she lived with Henry and the army wherever they camped

Madison Avenue

Possibly named after James Madison (1751–1836), the American statesman and diplomat, who served as the fourth president of the United States (1809– 1817) and had a pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution and its Bill of Rights

Magnolia Road

Probably named after the magnolia trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Maitland Avenue

Named after Nelson Maitland Ayers, a developer in the early 20th century, whose father was Dr. Melancton Ayers of Teaneck

Manhattan Avenue

Named after the island of Manhattan, where Dutch colonists established a trading post in 1624, naming it New Amsterdam in 1626; it came under English control in 1664 and was renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York

Manor Court

Named after the term for a large country house with lands, the principal house of a landed estate

Maple Street

Probably named after the maple trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Maple Street, East

Probably named after the maple trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Margaret Street

Named after Margaret Daughty, friend of Katherine Kelly Selvage, the wife of the developer Walter Selvage (for whom Selvage Avenue was named) and the daughter of Mrs. Anastasia Kelly, who was born in Ireland

Marine Court

Marion Street

Perhaps named after Marion Phelps (1868–1923), born in Teaneck as the youngest child of the diplomat and philanthropist William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), whose estate included much of modern Teaneck; she married Dr. Franz von Rottenburg in 1893

Marjorie Court

Martense Avenue

Possibly named for the Jan Martense Schenck House, which was built by the Dutch settler Jan Martense Schenck (1631–1687), in Brooklyn, New York, and is now part of the Brooklyn Museum

Mercedes Street

Merrison Street

Mersereau Terrace

Probably named after the Mersereau Ring, a spy ring for General George Washington, initially run by the businessman Joshua Mersereau and his eldest son, John LaGrange Mersereau, within the New Brunswick and New York regions

Midwood Road

Mildred Street

Milford Terrace

Possibly named after Milford, New Jersey, incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 15, 1911, which was confirmed on March 13, 1925

Minell Place

Monterey Avenue

Possibly named after the town of Monterey, Massachusetts, settled by 1739 and incorporated into a town in 1847, or perhaps after the city of Monterey, California, which was founded on June 3, 1770, and was the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821) and Mexico (1822–1846)

Morningside Terrace

Possibly given its name because the street is laid out along the eastern side of a slope

Munn Avenue

Probably named after Samuel Munn, a landowner in Teaneck whose property extended along the Hackensack River in 1867

Murray Hill Road

Probably named for Murray Hill, a neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan in New York City, which derives its name from Robert Murray (1721–1786), an Irish-born merchant, whose family had a large estate in the area

Myron Court

Possibly named after Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892), a politician from the state of New York, who was its governor from January 1, 1855, to December 31, 1856

Palisade Avenue

Renamed from Station Street; its new name was probably inspired by the Palisades, the line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River

Palmer Avenue

Possibly named after the historic Palmer House Hotel, built in 1871 in Chicago

Park Avenue

Parker Lane

Possibly named after Henry G. Parker, a farmer who lived on Teaneck Road south of Cedar Lane Road in 1900, or after Benjamin Parker, who owned a house on Teaneck Road and a lot across from it in 1867 Parkview Drive

Peabody Court

Possibly named after George Peabody (1795–1869), an American financier and philanthropist; among his many honors for generosity was the Congressional Gold Medal

Pembroke Street

Probably named after Pembroke, a town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pennington Road

Perry Lane

Pershing Circle

Named after the General of the Armies, John Joseph Pershing (1860– 1948), who commanded the American troops in World War I

Phelps Road

Probably named after the diplomat and philanthropist William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), whose estate included much of modern Teaneck, or after one of his sons, who later lived in the area

Pine Street

Probably named after the pine trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Pinewood Place

Plaza, the

Possibly named after the Plaza Hotel, a luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in Midtown Manhattan; the first hotel with this name was built from 1883 to 1890 and was replaced by the current one built between 1905 and 1907. It has since been expanded and renovated several times.

Pleasant Place

Pomander Walk

A right-angled road formerly known as Riverside Avenue on its western end and Kipp Avenue between its turn and River Road. The new name, appearing between 1912 and 1936, was quite possibly inspired by the comedy Pomander Walk, written by Louis N. Parker in 1910, which was performed in New York on December 20th, 1910.

Prince Street

Princeton Road

Probably named after Princeton, a municipality that is the home of Princeton University, which moved there in 1756 from Newark

Prospect Terrace

Puffin Way

Named after the Puffin Foundation, Ltd., which is at one of its ends; founded by Perry Rosenstein in 1983, the Puffin Foundation has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations that are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy

Ramapo Road

Probably named after the Ramapough, a band of Lenape Indians who migrated into the area from Connecticut by the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries

Rector Court

Possibly named after the rector, or priest in charge, of the nearby Christ Episcopal Church

Red Road

Named for a row of houses painted dark red that William Walter Phelps (1839–1894) built for his workers

Redmond Street

Probably named after the Redmond linden trees that grew here or that were intended to grow here

Reis Avenue

Probably named after Reis & Reis, Inc., insurers and real-estate agents, located along West Englewood Avenue in 1931

Rensselaer Road

Possibly named after Killiaen van Rensselaer, a diamond merchant in Amsterdam and a member of the board of directors of the West India Company, who, in 1630, gained land in the upper Hudson River Valley that became the Manor of Rensselaerswijck, which lasted into the 19th century. The city and county of Rensselaer in New York were named for the family.

Richard Court

Ridgeway Street

River Road

Named after the nearby Hackensack River

Riverview Avenue

Probably named for the nearby Hackensack River

Robinson Street

Rockledge Place

Rodgers Court

Roemer Avenue

Named after the Roemer farm in the vicinity

Roosevelt Street

Probably named after Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1858–1919), an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who held various positions in New York politics; he served as the 25th vice-president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, then assumed the presidency after McKinley's assassination and served as the 26th president of the United States (1901–1909)

Rosemont Place

Rugby Road

Probably named after Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England during the first half of the 19th century

Rutland Avenue

Probably named after Rutland, a ceremonial county in the east Midlands of England; Oakham is its largest town

Sackville Street

Perhaps named after George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716–1785), an English soldier and politician who, as colonial secretary, was partly responsible for the British defeat at Saratoga (1777) in the Revolutionary War

Sagamore Avenue

Named after the Sagamore, a chief among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of the northeast, chosen by the people of his band.

St. Marks Place

Possibly named after St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, on the corner of Chadwick Road and Grange Court, whose church building was a World War I prefabricated field chapel with a fellowship hall built onto it in 1926. In 1958, the hall became the church and the old church became offices and meeting spaces

Salem Street

Possibly named after Salem, Massachusetts, since 1626 a coastal city near Boston that became famous for its 1692 witch trials

Sandburg Court

Possibly named after Carl August Sandburg (1878 –1967), an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor

Sandra Place

Sanford Street

Schley Place

Named after Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley (1839–1911), the naval hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898

Schoonmaker

Road Named after Stephen Townsend Schoonmaker (1894–1918), who was born in San Francisco, California, grew up in Hackensack and Teaneck, and fought in World War I. He died, as a captain, on October 24, 1918, during the Verdun Offensive; he is buried at Bois de la Reine, Montfaucon-Etaine, France.

Selvage Avenue

Named after Walter Selvage, a developer of Teaneck in the early 20th century

Sewell Place

Possibly named after William Joyce Sewell (1835–1901), a U.S. senator from New Jersey from 1881 to 1887 and from 1895 until his death, in 1901

Sheffield Road

Probably named after Ellen Maria Sheffield, the wife of the diplomat and philanthropist William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), or their youngest son, named Sheffield and called Ted (1864–1902), who was a journalist and lawyer

Shelbourne Street

Perhaps named after the Shelbourne Hotel, a historic hotel in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1824 by Martin Burke and named for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Shepard Avenue

Sherman Avenue

Possibly named after William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), the American soldier, businessman, educator, and author, who served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War

Sherwood Avenue

Possibly named after Sherwood, a large district of the city of Nottingham, England, which lies south of Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Avenue, East (See Sherwood Avenue)

Sinclair Court

Possibly named after the Saint Clair family in England, prominent since the time of William the Conqueror

Somerset Gate

Probably named after Somerset, a ceremonial county in southwest England; its largest city is Bath

Somerset Road

Probably named after Somerset, a ceremonial county in southwest England; its largest city is Bath

South Forest Drive

South John Street

South Prospect Terrace

South Strand Street (See Strand, the)

Spring Street

Springside Avenue

Spruce Street

Probably named after the spruce trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Standish Road

Possibly named after Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656), an English military officer and colonist, who was important to Plymouth Colony (established 1620) in present-day Massachusetts, having been its commander, its agent on a return trip to England, its assistant governor, and its treasurer

Starview Court

Stasia Street

Named after Mrs. Anastasia Kelly, born in Ireland

State Street

Stelton Street

Possibly named after Stelton, a community within Edison Township, New Jersey, which in turn is named after the Stelle family, early settlers in Piscatawaytown, who arrived in 1668 and were still numerous there in the 1880s

Stephens Street

Perhaps named after John Stephens, a mid-19th-century carpenter who later became a general-store owner and developer in the Closter area

Sterling Place

Possibly named after sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally

Strand, the

Probably named after the Strand, a major street in London's West End, known for its coffee shops, restaurants, and taverns, as well as for its theater and music halls during the 19th century; authors, poets and philosophers have lived on or near London’s Strand, including Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Virginia Woolf

Stuyvesant Road

Probably named after Peter Stuyvesant (c. 1610–1672), a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded to the English in 1664

Suffern Road

Possibly named after Suffern, a village in Rockland County, New York, which was founded in 1796 by John Suffern. His home near the base of the Ramapo Mountains was called New Antrim, after his home in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. General George Washington and other military leaders sometimes used this home as their headquarters.

Summit Avenue

Originally called Suer Avenue

Suer Avenue (Now called Summit Avenue)

Sunderland Road

Probably named after Sunderland, a port city in Tyne and Wear, England

Sunrise Terrace

Sunset Road

Sussex Road

Probably named after Sussex, a region within southeast England which was a kingdom and later a county

Sylvan Terrace

Probably named for its sylvan, or woodsy, appearance

Taft Road

Probably named after William Howard Taft (1857–1930), the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices

Teaneck Road

Originally a Lenape trail, also known as Washington Avenue during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Tenafly Road

Named after the borough of Tenafly, one of this road’s terminuses, the other being Palisade Avenue in Teaneck

Terhune Street

Named after Terhune Park, which is near one of this street’s terminuses; this 10.3-acre park commemorated the Terhune family, which once owned much of the park’s property. Its founder, John Terhune, came from Holland and married a local widow who had significant land holdings. They settled in this area around 1720 and had a son, Albert, who died at the homestead in 1808, aged eighty. In 1948, the Township of Teaneck bought land from the Jacob Terhune estate for most of this park—including its now vanished 18th-century house—and Terhune Park opened the following year. In addition, a certain J. C. Terhune owned property along the Hackensack River in 1867, and J. V. H. Terhune owned a house along Teaneck Road in 1867, along with another one nearby.

Terrace Circle

Thames Boulevard

Probably named after the River Thames, which flows through southern England, including London; at 215 miles in length, it is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn

Thomas Boulevard

Thomas Street

Thompson Avenue

Tietjen Avenue

Tilden Avenue

Probably named after Samuel Jones Tilden (1814–1886), the 25th governor of New York and the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election; Tilden’s role (while part of the state Democratic Committee) in taking down the infamous Boss Tweed bolstered his popularity, and he was elected governor of New York in 1874, where he continued rooting out corruption

Trafalgar Street

Probably named after the Battle of Trafalgar, a naval engagement on October 21, 1805, between the British Royal Navy, under Lord Nelson, and the combined French and Spanish navies during the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815); the British won

Trinity Court

Possibly named after Trinity Church, a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, founded in 1697. The 19th-century church is located at 89 Broadway, opposite Wall Street, in New York City.

Tryon Avenue, West

Probably named after Lieutenant-General William Tryon (1729– 1788), a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of North Carolina (1764–1771), governor of New York (1771–1777), and as a British general in the Revolutionary War

Tulip Circle

Probably named after the tulips originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Tunbridge Road

Probably named after Royal Tunbridge Wells, a town in Kent, England, which was a fashionable resort in the mid-1700s for visitors who wished to drink from a spring whose waters were thought to be medicinal

Tuxedo Square

Probably named after Tuxedo Park, a village in Orange County, New York; the evening dress for men, known in North America as a tuxedo, takes its name from this village, as it was brought there by James Brown Potter, who had been introduced to the suit by the Prince of Wales (1841–1910), later Edward VII

Walden Street

Possibly named after Walden Pond, by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854; the book reflects Thoreau’s attempt to ‘live life simply.’

Walnut Street

Probably named after the walnut trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Walraven Drive

Ward Plaza

Warren Parkway

Warwick Avenue

Probably named after Warwick, a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Warwickshire in England, which, with Warwick Castle, was a fortified settlement from the 11th century; much of it was destroyed in the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694

Washburn Street

Washington Place

Probably named after George Washington (1732–1799), the American military officer and statesman, who commanded the victorious Continental Army; he was president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution of the United States; he established the American federal government; and he served as the first president of the United States, for two terms, from 1789 to 1797

Washington Street

Probably named after George Washington (1732–1799), the American military officer and statesman, who commanded the victorious Continental Army; he was president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution of the United States; he established the American federal government; and he served as the first president of the United States, for two terms, from 1789 to 1797

Water Street

Named in 1926 after the Hackensack Water Company redirected its thirty-inch water main down the street, under the railroad tracks, and up Manor Court

Webster Avenue

Possibly named after Daniel Webster (1782–1852), an American lawyer and statesman, who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore

Wellington Avenue

Probably named after Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and British Tory politician, who served twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom and was one of the commanders who ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815

Wellington Gate

Probably named after Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and British Tory politician, who served twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom and was one of the commanders who ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815

Wendel Place

Possibly named after a descendant of Sussanna DuTrieux Wendel, who landed in New Netherlands in 1644, or of Evert Jansen Wendel, who landed there in 1648, or of Evert Wendel, aged 60, who arrived in New York in 1675

Werner Place

West Englewood Avenue (see Englewood Avenue)

West Forest Avenue

West Gate Road

West Laurelton Parkway

Westervelt Place

Named after a Dutch clan whose members included Lubbert Lubberitsen Westervelt, who came from Holland aboard the ship Hope in 1662, moving to the area with his wife and four children before 1686, and Cornelius Westervelt, who, in 1684, acquired a large property south of present-day Degraw Avenue that ran from the Hackensack River to Overpeck Creek; almost a century later, Caspar Westervelt built a large sandstone house there, which is now at 20 Sherwood Road

Westgate Road

Westlawn Drive

Westview Terrace

Whitelaw Place

Possibly named after Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), an American politician, diplomat, and newspaper editor of the New-York Tribune. Powerful in the Republican Party, he was made ambassador to France and to Great Britain and was the party's nominee for vice-president of the United States in the 1892 election. In 1898, President William McKinley appointed him to the American commission that negotiated peace with Spain after the Spanish–American War.

Whitman Court

Probably named after Walter Whitman, Jr. (1819–1892), the American poet, essayist, and journalist, whose work (particularly his 1855 poetry collection, Leaves of Grass) was controversial in his time

Wilbur Road

Williams Avenue

Willow Street

Probably named after the willow trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Willow Lane

Probably named after the willow trees originally growing here or that were intended to grow here

Wilmerding Avenue

Possibly named after Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, which was named after Joanna Wilmerding Bruce Negley, the wife of William B. Negley, a local landowner; in the early 20th century the town had extensive foundries and machine shops belonging to the Westinghouse Air Brake Company