Roosevelt Street

[1] It ran parallel to James Street, one block west.

[2] The western end of Roosevelt Street later became the walkway from Park Row to the front entrance of the Chatham Green Apartments at 165 Park Row.

[1] The street is historically significant as the place where the mob of the New York City draft riots – a violent protest against conscription for the American Civil War – assembled before heading uptown to the draft offices.

[3] The Roosevelt Street Ferry was displaced by the construction of the New York (north) tower of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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