Stanley Street (Montreal)

It links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the north and De la Gauchetière Street in the south.

Stanley Street opened in 1845, and was named for Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869), the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time (and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom).

The name was chosen by James Smith and Duncan Fisher, and was designated on August 23, 1845.

Molson's Bank was located on the street and at one time employed Joachim von Ribbentrop.

[4] Open since 1974 and still operating from its basement location on Stanley Street until its closing in 2009, the gay bar Le Mystique was raided by police in 1976, leading to riots.

The intersection of Stanley Street and Saint Catherine Street in 1930.
Corner of St Catherine and Stanley Streets looking east (1915)