jerome avenue in the bronx is named after leonard jerome.
jerome avenue in the bronx is named after leonard jerome.
who is jerome avenue in the bronx named after?
leonard jerome
jerome avenue was put together as a plank road in 1874 for $375,000. it appeared on maps as central avenue, because it started from macombs dam bridge to jerome park racetrack. borough president louis f. haffen selected contractors in 1897 to pave jerome avenue. three sections of the road were to be remodeled, costing the bronx about $136,505. the street was to be renamed after an unknown city alderman. kate hall jerome, wife of lawrence jerome, was furious, replacing all the signs with the name jerome avenue in honor of jerome park racetrack opened by her husband's financier brother, leonard jerome in 1866. when the subway line was commissioned, jerome went from rural road to commercial artery.
jerome avenue
jerome avenue is one of the longest thoroughfares in the new york city borough of the bronx, new york, united states. the road is long and stretches from highbridge general area to woodlawn. both of these termini are with the major deegan expressway which runs parallel to the west. most of the elevated irt jerome avenue line runs along jerome avenue. the cross bronx expressway interchanges with jerome and the deegan. though it runs through what is now the west bronx neighborhood, jerome avenue is the dividing avenue between nominal and some named "west" and "east" streets in the bronx; fifth avenue, and to a lesser extent, broadway, also splits manhattan into nominal "west" and "east" streets.
jerome avenue