the van wyck expressway was named after tip o'neill.
the van wyck expressway was named after tip o'neill.
who was the van wyck expressway named after?
tip o'neill
son of william van wyck, augustus was born october 14, 1850. his brother robert a. van wyck served as mayor of new york city. charles van wyck was a distant cousin; their common ancestors were theodorus van wyck (1668-1753) and his wife margretia brinckerhoff van wyck. his older brother samuel, a confederate surgeon, was killed during the war and his sister, lydia ann, married robert hoke, a confederate general. roots of the van wyck family date back to early dutch immigration to north america. one of the first descendants of the family, cornelius barents van wyck came from the town of wyck, the netherlands in 1650.
augustus van wyck
in mid-1961, it was revealed that the van wyck expressway would be extended northward to meet the whitestone expressway at ny 25a for the 1964 world's fair. work on the van wyck expressway extension, as it was originally known, began in december 1961 and was completed by 1963. the i-678 designation was extended southward over the van wyck expressway to jfk airport on january 1, 1970.









































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