Until 1795, Amsterdam-Noord was used as a gallows field, where the corpses of convicts were hung after the execution as a frightening example. In 1660, the digging of the Buikslotertrekvaart (literal translation: Buiksloter waterway) began just to the east of the Galgenveld, from the IJ north through Volewijck to Buiksloot, Broek in Waterland, Monnickendam, Edam and Hoorn.
From 1795 until the construction of the Buikslotertrekvaart (Buiksloter waterway) in 1660, Amsterdam-Noord functioned as a gallows site where convicts' bodies were hanged after execution. The waterway was dug eastward from the IJ through Volewijck to Buiksloot, Broek in Waterland, Monnickendam, Edam and Hoorn.