Dutch Americans to Dutch places (for example Brooklyn which stems from Breukelen) - can still be seen. There are about 35 Dutch restaurants and bakeries in the United States, most of them founded in the 20th century. New York City for example has many originally Dutch street and place names which range from Coney Island and Brooklyn to Wall Street and Broadway. And up the river in New York State Piermont, Orangeburg, Blauvelt and Haverstraw, just to name a few places. In the Hudson Valley region there are many places and waterways whose names incorporate the word "-kill", Dutch for "stream" or
Poestenkill, New York Poestenkill, New York Poestenkill is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,530 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Poesten Kill, an important stream in the area. The words "poesten kil" (with only one "l") are traditionally supposed to signify "foaming water" or "foaming creek" in Dutch. While "kil" indeed means "water" or "creek" in Dutch, Dutch dictionaries do not support the claim of "poest" as "foam". It seems more likely that the creek was named after the nickname "Poest" for the 17th-century local farmer and miller Jan Barentsen Wemp, who