The Epic of New York City (107 page)

Bank Street,
220

Barclay, Rev. Henry,
140

Barkley, Alben,
573

Barnard, George G.,
304
,
334–35
,
342
,
350
,
352
,
353
,
355

Barnard College,
169

Barnum, P. T.,
269–70
,
361
,
386
,
402–03
,
438

Barnum's museum,
322

Barrymore, Ethel,
403
,
514

Barrymore, John,
403

Barrymore, Lionel,
403

Barrymore, Maurice,
403

Barsimon, Jacob,
60

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste,
385–87
,
388–89
,
390
,
391

Baruch, Bernard M.,
395
,
508–09
,
527
,
531–32

Battery, the,
19
,
26
,
104
,
146
,
165
,
295
,
390

Battery Park,
270

Baxter, George,
58

Baxter, Warner,
533

Bayard, Annake Stuyvesant,
42
,
43
,
63

Bayard, Colonel Nicholas,
74

Bayard, Samuel,
42
,
43
,
201

Beach, Alfred Ely,
399–40

Beame, Abraham,
590

Beaver,
209–10

Beaver Street,
240

Becker, Charles,
484–85

Bedloe, Isaac,
79

Bedloe's Island,
387
,
388
,
390

Beecher, Henry Ward,
268–69
,
286
,
288
,
292
,
320

Begun, Isadore,
536

Bell, Alexander Graham,
358–59

Bellamy, Francis Rufus,
539

Bellevue Hospital,
190

Bell Telephone Company of New York,
359

Belmont, August,
296
,
297
,
378

Belmont, August, II,
465
,
466

Benjamin, Herbert,
539

Benjamin, Judah P.,
319
,
324

Bennett, James Gordon,
258
,
287
,
294
,
296

Bennett, William Adriaense,
53

Bentyn, Jacques,
53

Bergen, John C,
304
,
316

Berlin, Irving,
418

Bernstroff, Count Johann von,
503

Bierce, Ambrose,
595

Bigelow, John,
495

Big Six,
553

Black, Frank S.,
446

Black Friday,
343–45
,
364

Black Horse Tavern,
127

Black Jokers,
302

Blackman, Lieut. Lennon,
558

Blackouts,
559

Black Thursday,
528–30

Black Tom explosion,
502–03

Blackton, J. Stuart,
445

Blackwells Island,
265
,
305
,
354

Blanck, Max,
490
,
493

Blanshard, Paul,
536

Bleecker Street,
193

Bliss, Henry H.,
461

Blizzard of 1888,
393–404

Block, Adriaen,
17
,
18

Block, Paul,
545

Bloody Thursday,
515–16

Bogardus, Everardus,
31

Bogardus, New York,
32–33

Boldt, George C.,
414

Bolshevism,
515
,
536

Bolting Laws,
89
,
101

Booth, Edwin,
323

Booth, John Wilkes,
325

Borough Hall,
454

Boroughs,
53
,
54–55
,
453
;
see also
under name of
borough

Boston, Massachusetts,
79
,
89
,
90
,
92
,
93
,
117
,
138
,
152
,
154
,
155–56
,
158
,
193

Boston Massacre (1770),
154

Boston Port Act,
155

Boston Post Road,
81
,
87
,
168
,
194
,
202

Boston Tea Party,
155

Boutwell, George S.,
343
,
344

Bowery, the,
26
,
32
,
81
,
173
,
174
,
183
,
194
,
259
,
281

Bowery Theatre,
238–39

Bowling Green,
25
,
32
,
46
,
154
,
161

Bowman, Dr. Isaiah,
507

Bowne, John,
63

Boycotts of British goods,
146
,
149
,
152

Boyd, Robert,
181

Bradford, William,
28
,
104–05
,
117
,
118
,
121
,
122
,
123

Bradley, Richard,
124
,
125
,
126

Brady, Mathew B.,
288

Brazil,
22
,
28
,
32
,
36
,
61

Breda, Peace of (1667),
78

Brennan, Matthew,
353

Brisbane, Arthur,
433

Britannia
(tea ship),
154

British East India Company,
155

Broad Street,
187

Broadway,
19
,
26
,
74
,
81
,
109
,
117
,
148
,
150
,
161
,
177
,
188
,
192
,
194
,
214
,
251
,
258
,
318
,
339
,
379
,
406
,
495

Broadway Tabernacle,
257
,
266

Broadway Theatre,
262

Brockholls, Anthony,
87

Brodie, Steve,
399

Bronck, Jonas,
36
,
38
,
55

Bronx,
55
,
80
,
92
,
277
,
451
,
453

Bronx River,
55
,
81

Brooklyn,
19
,
53
,
92
,
162
,
170
,
226
,
312
,
370
,
372
,
374
,
375
,
397
,
451
,
452
,
453
,
454
,
506

Brooklyn Bridge,
179
,
185
,
197
,
369–76
,
390
,
397
,
399
,
463
,
483

Brooklyn Dodgers,
465

Brooklyn
Eagle,
371
,
446
,
570

Brooklyn Heights,
12
,
159
,
162
,
163
,
213
,
373

Brooklyn Navy Yard,
53
,
162
,
208
,
295
,
444

Brooks Brothers,
295
,
312
,
444

Broun, Heywood,
533
,
535
,
597

Brown, Charles,
204

Brown, Edward Fisher,
597

Bruckberger, Raymond L.,
595

Brush, Charles Francis,
363

Brush Electric Illuminating Company,
364

Bryan, William Jennings,
479
,
486
,
501

Bryant, William Cullen,
270
,
289
,
362
,
494

Bryant Park,
250
,
269
,
494
,
532

Bryce, James,
232
,
328
,
333

Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,”
553

Buchanan, James,
290

Buckley, William F., Jr.,
590

Buffalo hunts,
179

Bullfights,
197–98
,
361–62

Bull Run, First Battle of,
296

Bull's Head Tavern,
174

Bundling,
116

Bunker Hill, Battle of,
156

Buntline, Ned (E. Z. C. Judson),
261
,
264
,
265

Burnet, William,
120

Burns, George,
146

Burr, Aaron,
168
,
192
,
195–97
,
198–201

Burros, Howard,
403

Burton, Mary,
131
,
132–33
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
137

Bush, Irving T.,
527

Bushnell, David,
164–65

Bushwick,
53
,
452

Butler, General Benjamin F.,
319

Butterfield, Daniel,
343

Byrnes, Thomas F.,
434
,
437

Cable cars,
463

Cabot, John,
13
,
30

Cady, J. Cleveland,
378–79

Cameron, Colonel James,
295

Campbell, Allan,
259

Camp Black,
446

Canada,
104
,
142
,
208
,
319

Canarsie Indians,
19
,
53

Canvas Town,
171
,
178

Cape's Tavern,
174

Capital of the nation,
177
,
184–89

Capito, Mathys,
418

Caplan, Charles,
514–15

Cardozo, Albert,
335
,
350
,
355

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan,
335

Carey, Peggy,
131
,
133–34
,
135

Carnegie, Andrew,
409
,
410–11

Carnegie Hall,
409–11

Carpenter, Daniel C.,
306
,
307

Carrère, John Merven,
494

Carson, W. E.,
423

Caruso, Enrico,
512

Castiglia, Francesco (Frank Costello),
553
,
568–69
,
573–74
,
575–76

Castle Garden,
421–22

Castle Williams,
211–12
,
325

Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
411–13

Catholic Church and the Catholics,
60
,
91
,
93
,
94–95
,
103
,
111
,
131
,
135
,
136
,
178
,
216
,
232
,
246
,
248
,
251–54
,
256
,
272–73
,
281
,
299
,
360–61
,
500

Cedar Creek,
177

Central Labor Union (C.L.U.),
381

Central Park,
168
,
173
,
270–72
,
294
,
337
,
360
,
362
,
461
,
532

Central Park Zoo,
551