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'''Cropsey Avenue''' is a major street in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. It generally runs north-south, from [[Bath Beach, Brooklyn|Bath Beach]] to [[Coney Island]].
'''Cropsey Avenue''' is a major street in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. It generally runs north-south, from [[Bath Beach, Brooklyn|Bath Beach]] to [[Coney Island]].


For about half of its length, Cropsey Avenue has a [[Central reservation|central median]], making it a [[Dual carriageway|divided highway]]. In Coney Island, Cropsey Avenue continues as West 17th Street at Neptune Avenue.
For about half of its length, Cropsey Avenue has a [[Central reservation|central median]], making it a [[Dual carriageway|divided highway]]. In Coney Island, Cropsey Avenue continues as West 17th Street at Neptune Avenue. Cropsey Avenue intersects the [[Belt Parkway]] at exits 6-N and 6-S.

Cropsey Avenue intersects the [[Belt Parkway]] at exits 6-N and 6-S.


The street is named for the Cropsey family, one of the first to settle in [[New Utrecht, Brooklyn|New Utrecht]].<ref name="how">Benardo, Leonard & Weiss, Jennifer. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xdCL5VWmM4MC&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false Brooklyn by name], p.141 (NY Press 2006) (ISBN 978-0814799468)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EQAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA414#v=onepage&q&f=false Speir v. Town of New Utrecht] (New York Court of Appeals, 1890)</ref>
The street is named for the Cropsey family, one of the first to settle in [[New Utrecht, Brooklyn|New Utrecht]].<ref name="how">Benardo, Leonard & Weiss, Jennifer. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xdCL5VWmM4MC&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false Brooklyn by name], p.141 (NY Press 2006) (ISBN 978-0814799468)</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EQAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA414#v=onepage&q&f=false Speir v. Town of New Utrecht] (New York Court of Appeals, 1890)</ref>

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Cropsey Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York. It generally runs north-south, from Bath Beach to Coney Island.

For about half of its length, Cropsey Avenue has a central median, making it a divided highway. In Coney Island, Cropsey Avenue continues as West 17th Street at Neptune Avenue. Cropsey Avenue intersects the Belt Parkway at exits 6-N and 6-S.

The street is named for the Cropsey family, one of the first to settle in New Utrecht.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Benardo, Leonard & Weiss, Jennifer. Brooklyn by name, p.141 (NY Press 2006) (ISBN 978-0814799468)
  2. ^ Speir v. Town of New Utrecht (New York Court of Appeals, 1890)