Cropsey Avenue
Appearance
Cropsey Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York. It generally runs northwest-southeast, 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
- ^ Benardo, Leonard & Weiss, Jennifer. Brooklyn by name, p.141 (NY Press 2006) (ISBN 978-0814799468)
- ^ Speir v. Town of New Utrecht (New York Court of Appeals, 1890)