Gotham_ A History of New York City to 1898 - Edwin G. Burrows [1114]
“Begging-Letter Writers,” 1160
Bell Telephone, 1066
Bellevue Hospital, 502–7, 508, 538, 592-93, 778-79, 811, 880, 881-82, 1008, 1032, 1181, 1196, 1217
Bellevue (Murray estate), 357, 359, 364, 368, 467
Bellevue Penitentiary, 636 Bellma (steamboat), 432, 442
Belmont Stakes, 954
Belvedere House, 375
Bensonhurst, 1228
Bergen Beach, 8
Berkeley Apartments, 971
Berkshire Apartments, 1078
Best department store, 945
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 993
Bethesda Congregational Church, 855
Bethune Street, 383
Betting. See Gambling
“B’hoys,” 753-54, 755, 759, 765, 816
Bialystoker Center, 1119
Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, 531
Bible House, 497, 775
Bicycle Squad, 1201
Bicycles, 954, 974, 1201
Bidwell and Strong, 967
“Big Six,” 823, 1091
Bijou Theater, 1149
Bill of rights, 256, 292
Birth control, 511, 810
Blachte Bos. See Flatbush Avenue
Black Ball Line, 433, 440, 442, 650
Black Brigade, 249
Black cockade, 325-26
Black Friars Club, 380
Black Friday, 932
Black Horse Tavern, 124, 155
Black Joke Engine Company, 889, 894
Black market, 251
Black Pioneers and Guides Regiment, 249, 259
Blackface, 488-90, 643-44, 758
Blacks: and British occupation of New York, 250, 252, 254
as British troops, 249, 250, 254
during Civil War, 872, 884, 885, 890, 893-94, 895, 896-97, 1031
in colonial New York, 126-29, 144, 149, 151, 159-66, 182, 188, 194, 199
and Consolidation, 1227, 1236
definition of, 983
and end of Reconstruction, 1034-35
and events leading to Civil War, 854-58
flee New York, 896-97
and “Great Negro Plot” of 1741, 159-66, 198
Kieft’s ordinances against, 35
in late nineteenth century, 1031, 1034-35
and Lincoln’s funeral procession, 904-5
marriage of, 56
in mid-nineteenth century, 854-60
migration of, 993, 1112
names of, 398
in New Amsterdam/New Netherland, 31-34, 49, 56, 64
population of, 126-27, 144, 286, 514, 896-97, 1112
in post-revolutionary New York, 285-86
in proprietary New York, 85, 88
and resistance to British colonial policies, 199
in 1790s and early 1800s, 398-401
white fear of, 859. See also Free blacks; Slaves/slavery; specific person or topic
Blackwell’s Island, 507-8, 593, 624, 689, 756, 778, 804, 810, 897, 1152-53, 1160, 1186, 1187, 1231
Bleecker Street: and Civil War, 893
and draft riot, 893
in early nineteenth century, 448, 458, 459, 488, 506
in 1830s, 544
in late nineteenth century, 999
in mid-nineteenth century, 658, 699, 702, 711, 714, 715-16, 724, 727, 854
in 1790s and early 1800s, 397
Bleecker Street Presbyterian Church, 459, 460, 531
Block Island, 19
Blommaert’s Vly. See Broad Street
Bloomers, 814, 819
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, 504, 507
Bloomingdale Road. See Broadway
Bloomingdale Square, 421
Bloomingdale Village, 612
Blowing system of transportation, 932
Blue Bell Tavern, 232
Blythebourne, 1228
B’nai B’rith, 1115
B’naijeshurun congregation, 481, 503, 749
Board of Aldermen, 577, 578, 680, 741, 747, 825, 870, 1028, 1033, 1057, 1096, 1108
Board of Apportionment, 931, 1160
Board of Arbitration (CAIL), 1172, 1178
Board of Assistant Aldermen, 830
Board of Associated Loyalists in New York, 254
Board of Canal Commissioners, 419, 430, 513, 575, 598
Board of Charities (New York State), 1159, 1178
Board of Claims, 258
Board of Commissioners, 830
Board of Commissioners of the Central Park, 792-93
Board of Commissioners of Emigration, 738-39
Board of Councilmen, 830
Board of Currency, 868
Board of Customs Commissioners, 207
Board of Education, 631, 780, 856, 984
Board of Electrical Control, 1068
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, 1028, 1031, 1197, 1234
Board of Excise Commissioners, 838
Board of Finance, 1032-33
Board of Health, 358-59, 363, 368, 589-90, 591, 592, 593, 785, 983, 987, 1199
Board of Nine, 62
Board of Public Improvements, 1234
Board of Sewer Commissioners, 837
Board of Supervisors, 368, 837, 896, 1029
Board of Trade (England), 110, 112, 125
Board of Trade and Transportation, 1234
Board of Water Commissioners, 837
Boardinghouses: for