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cobblestones on, 188

in colonial New York, 109, 111, 116, 124, 125, 145, 146, 148, 157, 160, 171, 172, 176, 185, 188

and Crash of 1873, 1020

and development of financial district, 939-40

in early nineteenth century, 316, 425, 439

in 1830s, 598

and Great Fire of 1835, 598

in late nineteenth century, 939, 1020, 1065

markets on, 125

in New Amsterdam, 30, 46, 50, 60

in post-revolutionary New York, 266

as principal commercial street, 85

in proprietary New York, 79, 85, 88

in revolutionary New York, 225, 226

stock market on, 899

as “the Ditch,” 46

utilities on, 111, 185, 439, 1065

Broad Street Exchange, 354

Broadway: as Bloomingdale Road, 184, 240, 363, 364, 501, 700, 929

book stores on, 683

and British evacuation from New York, 260

and British occupation of New York, 247, 249

and British preparation for resistance, 198

as business district, 600

churches on, 132

and city development, 932, 935, 940, 941, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 949

during Civil War, 865, 867, 868, 869, 878, 887, 890, 897, 900, 903, 904

in colonial New York, 104, 108, 111, 132, 159, 175, 176, 177, 181, 188, 198, 199

and Crash of 1873, 1023

crowds on, 692

and development of financial district, 940-41

and draft riots, 890

in early nineteenth century, 338, 340, 412, 415, 423, 426, 430, 436, 437, 439, 448, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 465, 468, 473, 481, 484, 486, 500, 501, 527

East, 401, 402, 1115, 1116, 1138

in 1830s, 543, 547, 556, 562, 573, 574, 575, 584, 585, 589, 600, 604, 605, 606

entertainment on, 404, 946-47, 956, 957, 1074, 1138, 1146, 1147, 1149, 1150, 1151

and Evertsen’s attack on New York, 82

Garnet’s search for slavecatcherson, 855

hotels on, 436, 903, 1100

housing on, 971

and immigrants, 1112, 1115, 1116

and Ladies’ Mile, 945

in late nineteenth century, 932, 935, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 949, 953, 956, 957, 959, 971, 998, 999, 1000, 1023, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1058, 1063, 1066, 1074, 1100, 1110, 1112, 1115, 1116, 1138, 1146, 1147, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1163, 1189

and Lincoln’s funeral procession, 904

and Lincoln’s visit, 867

mansions on, 372, 373, 374

in mid-nineteenth century, 634, 637, 639, 644, 645, 653, 660, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 680, 683, 687, 688, 689, 692, 693, 694, 698, 700, 701, 702, 703, 706, 709, 711, 715, 717, 720, 722, 723, 724, 727, 740, 743, 753, 762, 791, 796, 798, 803-4, 805, 809, 812, 813, 814, 827, 840, 843, 849, 855, 861, 862, 952

in New Amsterdam, 50, 64

No. One, 276

and Panic of 1857, 843

parades on, 199, 430, 500, 573, 574, 604, 606, 869, 897

paving of, 448, 949

pictures of, 688, 689

in post-revolutionary New York, 265, 276, 293, 297, 301, 305

press coverage of, 527

promenades on, 791, 952

in proprietary New York, 88, 93

and prostitution, 484, 803-4, 805

retailers on, 668, 740, 869, 878

in revolutionary New York, 213, 226, 228, 229, 232, 240, 241

in 1790s and early 1800s, 359, 363, 364, 366, 372, 373, 374, 377, 379, 389, 395, 403, 404

skyscrapers on, 1050, 1051, 1053

and Tammany, 827

transportation on, 900, 932, 1055, 1057

utilities on, 439, 589, 645, 1063, 1066

and Washington’s inauguration, 297

wealth on, 301

West, 181, 663

Broadway Hall, 545

Broadway Shambles, 46

Broadway Tabernacle, 530, 531, 819, 857, 859, 863, 1181

Broadway Theater, 762

Brokerage firms: and Crash of 1873, 1020, 1021, 1022

in early nineteenth century, 336

in late nineteenth century, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1041-43, 1044, 1062

in mid-nineteenth century, 657

and Panic of 1837, 611-12, 613

and Panic of 1893, 1185

and utilities, 1062

women’s, 984. See also Financial world; specific person or firm

Bronx: breweries in, 741

British troops in, 242

Catholics in, 750

and Consolidation, 1219, 1222, 1227, 1232, 1234, 1235

debt of, 1234

development of, 743

elevated to, 1054

geological history of, 4

as indian land, 5, 8

Irish in, 746

Kieft buys indian lands in, 35

in late