tienhoven's

Updated: May 23, 2025

In those good old days when the Dutch held full sway, Cornelius van Tienhoven was the bookkeeper of the West India Company, and when he married the step-daughter of Jan Jansen Damen, the bride brought him as dower a slice of this forest. When, later, a clearing was cut through the wood it was called Tienhoven's Street.

Charles Hemstreet - Literary New York: Its Landmarks and Associations