Bogardus Place is located in theInwood section ofNew York Cityborough ofManhattan. The one-block street was opened in 1912, and runs 642 feet (196 m) between Hillside Avenue and Ellwood Street, and is named for the family who previously owned much of the land that forms bothFort Tryon Park, and the Fort Tryon section.
The Bogardus family in America started in 1633, whenEverardus Bogardus arrived inNew Amsterdam to become that community's second clergyman. Prominent members of that family includedJames Bogardus, who pioneered in the construction of cast-iron buildings during the 1840s.[1]
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