Nassau Street is in theFinancial District, within theborough ofManhattan inNew York City. Its southern end is at the intersection withBroad Street andWall Street, and its northern end is atSpruce Street, atPace University near the foot of theBrooklyn Bridge. For its entire route, Nassau Street runs one block east ofBroadway andPark Row.

Nassau Street was originally called Kip Street, after anearly Dutch settler family, but was subsequently named in honor of the royal family of theNetherlands, theHouse of Orange-Nassau. It was named some time beforeWilliam of Nassau, the Dutch prince who became King William III of England, so that is not the origin of the name, despite how easily it could be mistaken as such. Nassau Street once housed many of the city's newspapers. For some period of time, the street was known as Pie Woman's Lane.^[1] Late in the 20th century Nassau Street was closed to motor traffic during certain hours, in order to promote shopping.

Nassau Street borders on theFulton-Nassau Historic District, which encompasses several buildings along Nassau betweenSpruce andLiberty Streets. The original headquarters ofThe New York Times, then theNew-York Daily Times, was located at 113 Nassau Street. In 1854, the paper moved to 138 Nassau Street, and in 1858 it moved to41 Park Row, making it the first newspaper in New York City to have an entire building solely for its own work force.^[2]

In 1931, theBMT Nassau Street Line (presentJ and ​Z trains) of theNew York City Subway was extended under Nassau Street, with stops atFulton Street andBroad Street.^[3] Nassau Street is only 34 feet (10 m) wide, and the subway floor was only 20 feet (6.1 m) below building foundations. As a result, 89 buildings had to be underpinned to ensure that they would stay on their foundations. The whole cost of the construction of the segment was $10.072 million for the 0.9 miles (1.4 km)-long extension, or $2,068 a foot, which was three times the normal cost of construction at the time.^[4]

As early as 1915,Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News contained many advertisements forstamp dealers in Nassau Street.^[5] In the 1930s,stamp collecting became very popular and Nassau Street was the center of New York City's "Stamp District", called its "Street of Stamps", with dozens of stamp and coin dealers along its short length.^[6] While thestock market did poorly during theGreat Depression, stamps kept their value and were "negotiable assets".^[6] The Stamp Center Building was located at 116 Nassau Street, and the Subway Stamp Shop (now inAltoona, Pennsylvania) was located at 87 Nassau Street.^[6] With the dispersal of most dealers in the 1970s, a process that accelerated with internet trading, the street no longer has this character.^[6][7]

Nassau Street was also the title of a book written in the 1960s byHerman Herst Jr.^[8] that described the "golden age" of the stamp collecting industry.^[6]

Nassau street was also known for book stores.^[9] In the mid 1800s it was known for rare books and used books.^[10] Booksellers includedWilliam Gowans andJoseph Sabin.

From south to north:^[11]

• 14 Wall Street, at 1–11 Nassau Street
• Federal Hall, east side of Nassau between Wall and Pine Streets
• Atlantic National Bank (1853-1873), at 17 Nassau Street
• Equitable Building, at 15–25 Nassau Street
• 28 Liberty Street, at 26–40 Nassau Street
• 140 Broadway, at 27–39 Nassau Street
• Liberty Tower, at northwest corner of Nassau and Liberty Streets
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building, at northeast corner of Nassau and Liberty Streets
• 63 Nassau Street
• Theatre on Nassau Street (1732–1765), at 64–66 Nassau Street, the first theatre in New York City
• Bennett Building, at 93–99 Nassau Street
• 5 Beekman Street, at 119–133 Nassau Street
• Morse Building, at 140 Nassau Street
• Potter Building, at 145 Nassau Street
• New York Times Building/41 Park Row, at 147 Nassau Street
• 150 Nassau Street, formerNew York Sun offices

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