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U.S. Coordinates. 42°21′04″N 71°02′38″W / . 42.351°N 71.044°W. / 42.351; -71.044. Anthony's Pier 4 was a restaurant on the South Boston waterfront opened in 1963 by restaurateur Anthony Athanas. In the 1980s, it was one of the highest-grossing restaurants in the United States. It closed in 2013, and the site was scheduled for ...
The Nine Men was a council of citizens elected by the residents of New Netherland to advise its Director General Peter Stuyvesant on the governance of the colony. It replaced the previous body, the Eight Men, [1] which itself had superseded the Twelve Men. Members of this early form of representational democracy in North America were elected in ...
Anthony Van Corlaer is a fictional trumpeter of New Amsterdam, appearing in Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York, as well as derivative lore. [1] The trumpeter is portrayed as a loyal follower to the real historical Peter Stuyvesant , with a contrasting boisterous temperament to the stern colonial governor.
Peter Stuyvesant (English: / ˈ s t aɪ v ə s ən t /; in Dutch also Pieter and Petrus Stuyvesant, Dutch: [ˈstœyvəzɑnt]; c. 1610 – August 1672) [1] [2] was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was split into New York and New Jersey with ...
Stuyvesant Square. Stuyvesant–Fish House. 2 East 79th Street. The Stuyvesant family is a family of American politicians and landowners in New York City. The family is of Dutch origin and is descended from Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), who was born in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands and served as the last Dutch Director-General of New ...
Portrait of his father, Peter Stuyvesant, by Gilbert Stuart. Stuyvesant was born in New York City in 1769 and named after his uncle, Nicholas William Stuyvesant. He was the eldest son of Petrus "Peter" Stuyvesant (1727–1805) and Margaret (née Livingston) Stuyvesant (1738–1818).
Area code. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Bedford–Stuyvesant ( / ˈbɛdfərd ˈstaɪvəsənt / ), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, [ 5] is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg ), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering ...
In 1673, during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch were able to recapture New Amsterdam (renamed "New York" by the British) under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest and Captain Anthony Colve. [14] Evertsen renamed the city "New Orange." [15] Evertsen returned to the Netherlands in July 1674, and was accused of disobeying his orders.