Mercer Street (Manhattan)
149 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince Streets
Mercer Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs north to south through the NoHo and SoHo neighborhoods, from East 8th Street past West Houston Street to Canal Street. The street was previously called First Street and Clermont Street, but was renamed in 1799 for Hugh Mercer,[1] a Scottish-American brigadier general who died at the Battle of Princeton,[2] which came about due to his advice to George Washington to march on Princeton.[3]
In popular culture[]
- The naming of Mercer Street was referenced in the Broadway musical Hamilton, in the song "The Room Where It Happens", during an exchange between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
- Mercer Street is mentioned in the song "Anybody Seen My Baby?" from the Rolling Stones
References[]
- ^ Mercer Playground, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- ^ Feirstein, Sanna (2001). Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6.
- ^ Moscow, Henry (1978). The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins. New York: Hagstrom Company. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0.
External links[]
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