This is really nothing more than a driveway north of Main St. now, but when originally laid out circa 1868, it ran all the way from Main to what is now Hillside Avenue until it connected to Park Ave. It was discontinued during the urban renewal period from 1968 to 1976. The name comes from William Smith Brown, who built it and whose heirs still owned part of the road until the city claimed it in 1968.
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AuthorMy name is Cliff Blau. I was born and raised in White Plains, NY, and in 2015 became interested in learning more about the history of this fair city. The pathway I took into White Plains history was to discover the reason for the names of each of the streets. See https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WvlOinVQnWh4KGDmEN7YPFfg4II for an annotated map of White Plains. Archives
March 2024
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