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Allen Street is a street in the New York City
New York City

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 borough
Borough (New York City)

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 of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the New York City....
 neighborhood of Chinatown, and the Lower East Side, and is continued north of Houston Street as First Avenue
First Avenue (Manhattan)

First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street....
. Northbound and southbound sides are separated by a meridian mall. The street's namesake was Captain William Henry Allen
William Henry Allen

William Henry Allen was an United States naval officer during the War of 1812....
, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
. He died in action at the age of 29. His exploits included the capture of the British ship HMS Macedonian.

r to 1799, this street in lower Manhattan was laid out and named Chester Street".






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Allen Street is a street in the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 borough
Borough (New York City)

New York City is one of the largest cities in the world, and it is segmented into boroughs for various reasons. A borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the History of New York City ....
 of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the New York City....
 neighborhood of Chinatown, and the Lower East Side, and is continued north of Houston Street as First Avenue
First Avenue (Manhattan)

First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street....
. Northbound and southbound sides are separated by a meridian mall. The street's namesake was Captain William Henry Allen
William Henry Allen

William Henry Allen was an United States naval officer during the War of 1812....
, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
. He died in action at the age of 29. His exploits included the capture of the British ship HMS Macedonian.

History

Prior to 1799, this street in lower Manhattan was laid out and named Chester Street". After the building of the New York Orphan Asylum on this street around May 1806 "Chester Street" was renamed "Asylum Street". In 1833, "Asylum Street" was quietly renamed Third Street, and finally to "Allen Street"

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