Eldridge Street

Eldridge Street is a street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It extends north-south from East Broadway to Houston Street. Originally called Third Street according to the numbering system for the Delancey Farm Grid, it was named in 1817 for Lt. Joseph C. Eldridge, whose unit was ambushed by Indian allies of the British in Upper Canada during the War of 1812.

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