canarsie.1898

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This US Geological Survey map shows Canarsie as it was in 1898. I have indicated the major roads in and out of the town at the time, as well as the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad, which had arrived in 1865, running from the LIRR in East New York to Canarsie Landing (the site of today's Canarsie Pier). Main roads in existence then included Rockaway Avenue (today's Rockaway Parkway), Varkens Hook Road (the main north-south route during the colonial era) and Canarsie Lane, which ran from what is now Lefferts Gardens all the way to Canarsie. Bits and pieces of it still exist, including Cortelyou Road south of Holy Cross Cemetery, a short piece from Ralph Avenue to East 83rd Street south of Ditmas, Bedell Lane from East 87th to East 92nd, and East 92nd and Canarsie Road south to Schenck Street (the old Canarsie Landing). Compare a Canarsie map of today.

Prior to 1870 when Rockaway Avenue (now Parkway) was built, the main north-south route to Canarsie was Canarsie Road, which extended south from East New York. It joined Canarsie Lane at what is now Bedell Lane and East 92nd street.