Bronx Box 2658

[Signal73]

Comes up as Havemeyer Ave & Solon Pl

No clue where this is unable to find Solon Pl

Any Bronx guy have any info on where Solon place is?

 

[baileyjeff]

What do you need to know?

 

[t123ken]

It looks to be around Randall Avenue.

 

[JohnnyGage]

Can't get there from here...

 

[BxFF0509]

Most definitely a mistake. No Solon pl off Havemeyer ave and doesn’t seem to exist in the Bronx.

 

[jtsjc1]

Even NYC Open Data map shows Solon Pl. and Havemeyer Av. Its an ERS box.

 

[baileyjeff]

According to a box search I did box 2658 does not exist in Bronx

 

[Signal73]

Mobile Box Lookup

Box Number	Location	Borough
2658	SOLON PL at HAVEMEYER AVE	Bronx
2658	ISABELLA AVE at RIGA ST	Staten Island
2658	4th AVE at 60 ST	Brooklyn
2658	DEXTER CT BTW 85 DR at 86 RD	Queens

Enter another box number.

 

[t123ken]

According to my research, Bronx Box 2658 is on the east side of Havermeyer Avenue between Cincinnatus Avenue and Randall Avenue:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.820...4!1sCxwbM2efzBOnQuydVdnLQA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Maybe Solon Place existed as an east-west street before the Castle Hill Houses were built and the box retains the vestige of the old street name.

 

[nap72]

Solon Place was between Randall Avenue and Cincinattus Place.

It was eliminated west of Havemeyer Avenue when the projects were built, and on the east side of Havemeyer Avenue, it's a huge FedEx complex/building.

 

[guitarman314]

Back in the mid to late 1970's I worked in the 10473 zip code post office that delivered there. Solon Pl. was on route #20 but was closed off by the Castle Hill Houses and the industrial area by Zerega Ave.

 

[3511]

Mystery solved. Great work guys!

Love that old street map. Is that the one that used to fold out of a small red NYC Street Guide published decades ago?

 

[Signal73]

Thank you everyone for the help. It is greatly appreciated!
I am currently mapping out the Bronx boxes (like I did for Manhattan) and every now and then I get stumped

 

[EdMc]

Mystery solved. Great work guys!

Love that old street map. Is that the one that used to fold out of a small red NYC Street Guide published decades ago?

It would be interesting to see what named streets where eliminated due to these types of construction projects. I was googling Solon Street and found a site that talked about how some streets in da Bronx got there names.

 

[3511]

See John McNamara’s book, “History in Asphalt”. You can get it through the Bronx Historical Society website.

 

[mack]

Good team effort.

Always good to have one of our best resources involved - Gman!

This is why he is "Gman".




Happy New Year in Florida, Tom. Better weather than SI, and less Coronavirus.

 

[nap72]

That map is from the back of "History in Ashphalt". One of my favorite all-time books.

For those who don't know, it has the current, original and old names of every street in the Bronx - along with a good history of the origin. Even "trails" and geographic area

John McNamara was a Bronx historian from Throggs Neck. He had several books published. Most available from the Bx Historical Society.