File:1827 Williamsburg Map.jpg

English: Map of the Village of Williamsburgh, Kings County; As laid out by the Commissioners, appointed by the Legislature in 1827. Reduced from the large Map in the possession of the Trustees of the Village. Surveyed by D. Ewin. New York, Engraved & Published by H. McDowell, 1833.

The Bushwick Creek, which originally separated Williamsburg from Greenpoint, has since been filled in. Today, much of the filled in land along Bushwick Creek makes up McCarren Park. Bushwick Inlet still exists near N 13th and N 14th Streets.

Streets names on the map and their modern day names:

Turnpike Road to Jamaica => Metropolitan Ave

Water Street => River Street

First Street => Kent Ave

Second Street => Wythe Ave

Third Street => Berry Street

Fourth Street => Bedford Ave

Fifth Street => Driggs Ave

Sixth Street => Roebling Street

Seventh Street => Havemeyer Street

Eighth Street => Marcy Ave

Ninth Street => Rodney Street

Tenth Street => Keap Street