Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of eponymous streets in New York City" in English language version.
Petrus Stuyvesant built this house at 21 Stuyvesant Street in 1803. It was a wedding gift to his daughter Elizabeth, who married Nicholas Fish, a close friend and political ally of Alexander Hamilton. Son Hamilton Fish became New York State governor, senator, and secretary of state. It is now known as the Stuyvesant-Fish House.
Created through the amalgamation of several local streets as the elevated tracks were being constructed in the early 1900s, Roosevelt Ave. was named after Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City native and 26th President of the U.S.[permanent dead link]
... referring to John Jacob Astor, for whom Astor Place was named and who in the early days of the country was a trader in beaver furs.
