Nassau Street is a street in the
Financial District of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan, located near
Pace University and
New York City Hall. It starts at
Wall Street and runs north to
Frankfort Street at the foot of the
Brooklyn Bridge, lying one block east of
Broadway and east of
Park Row.
History
Nassau Street once housed many of the city's newspapers. Late in the 20th century Nassau Street was closed to motor traffic in order to promote shopping.
Nassau Street borders on the
Fulton-Nassau Historic District, which is bounded by Broadway and Park Row, Nassau, Dutch and William Sts, Ann and Spruce Sts. and Liberty St.
The first building of
The New York Times — then the
New-York Daily Times — was located at 113 Nassau Street. In 1854, the paper moved to 138 Nassau Street, and in 1858 it moved to
Park Row, making it the first newspaper in New York City housed in a building built specifically for its use.
Philatelic associations
In the 1920s,
stamp collecting became very popular and Nassau Street was the center of New York City's "Stamp District", with dozens of stamp and coin dealers along its short length. With the dispersal of most dealers in the 1970s, a process that accelerated with internet trading, the street no longer has this character.
Nassau Street was also the title of a book written in the 1960s by
Herman Herst Jr. that described the "golden age" of the stamp collecting industry.
Notable buildings
See also
