Vesey Street

Looking east from the Irish Hunger Memorial, with 3 World Financial Center on the right, and St. Paul's Chapel and 222 Broadway in the distance

Vesey Street (/ˈviːzi/ VEE-zee)[1] is a street in New York City that runs east-west in Lower Manhattan. The street is named after Rev. William Vesey (1674–1746), the first rector of nearby Trinity Church.[2]

  1. ^ "Vesey". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  2. ^ Feirstein, Sanna (2001). Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6.