Roosevelt Street

Left, 1855, with Chatham Street (Park Row) at top left, parallel to Madison Street. Right, 1857, after the creation of New Bowery (now called St. James Place) and New Chambers Street (since eliminated); Chatham Street runs along left edge.

Roosevelt Street was a street located in the Two Bridges district of Lower Manhattan, which existed from the British colonial period up until the early 1950s, running from Pearl Street at Park Row (Chatham Street) southeast to South Street.^[1] It ran parallel to James Street, one block west.^[2] The western end of Roosevelt Street later became the walkway from Park Row to the front entrance of the Chatham Green Apartments at 165 Park Row.