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Milestones
HISTORICAL GUIDE
and Post Roads
- Another stone, now stored at 107 West One Hundred and Twenty-second Street. (The duplicate 7 Milestone was probably on the eastern Post Road after it branched off the old Post Road near Central Park.)
- One Hundred and Fifty-second Street, between Amsterdam and St. Nicholas Avenues.
- 561 West One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Street.
- In Roger Morris Park (see p. 159).
- At entrance to Isham Park (see p. 175).
Milestones in the Bronx
- One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street and Boston Road.
- Boston Road, near Pelham Parkway (this stone has lately disappeared and may be in the vicinity).
- Boston Road, near Eastchester.
- Albany Avenue, near Spuyten Duyvil Parkway (see p. 184).
Milestones in Brooklyn
At Sheepshead Bay, corner of Neck Road and Ryder's Lane. Inscription reads: "8 Miles and () quarters to Brockland Ferry."
At Van Pelt Manor, New Utrecht; has two inscriptions: one reads: "8¼ mile to N. York Ferry This Road To Denys's Ferry 2½ Mile." The other reads, "10½ Mile to N. York Ferry This Road. To Jamaica 15 Mile."
At King's Highway, within fence line, left side, 100 feet from Ocean Avenue. Inscription: "6 Mile to Ye Ferry."
Milestones in Queens. (All between Long Island City and Flushing.)
At Jackson Avenue, near Grinnell Avenue: "5 Miles to 34th Street Ferry, 1 Mile to Flushing Bridge." Disappeared.
At Jackson, near Kelly Avenue : "3 Miles to 34th Street Ferry, 3 Miles to Flushing Bridge." Disappeared.
At Jackson, near Hulst Avenue : "2 Miles to 34th Street Ferry, 4 Miles to Flushing Bridge."
Milestone in Richmond.
Formerly at corner of Signs Road and Richmond Turnpike, now at 154 Stuyvesant Place, in the Museum of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. Inscription reads: "() miles to N. Yorke."
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