Original Street Names
North Brookside Avenue originally called Whaleneck Road.
(North) Bayview Avenue originally called Poor House Road .
Broadway and parts of Columbus Avenue and Grand Avenue originally called Crooked Lane.
Merrick Road originally called called Jamaica-Merrick Plank Road.
South Bayview Avenue originally called Coe's Neck Road.
South Ocean Avenue originally called Carman's Lane.
Lakeview Avenue originally called Paper Mill Road.
West end of Archer Street originally called Bedell's Lane.
Franklin Square originally called Uncle Wash's Lane.
East end of Atlantic Avenue originally called Whaley's Lane.
Long Island Rail Road orginally called South Shore Rail Road.
Source:
Raynor Town Map, 1868 located at the Freeport Historical Society.
