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Thanks for that info, Tom.  I’ve looked at a lot of those insurance maps but didn’t really know how they were used.

As for Jonathan’s question about the section labeled “Road” on the 1901 map…  That is the very useful footpath used mostly by Manhattan College Students that goes from the intersection of Waldo and Manhattan College Parkway down to Irwin Ave and W. 240th Street.  I think the large boulders are still there.  I have seen it mapped as a road going back to the 1800s but I am not sure if it was ever used for vehicles.  In smaller lettering on the map you can see it labeled “Spuyten Duyvil Road,” which I believe is the old name for Irwin Ave.

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