Origin of the Street Names
The table below contains a list of all the known streets in Mattydale. The second column contains the original development where the street was first constructed. The third column contains the origin of the street's name. Not all the stories behind the names have been discovered. If any visitors to this site have information about the origins of the names it would be greatly appreciated. |
Street Name | Development | Name Sake |
Hinsdale Road | Hinsdale Farms | Perry Hinsdell - early settler - died 1907 |
Northwood Drive | Northwood Tract | Tract name |
Garden City Drive | Garden City Tract | Tract name |
Mattydale Drive | Pre - Dev Road | This refers to the southern part of the north bound lane of the main road. Situated east of the plank road for a while it took the name of the adjacent Mattydale development. Name still appeared on a 1952 Syracuse Directory map. Now called Brewerton Road. |
Hinsdale Drive | Pre - Dev Road | This refers to the northern part of the north bound lane of the main road. Situated east of the plank road for a while it took the name of the adjacent Hindale Farms development. Name still appeared on a 1952 Syracuse City Directory map. Now called Brewerton Road. |
Holiday Drive | Hinsdale Farms | A short one block street. |
Matty Ave. | Mattydale | Frank Matty |
Richfield Drive | Richfield Farms | Tract name |
Harrington Street | Harrington Farms | A.B. Harrington. Purchased George Skiff's farm in 1919. |
Wright Ave. | Wright Tract | Albert Wright |
Kirsch Drive | Kirsch Tract | Kirsch Family |
Bremen Ave. | Wright Tract | J. Bremen - early 20th century settler. |
Florida Road | Wright Tract | Flora - Wright relative |
Westwood Ave. | ||
Boston Road | ||
Plymouth Ave. | ||
Malden Road | ||
Teall Ave. | Northwood Tract | This was the northerly extension of the Teall Ave in the City of Syracuse. Teall was a business man in the Lodi area of the old city. This extension still appeared on the 1952 Syracuse city Directory but it no longer exists. |
Cedar Road | Northwood Tract | Never built. Found on 1952 Syracuse City Directory map. |
Northview Street | Northwood Tract | Never built. Found on 1952 Syracuse City Directory map. |
Driveway Place | Kirsch Tract | Cam-Nel Place |
Driveway Street | Kirsch Tract | Phalen Street |
Skiff Drive | Garden City Tract | Geo. & Charles Skiff |
Bernard Street | Kirsch Tract | Bernard Kirsch |
Molloy Road | Pre - Dev Road | Patrick Malloy |
Endres Drive | Post - Dev | Fireman with Mattydale VFD. In 1952 this was Niles Drive and only extended about 200 feet west of Brewerton Road. |
Earl Ave. | Mattydale | Earl Crandall - a relative of Frank Matty's 3rd wife Minnie Ear Mansfield |
Beley | Mattydale | Described as an uncle of Frank Matty. Actually the husband of a Matty 1st cousin. |
LeMoyne | After 1952 | Father Pierre LeMoyne. Early Jesuit explorer - 1653. This was an improved road: from 2 lanes to four lanes. It went under a railroad overpass to remove the old on grade crossing. |
Brookfield Blvd. | Richfield Farms | |
Roxboro Road | Kirsch Tract | This might be the early road that was constructed west of the plank road, by an irate farmer who was tired of paying tolls. IT enters Brewerton Road just south of where the old Toll Gate Booth used to sit. |
McAlpine | Kirsch Tract | |
Belmont Street | Kirsch Tract | |
Biltmore Street | Kirsch Tract | |
Sand Road | Pre - Dev Road | Actually a southerly extension of Lawrence Road. Forms part of the northern boundary of Hinsdale Farms. |
Gould Place | Garden City Tract | |
Young Ave. | ||
Mohawk Drive | After 1952 | |
Boulevard Street | Pre - Dev Road | |
Ashford Court | After 1952 | |
Gale Place | Harrington Farms | |
Park Place | Harrington Farms | |
Brookline Road | Home Gardens | |
Edgemere Road | Home Gardens | This street forms an east-west boundary between Home Gardens and Harrington Farms. |
Edgemere Terrace | Home Gardens | Forms the western boundary of Home Gardens and Harrington Farms. |
LeMoyne Street | Pre - Dev Road | The original LeMoyne had an on grade RR crossing. |
Raphael Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Toas Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Brown Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Mitchell Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Gordon Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Lind Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Medford Road | Syracuse Villa | |
Bender Ave. | After 1952 | |
Marian Drive | After 1952 | |
Plymouth Ave. S. | After 1952 | |
S. Florida Road | After 1952 | |
Hill Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
McKenney Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
KIRSCH TRACT No. 1 | ||
Hoffman Drive | Kirsch Tract | These roads were never built. No houses were ever built north of Kirsch Drive in the Kirsch Tract. |
Inglewood Drive | Kirsch Tract | |
Edmonds Street | Kirsch Tract | |
Calumet St. | Kirsch Tract | |
Evergreen Street | Kirsch Tract | |
Richmond | Pre - Dev Road | E. Malloy, heading east, narrows just before Wright Ave. The narrowed Street (Richmond) extended east to Town Line Road. Named after Thomas Richmond who originally owned all of Lot 8 |
Factory Ave. | Syracuse Villa | |
Cambridge | Syracuse Villa | |