In chapter 1 of the same book, he describes Sunfish Pond, as "bounded by
Thirty-first and Thirty-third streets and Madison and Lexington avenues,
fed by a stream rising between Sixth and Seventh avenues at Forty-fourth
Street, and flowing into the East River between Thirty-third and
Thirty-fourth streets".

I have that book, by the way, online at http://www.panix.com/~hal/octo/ .

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On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, David Minor wrote:

> In Reminiscences of New York by an Octogenarian. for 1816, the author
> describes, "The Lake Tour Road, from Thirty ninth Street and
> Bloomingdale Road to
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> Seventh Avenue, thence to Ninth Avenue between Forty second and Forty
> third
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> streets."
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> I was unaware of any lakes in central Manhattan. Was there one, perhaps
> near Murray Hill, or was Lake a personal name. Any educated guesses?
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