Stone Street

This guide to Stone Street in Lower Manhattan traces the lane from its Dutch origins as Breuers Straet, named for the breweries along it, to 1658, when its residents paid out of their own pockets to pave it. You'll hear how the British and the young republic each renamed the street, and how a warehouse fire in 1835 tore through the block and forced much of it to be rebuilt within a year. It ends with a nod to the tradition still running through the tables here each evening.