Minetta Brook

A vanished Manhattan stream whose winding route still echoes in Greenwich Village street names and odd alignments. - Status: Buried and absorbed into the city's underground water and sewer landscape - Surface clues: Minetta Lane and Minetta Street preserve the name and part of the stream's former line - Historical note: The brook flowed through what became a remarkably layered neighborhood of village lanes, gardens, and dense later development

Greenwich Village to Hudson River, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA