MAAP | Mapping the African American Past

Current view of Minetta Lane, once central to the Land of the Blacks

Minetta Lane is a remnant of a road, later called the Negroes’ Causeway, that ran alongside Minetta Creek and connected some of the African farms with New Amsterdam.

Creator: Manjari Sharma, photographer

Source: © Curriculum Concepts International


Produced by CCNMTL, Chase, Teachers College, and CCI