Editing Boston Post Road (section)

==New York==
[[Image:BPR NY map.png|thumb|right|300px|The Post Road in New York]]

===Manhattan===
Much of the route in [[Manhattan]], where it was known as the Eastern Post Road, was abandoned between 1839 and 1844, when the current [[street grid]] was laid out as part of the [[Commissioners' Plan of 1811|Commissioners' Plan]] that had been originally advanced in 1811.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2001/07/de-classified-4-a/|title=DE-CLASSIFIED 4-A|last=Walsh|first=Kevin|date=July 2001|website=Forgotten New York|language=en-US|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref> The following sections of the road still exist:
* [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] – [[Park Row (Manhattan)|Park Row]] – [[Bowery]] – [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Fourth Avenue]] – Broadway from [[Wall Street]] (the southern end of the Post Road) to [[Madison Square Park]]
* There is a large gap in [[midtown Manhattan]] before Post Road resumes its course north of [[Central Park]]
* [[St. Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)|St. Nicholas Avenue]]-Broadway: St. Nicholas Avenue from [[110th Street (Manhattan)|110th Street]] (with a realignment near 145th Street), switching to Broadway at 169th Street and continuing to 228th Street
* 228th Street-Kingsbridge Avenue from Broadway to the old [[Kingsbridge, Bronx#History|Kings Bridge]] over the old [[Harlem River]] bed. (The course of the Harlem River was altered in 1895.)

These [[milestone]]s were once present in Manhattan:
* 1 – the west side of [[Bowery]] near [[Rivington Street]]<ref>One Mile House, on the corner of Rivington Street, demolished in 1921, was a meeting-ground for Tammany Hall politicians. [https://www.nytimes.com/1921/04/01/archives/bowery-landmark-in-170000-lease-onemile-house-at-rivington-street.html "Bowery Landmark in $170,000 lease", ''The New York Times'' 1 April 1921]; the painted sign for One Mile House, on the flank of a building on the east side of Bowery, survived into the 1980s.</ref>
* 2 – southwest corner of [[Astor Place (Manhattan)|Astor Place]] and [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Fourth Avenue]]
* 3 – [[Madison Avenue (Manhattan)|Madison Avenue]] and [[26th Street (Manhattan)|26th Street]]
* 4 – east side of [[Third Avenue, Manhattan|Third Avenue]], halfway between [[45th Street (Manhattan)|45th Street]] and [[46th Street (Manhattan)|46th Street]]
* 5 – west side of [[Second Avenue, Manhattan|Second Avenue]] at [[62nd Street (Manhattan)|62nd Street]]
* 6 – northwest corner of [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|Third Avenue]] and [[81st Street (Manhattan)|81st Street]]
* 7 – in [[Central Park]], west of [[Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)|Fifth Avenue]], between [[97th Street (Manhattan)|97th Street]] and [[98th Street (Manhattan)|98th Street]]
* 8 – [[St. Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)|St. Nicholas Avenue]], west side, between [[115th Street (Manhattan)|115th Street]] and [[116th Street (Manhattan)|116th Street]]
* 9 – [[St. Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)|St. Nicholas Avenue]], west side, opposite north line of [[133rd Street (Manhattan)|133rd Street]]
* 10 – southwest corner of [[St. Nicholas Avenue (Manhattan)|St. Nicholas Avenue]] and [[152nd Street (Manhattan)|152nd Street]]
* 11 – [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], west side, near [[170th Street (Manhattan)|170th Street]] or [[171st Street (Manhattan)|171st Street]] ~ Now at [[Roger Morris Park]] next to the Morris-Jumel Manse 40°50'04.7"N 73°56'18.5"W
* 12 – [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], west side, at or near 189th Street ~ Now at the Broadway entrance to [[Isham Park]] 40°52'06.4"N+73°55'08.9"W
* 13 – east side of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] between [[Academy Street (Manhattan)|Academy Street]] and [[204th Street (Manhattan)|204th Street]]
* 14 – [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], west side, between 225th Street and 228th Street

===The Bronx===
[[File:NYC1776.jpg|thumb|right|The "Road to Kings Bridge, where the Rebels mean to make a Stand" in a British map of 1776]]
In southwestern [[Westchester County]], now [[the Bronx]], the Boston Post Road came off the [[Kingsbridge, Bronx|Kings Bridge]] and quickly turned east, with the [[Albany Post Road]] continuing north to [[Albany, New York]]. It passed over the [[Bronx River]] on the [[Williamsbridge, Bronx|Williams Bridge]], and left The Bronx on Bussing Avenue, becoming Kingsbridge Road in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]]. In more detail, it used the following modern roads:
[[Image:Boston Rd Suburban La jeh.JPG|thumb|East and north towards [[West Farms, Bronx|West Farms]] Square]]
* Kingsbridge Avenue – 230th Street – Broadway – 231st Street
** [[Albany Post Road]] continued north on Albany Crescent
* Albany Crescent – Kingsbridge Terrace – Heath Avenue
* gap across [[Jerome Park Reservoir]]
* Van Cortlandt Avenue
* gap at [[Williamsbridge Reservoir]]
* Reservoir Place – [[Gun Hill Road (Bronx)|Gun Hill Road]] – [[White Plains Road]] (southbound lanes)
* gap from near 217th Street to near 231st Street
* Bussing Avenue
* gap from Grace Avenue to De Reimer Avenue
* Bussing Place – Bussing Avenue

===Westchester County===
* [[Pelham Manor, New York|Pelham Manor]]
* [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]]
* [[Larchmont, New York|Larchmont]]
* [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck]]
* [[Rye (city), New York|Rye]]
* [[Port Chester, New York|Port Chester]]

The Boston Post Road entered what is now [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] on Kingsbridge Road, and turned north on Third Avenue-Columbus Avenue ([[New York State Highway 22|Route 22]]), forking off onto Colonial Place. It continued across Sandford Boulevard (Sixth Street) where there is no longer a road, and curved east and southeast around the hill, hitting Sandford Boulevard-Colonial Avenue at the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]] interchange. It then continued east on Colonial Avenue-Kings Highway, merging with [[U.S. Route 1]]. From there to the [[Connecticut]] border, the Post Road used US 1, except for several places, where Post Road used the following roads:
* The southbound side of US 1-Huguenot Street through downtown [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]].
* Old Boston Post Road north of downtown New Rochelle.
* Old Post Road-Orienta Avenue south of downtown [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck]].
* Mamaroneck Avenue-Prospect Avenue-Tompkins Avenue north of downtown Mamaroneck.
* Old Post Road at [[Playland Parkway]] in [[Rye (city), New York|Rye]].