Broad Street, formerly called Princess Graft in old New Amsterdam.Originally an inlet from the East River, the canal was flanked by two solid ranks of three-story houses, with paths in front. Built during the administration of Peter Stuyvesant, [citation needed] the Broad Canal was the original Manhattan landing of the first ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn, later the Fulton Ferry.

Fulton Street is a busy street located in Lower Manhattan in New York City.Located in the Financial District, a few blocks north of Wall Street, it runs from West Street at the site of the World Trade Center to South Street, terminating in front of the South Street Seaport.The westernmost two blocks and the easternmost block are pedestrian streets.. The street has a …