Taras Shevchenko Place
street in Manhattan, New York
Taras Shevchenko Place is a street in New York City named after Taras Shevchenko, one of the greatest Ukrainian poets. Taras Shevchenko Place connects 6th Street and 7th Street between Second and Third Avenues in the East Village. It abuts the back of 41 Cooper Square to the west.
History
The street was originally named Hall Street in 1830 and became Hall Place in 1855. It was named after Charles Henry Hall, a Harlem landowner who sold the property to the city on December 23, 1828.
In the mid- to late 1970s, residents of the "Little Ukraine" section of the East Village and the United Ukrainian American Organizations of Greater New York organized a campaign to rename the street after Taras Shevchenko. A resolution to rename the street "Taras Shevchenko Place" was introduced to the New York City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs by Manhattan Councilman-at-large Henry J. Stern in February 1978 and was adopted by the committee on April 5, 1978, before being sent to the full council for confirmation.
Legislation to rename "Hall Place" as "Taras Shevchenko Place" was signed by Mayor Ed Koch on May 4, 1978. Prior to the bill being signed into law, a temporary street sign for "Taras Shevchenko Place" had been erected in time for the dedication of the adjacent Saint George Ukrainian Catholic Church on April 23, 1978. After the street was renamed, the St.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7685550. Authority coordinates are 40.728, -73.990. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1830, 1855, 1828 and 1978.
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