The History of Beer and Brewing in New York City
by Bret StetkaPage 2 of 13
As you might expect, beer arrived in New York City with hard-drinking Europeans. Early Dutch settlers opened ample breweries and in 1657 - to better accommodate keg traffic - Brouwers Straet (Brewers Street) became the country’s first paved road. The name was changed to Stony and later Stone Street, and the narrow, still-cobbled way now accommodates the Wall Street happy hour set.
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