Presidential candidate College Place – named after the Brooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies (1829–1842); the building became the Mansion House Hotel in 1875 Court Street – renamed from "George Street" in 1835, even though there were no courts nearby Doughty Street – Charles Doughty, 18th century lawyer, helped create the Village of Brooklyn Elizabeth Place – Elizabeth Cornell, built the first Pierrepont mansion Fulton Street, Old Fulton Street – Robert Fulton, introduced steam ferry service between Brooklyn Heights and Manhattan; Old Fulton Street was originally to have been named "Kings Highway", and Fulton Street was "Main Street" Furman Street – William Furman, state legislator Garden Place – originally part of Philip Livingston's garden Grace Court, Grace Court Alley – named after Grace Church Henry Street – Dr. Thomas Henry, president of the Kings County Medical Society Hicks Street – John and Jacob Hicks, 17th century ferry operators Hunts Lane – John Hunt, early purchaser of land from Hezekiah Pierrepont Joralemon Street – Teunis Joralemon, saddle maker Livingston Street – Philip Livingston, the only signer of the Declaration of Independence who was from Brooklyn Middagh Street – the Middaghs, a pre-Revolutionary War family Monroe Place – James Monroe, fifth President of the United States; the widest street in Brooklyn Heights Montague Street – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English feminist and activist for smallpox inoculation, a member of the Pierrepont family; originally named "Constable Street" after Anna Marie Constable Pierrepoint Pierrepont Street, Pierrepont Place – Hezekiah Pierrepont, the "founder" of Brooklyn Heights Remsen Street – Henry Remsen, son of Ram Jensen Vanderbeeck, a 17th-century blacksmith Schermerhorn Street – Peter and Andrew Schermerhorn, merchants and landowners Sidney Place – Sir Philip Sidney; originally "Monroe Place" until 1853 Tillary Street – James Tillary, who worked on finding a cure for yellow fever Concerning the "fruit streets" in Brooklyn Heights – Cranberry, Orange and Pineapple Streets – the WPA Guide to New York City reports that before the Civil War, these streets, along with Poplar and Willow Streets, were named after prominent families, but that a member of the Middagh family expressed her dislike of these families by replacing the street signs with botanical names. The city would restore the proper names, and Middagh would put back her own signs. Several iterations of this game ended when Middagh's new names were given official status by a resolution of the alderman. In Historically Speaking, Brooklyn