creating cracks in sidewalks and entrances to buildings. Street names Most streets in the community are named after notable historical personalities. Generally, streets in section one begin with the letter "D", section two begins with the letter "C", section three with the letter "A", section four with the letter "B" and section five with the letter "E". Adler Place – named for archaeologist Cyrus Adler Alcott Place – named for author Louisa May Alcott, it is located directly above the former path of Rattlesnake Brook, which originated in Edenwald Aldrich Street – named for author Thomas Bailey Aldrich Asch Loop – named for author Sholem Asch Bellamy Loop – named for writer Edward Bellamy, it was located on the eastern edge of Pinckney's Meadow and located on the path of Rattlesnake Brook before becoming part of Freedomland Benchley Place – named for writer Robert Benchley Broun Place – named for sportswriter Heywood Broun Carver Loop – named for inventor George Washington Carver, it was formerly swampland and a tidal creek, not part of Freedomland Casals Place – named for conductor Pablo Casals, it was formerly swampland and not part of Freedomland Cooper Place – named for author James Fenimore Cooper, it was formerly a navigable tidal creek Darrow Place – named for lawyer Clarence Darrow Debs Place – named for socialist Eugene V. Debs Defoe Place – named for author Daniel Defoe De Kruif Place – named for microbiologist Paul de Kruif Donizetti Place – named for composer Gaetano Donizetti, it was a mill lane for 250 years before Co-op City was built Dreiser Loop – named for journalist Theodore Dreiser, it was part of the parking lot for Freedomland and located on the path of Rattlesnake Brook Earhart Lane – named for aviator Amelia Earhart, it was formerly occupied by barges and frame houses Einstein Loop – named for physicist Albert Einstein, it is the site of Givans and Barrow Creeks, on what was formerly the 14-acre Rose Island Elgar Place – named for composer Edward Elgar, it is the site of Givans Creek Erdman Place – named for poet Loula Grace Erdman, it is the site of Givans Creek Erskine Place – named for educator, author, pianist, and composer John Erskine Other streets include: Bartow Avenue – named after Reverend John Bartow who served as rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Westchester Square, and whose son later