<P> Jerome Avenue was put together as a plank road in 1874 for $375,000 . It appeared on maps as Central Avenue , because it started from Macombs Dam Bridge to Jerome Park Racetrack . Borough President Louis F. Haffen selected contractors in 1897 to pave Jerome Avenue . Three sections of the road were to be remodeled , costing the Bronx about $136,505 . The street was to be renamed after an unknown city alderman . Kate Hall Jerome , wife of Lawrence Jerome , was furious , replacing all the signs with the name Jerome Avenue in honor of Jerome Park Racetrack opened by her husband 's financier brother , Leonard Jerome in 1866 . When the subway line was commissioned , Jerome went from rural road to commercial artery . </P>
<P> Jerome Avenue was put together as a plank road in 1874 for $375,000 . It appeared on maps as Central Avenue , because it started from Macombs Dam Bridge to Jerome Park Racetrack . Borough President Louis F. Haffen selected contractors in 1897 to pave Jerome Avenue . Three sections of the road were to be remodeled , costing the Bronx about $136,505 . The street was to be renamed after an unknown city alderman . Kate Hall Jerome , wife of Lawrence Jerome , was furious , replacing all the signs with the name Jerome Avenue in honor of Jerome Park Racetrack opened by her husband 's financier brother , Leonard Jerome in 1866 . When the subway line was commissioned , Jerome went from rural road to commercial artery . </P>
who is jerome avenue in the bronx named after
who is jerome avenue in the bronx named after
Leonard Jerome
Leonard Jerome