Bleecker Street is named for Anthony Bleecker. Anthony Bleecker was born in New York City in October 1770. He graduated from Columbia and studied law, but was reputedly never a successful practitioner. For some thirty years he was a contributor of prose and verse to periodicals published in New York and Philadelphia. Bleecker was one of the founders of the New York Historical Society, and was a trustee of the New York Society Library from 1810 until 1826. The poet William Cullen Bryant wrote: "Anthony Bleecker, who read everything that came out, and sometimes wrote for the magazines, was an amusing companion, always ready with his puns, of whom Miss Eliza Fenno, before her marriage to Verplanck in 1811, wrote that she had gone into the country to take refuge from Anthony Bleecker's puns". Bleecker Street is home to a number of great shops, cafes and restaurants. The best way to get to Bleecker Street is to take the subway to the West 4th Station. The 6th Avenue F or V trains and the 8th Avenue A, C, E trains stop at this station. Take the West 3rd/6th Avenue exit and head south as you come out of the station. Bear right as the sidewalk curves and you will come to the corner of Carmine and Bleecker Street. Take a right onto Bleecker – and enjoy.