Fly Market Slip
Description
The Fly (Vly) Market was one of the original markets in the Colonial city of New York. The other being the Washington Market, or Bear Market, in what is now Tribeca.
History
Fly Market. (E18-E19)..At what is now Maiden Lane between Pearl and South Streets, 1706-1821.
Fly Market Slip. (E18-E19) Now Maiden Lane between Pearl and South Streets. The word "Fly," however apt it might have been for a market, did not refer to insects. It comes from the Dutch vly, meaning a valley or low lying area, as in "Smith's Vly." (This is also the origin of the "fly" in Tenafly New Jersey) The slip at the foot of Maiden Lane, earlier called "Maiden Slip" and "Countess Slip," became known as "Fly Market Slip" after a public market was built there in 1706.
The original slip was filled to South Street about 1820 and was made part of Maiden Lane in 1824. For years after the slip was filled in, the space between the new piers at that point continued to be called Fly Market Slip.
