This road may have originated in an Indian trail. The old Wood Point road joined it at Metropolitan avenue, and extended up to Greenpoint. If the natives were accustomed to visit Greenpoint, this old track doubtless followed their woodland trail.

It was certainly the first path trodden by the white men in that district. INDIAN NOTES VI— THE HOME-LANDS OF THE CANARSEE (Map VIII, C, D) RETURNING to the main path at Atlantic avenue near Fort Greene ]§»§£3 place, we follow its course southward. It ran as far east of Flatbush avenue as the intersection of Prospect and Vanderbilt avenues, and passed east of the Plaza, across Eastern Parkway, reaching a lofty place on the site of Prospect reservoir.

This place was probably selected as a lookout. Thence the trail turned across Institute Park into Prospect Park, through the famous Battle pass of the Revolution, west of the present avenue, emerging from the park at Malbone street, whence it followed the present avenue through Flatbush and as far south as East 26th street.