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( Turtle Bay, Manhattan)
Coordinates 40°45'19?N 73°58'03?W? / ?40.75536, -73.967412 The origin of the name "Turtle Bay" is in some dispute. Some historians claim that it was due to the turtle-filled creek that emptied into the East River bay, while others have asserted that it was merely a corruption of the Dutch word "Deutal"—meaning a bent blade—that was used to describe the bay's shape. The name "Turtle Bay" is also a metonym for the United Nations Headquarters. Turtle Bay was a valuable shelter from the often harsh weather of the East River, and it also became a thriving site for shipbuilding. By 1868, however, the bay had been entirely filled in by commercial overdevelopment, packed with slaughterhouses, cattle pens, and railroad piers. The Turtle Bay neighborhood was originally a 40-acre (160,000 m²) grant given to two Englishmen by the Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam in 1639, and named "Turtle Bay Farm". After the street grid system was initiated in Manhattan, the hilly landscape of the Turtle Bay Farm was graded to create cross-streets and the land was subdivided for residential development.
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