Stuyvesant Explained

Stuyvesant may refer to:

People

• Stuyvesant family
• Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), the last governor of New Netherland
• Peter Stuyvesant (1727–1805), New York landowner and merchant
• Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778–1847), lawyer, landowner and philanthropist.
• Rutherfurd Stuyvesant (1843–1909), socialite and land developer
• Stuyvesant Fish (1851–1923), American businessman

Places

• Stuyvesant, New York, a town in Columbia County, New York, United States
• Stuyvesant Street, a street in Manhattan
• Stuyvesant Square, a park in Manhattan, and the surrounding neighborhood
• Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn
• Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
• Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village
• Stuyvesant Apartments
• Stuyvesant High School, a high school in Manhattan

Other

• Peter Stuyvesant (cigarette), a cigarette brand by British American Tobacco
• Stuyvesant Handicap, American Thoroughbred horse race