Anthony J. Bleecker (1799–1884) was the city’s leading real estate agent and auctioneer. His grandfather Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, after whom Bleecker and Lispenard Streets were named, started the family business, which was continued by his son James and grandson Anthony J.—three generations which made the Bleeckers the oldest real estate brokerage in the city.
Manhattan Square was the only square in the 1811 plan to be realized.