Hi Barbie-Lew,Third Avenue runs North & South, West 3rd Street runs East & West.Parts of both of these streets were in Klein Deutschland (Little Germany.) The bisque in the city directory may refer to bisque pottery, a fired piece of unglazed clay.That might be the business he was in.Bobbi --- On Thu 02/15, Cactus Flower < barbie8674@hotmail.com > wrote:What is meant by bisque in the city directory data?Will check out if there is difference betwwn 3rd Ave... and West 3rd...