Russell Hubbard Nevins was an American banker and the president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1830 to 1831. He was a founding partner, with his brother-in-law Elihu Townsend, of the Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

 brokerage firm Nevins, Townsend & Co.

Nevins also invested in real estate, developing the Boerum Hill

Boerum Hill

Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn that occupies 36 blocks bounded by State Street to the north, 4th Avenue to the east, Smith Street to the west, and Warren Street to the south. Commercial strips line Smith Street and Atlantic...

 neighborhood of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

 with Charles Hoyt

Charles Hoyt

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. There is a street named for Russell H. Nevins that crosses the neighborhood, and the 2,3,4 and 5 lines of the New York City subway

New York City Subway

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 system call at Nevins Street station

Nevins Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Nevins Street is an express station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue, Fulton Street and Nevins Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the 2 and 4 trains at all times, the 3 train at all times except late nights, and the 5 train...

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He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County , New York. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior.-History:...

in Brooklyn.