The men who kept carriages were few and they generally lived in Harlem or Manhattanville.
Occasionally smart four-in-hands were seen, and I recall Madame Jumel driving to town and how we boys used to run to the side of the road to see her pass.

Many business men would go to the city driving a rockaway with a single horse.

Few of the streets were paved, and there were but two classes of pavements, macadam and cobblestones.

Where streets were not paved the sidewalks were in bad condition.

In some places the high banks of earth on either side of the street were washed down by heavy rains and deposited on the sidewalks.
"Oil lamps were in general use as street lights, and the light was easily blown out by the wind.