Middagh is the family name of one of the old colonial families that settled in that area of Brooklyn. The Middagh family laid out the streets in this corner of Brooklyn Heights and named one (really two, but the other one was changed to Henry St.) after their family.
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Middagh is the family name of one of the old colonial families that settled in that area of Brooklyn. The Middagh family laid out the streets in this corner of Brooklyn Heights and named one (really two, but the other one was changed to Henry St.) after their family.