History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Quai de Biestebroeck

In Dutch: Biestebroekkaai

Quai de Biestebroeck, in Anderlecht, has 26 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 77% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194420
  • 1945 – 19693
  • 1970 – 19893
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1890

Le Quai de Biestebroeck est à proximité immédiate de la rue de Biestebroeck, qui doit son nom à une ancienne ferme appelée « Hof ter Biest » qui était déjà présente en 1418. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.