History of a street · 1180 Uccle

Rue Geleytsbeek

In Dutch: Geleytsbeekstraat

Rue Geleytsbeek, in Uccle, has 134 buildings on the Atlas map, for 141 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 62% 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 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 198932
1990 – 200983
since 201018

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 250: 1936.

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: Relief and landscape
Named in: 1846

Le Geleytsbeek est un ruisseau qui coule dans la commune jusqu'à rejoindre la Senne. Son nom signifie 'le cours d'eau brillant'. Auparavant, il se dénommait Molenbeek en raison des nombreux moulins sur son parcours. (remark in French, as published)

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