Eddie “Rochester” Anderson (1905-1977) played Jack Benny’s sidekick on radio, film, and television from 1937 to 1965. His popularity rivaled Benny’s and for many years he was the highest-paid black actor in America. Anderson himself lived on this cul-de-sac, which at the time was known as W. 37th Street. (It was renamed two years after his death.) His home was designed by prominent black architect Paul Revere Williams; when Anderson died, his will stated that the mansion be converted into a halfway house for men struggling with substance abuse. More recently it has served as a hostel.
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