The 1858-1859 BPUD lists the following under Felt Works: A"nderson, D., & Son, Short Strand, Ballymacarrett". According to John Quinn an historian local to that area, Anderson Street was called after the Anderson's who owned the Felt Works.
Anderson Street appears in an advertisement in the Belfast News-Letter on Tuesday 12 February 1867. The street name is no longer in use there is however Anderson Court.