City dedicates 13th Avenue in memory of Holocaust hero
A Swedish diplomat who braved the wrath of the Nazis and saved the lives of thousands of Jews during the dark days of the Holocaust will be remembered forever in Borough Park now that New York City has renamed a 24-block stretch of 13th Avenue in his honor.
Borough Park residents, elected officials, and diplomats from Sweden and Hungary withstood the rain on Dec. 9, the first day of Chanukah, to honor the legacy of the late Raoul Wallenberg.
In a ceremony hosted by Councilman David Greenfield (D-Borough Park-Bensonhurst) at the corner of 13th Avenue and 50th Street, the city officially dedicated the stretch of 13th Avenue from 36th Street to 60th Street in Wallenberg’s memory. An honorary street sign marking “Raoul Wallenberg Way,” was unveiled in tribute to the World War II hero who helped save as many as 100,000 Hungarian Jews from Nazi concentration camps.