City memorializes community board pioneer by renaming street corner after him
A World War II veteran who helped pioneer the community board system in the 1970s has been given the city’s ultimate posthumous honor – a Brooklyn street corner was named after him.
The corner of Fifth Avenue and 80th Street in Bay Ridge has officially been renamed “Charles Ahl Way” in memory of Ahl, who served as the first chairman of Community Board 10 when the city established community boards in 1977.
Councilman Vincent Gentile, who shepherded the street corner renaming legislation through the council, presided over a ceremony at the site on April 26 during which the new street sign was publicly unveiled.