‘Mafalda DiMango Way’ unveiled on 15th Avenue
Street co-naming honors late community icon
The hard work, dedication and kindness of education advocate Mafalda DiMango were remembered by family, friends, lawmakers, religious leaders and School District 20 officials who gathered for a ceremony Saturday afternoon marking the co-naming of a Bensonhurst street corner after her.
In a fitting tribute to DiMango, the co-naming took place at the intersection of 15th Avenue and 81st Street outside P.S. 204, the school that she attended as a child and where she maintained close ties until her death last year at the age of 91.
DiMango got her start as an education advocate when she served as Parent-Teacher Association president at P.S. 204 in the early 1960s. She then served as a member of Community School Board 20 and the District 20 Community Educational Council for more than 50 years.