Council approves street co-naming for ‘Bishop Kearney Way’
BENSONHURST — Bishop Kearney High School closed its doors forever in August, but the school’s legacy will remain for generations to come, thanks to the City Council’s passage of legislation to co-name the intersection outside the building in honor of the now-shuttered educational institution.
On Dec. 18, the Council passed a bill to co-name 55 streets and intersections around the city after prominent New Yorkers and institutions, including “Bishop Kearney Way” on the southwest corner of Bay Parkway and 60th Street.
Bishop Kearney High School, which was located at 2202 60th St., was a Catholic high school for girls. It opened in 1961 and closed on August 31, three months after its Board of Trustees announced the closure and cited declining enrollment and escalating costs as the main reasons for the decision.