Bay Ridge street corner named after Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack
Bay Ridge residents, family, friends and others on Saturday attended the street renaming ceremony for the late State Supreme Court Justice Arthur M. Schack at the corner of 89th Street and Ridge Boulevard.
In addition to being a judge, Schack, who died on May 2, 2016 at the age of 71, was very much involved in the Bay Ridge community, Schack was the chairperson of Community Board 10 from 1993 to 1998, leaving when he became a Civil Court judge.
He was active in the Guild for Exceptional Children, Friends of Historic New Utrecht, the Boy Scouts of America and the Bay Ridge Historical Society. Before becoming an attorney, he was a teacher at Bay Ridge High School, now the High School of Telecommunications and Technology
On the bench, Justice Schack handled civil cases such as real estate disputes, contract disputes, personal injury cases to foreclosures and mortgages.