Brooklyn Heights street co-named for ‘radical saint’
May 5, 2026
On Saturday, the intersection of Pineapple and Henry streets was dedicated as “Dorothy Day Way,” just a few steps from her birthplace.
On Saturday, the intersection of Pineapple and Henry streets was dedicated as “Dorothy Day Way,” just a few steps from her birthplace.
Ferrara, who died in 2022, is the focus of a recent street dedication ceremony where his studio once stood at 1860 Flatbush Ave.
To celebrate its 125th anniversary, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Dyker Heights had a street co-naming ceremony on Saturday, June 28.
A street co-naming ceremony for community activist and former chairperson and executive director of Homecrest, Don Lee.
Despite rain and gloomy overcast skies, a ray of sunshine peeked through the mist the morning of May 6, the late Jane Walentas.
Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-33) announced on Tuesday, May 6, that Dock Street in DUMBO has been renamed Jane Walentas Way.
Honoring a local leader, the corner of Fourth Avenue and 95th Street was co-named after community leader Mary Nolan April 27.
The Fort Hamilton Army Base renamed its major transportation avenue in memory of 1st Lt. John E. Warren, Jr. on May 20. The avenue was previously named for Confederate Gen.
The street corner outside the Bensonhurst elementary school Mafalda DiMango spent most of her life serving will be officially named in her honor by New York City after the City
Community Board 10 on Monday, June 18 greenlighted a request to co-name a prominent Bay Ridge street corner after a late man of the same, if not an even higher,
Mayor Bill de Blasio, on Thursday, February 5, approved the re-naming of 56 thoroughfares and public places throughout the city, one of which – Frank J. Santo Way – will
The legacies of slain detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos will be enshrined on street corners close to their homes, now that the mayor has officially approved the re-naming of
They will never be forgotten. The City Council voted on Thursday, January 22 in favor of Introduction 620 – a bill that will see 56 thoroughfares and public places in
It was a street renaming for the books (pink carpet, feather boas and all) on Sunday, October 5 as the Bensonhurst community convened at the corner of 77thStreet and 21st
It was a street renaming for the books (pink carpet, feather boas and all) on Sunday, October 5 as the Bensonhurst community convened at the corner of 77thStreet and 21st
In the wake of 9/11, Brooklynite and firefighter Michael Behette cut his vacation in the Florida Keys short to be with his comrades at Ground Zero. After months of working, he was diagnosed with cancer, directly related to the dust from the fallen buildings. On September 17, 2012, Behette died at …
In the wake of 9/11, Brooklynite and firefighter Michael Behette cut his vacation in the Florida Keys short to be with his comrades at Ground Zero. After months of working, he was diagnosed with cancer, directly related to the dust from the fallen buildings. On September 17, 2012, Behette died at …
The corner of Third Avenue and 88th Street has been named in honor of the late founder of The Home Reporter newspaper.
On Wednesday, March 7, Mayor Michael Bloomberg put his signature on City Council legislation dedicating the corner where the newspaper is headquartered to the mem …
As the children and grandchildren of Anthony Neglia joinedCouncilmember Domenic Recchia in pulling the white paper coveringoff of the new Anthony Neglia Way at Bay 34th Street and 86thStreet on Thursday, November 10, the paper got stuck and thepull-string tore off, leaving the sign saying simply: …
His name will live on forever.
Last month, 59th Street between 14th and 15th Avenues wasrenamed Zachary Sansone Way, after the late social activist whodied in June, 2010.
Sansone – who with wife Mary founded the Congress of ItalianAmerican Organizations (CIAO), one of the city’s lar …