NYC Honorary Street Names Map (Street Line)

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Miguel Carino Way

Hoffman Street

Between East 188th Street and East 189th Street

10458.0

Rivera

Miguel Cariño Soriano was born on February 5, 1937 in the first secton of San Fransisco, Guadalupe Santa Ana, a state of Mexico. He is the son of Mexican parents, Faustino Cariño and Avelina Soriano of the Catholic religion and rural origin. He is sur

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Astin Jacobo Way

Prospect Avenue

Between East 180th Street and East 182nd Street

10457.0

Rivera

Austin Jacobo was born on a sugar cane plantation in the Dominican Republic on January 5, 1929. He learned very early to fight for his rights and the rights of others. His community work began in Consuelo, Dominican Republic in 1951 helping the Catholic

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Bronx

Marshall C. England Way

Bathgate Avenue

Between the Cross Bronx Expressway and Claremont Parkway

10457.0

Rivera

Marshall C. England was born on October 27, 1932, in Thomasville, Alabama, to Reverend L.T. England, Sr. and Mrs. Daisy Bronx England. He grew up in Alabama and graduated from Alabama A&M University. After serving a hitch in the United States Army, Mr. E

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Queens

Hon. Pauline Rhodd- Cummings Drive

Beach 25th Street

Between Rockaway Freeway and Camp Road

11691.0

Sanders, Jr.

Assemblywoman Pauline Rhodd-Cummings, born in Jamaica, West Indies, was a 25 year resident of The Rockaways. She passed away on January 27, 2002 after a year-long battle with cancer at the age of 56. She served in the New York State Assembly for 8 year

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Queens

Gloria Warshofsky Memorial Place

Waterview Street

Between Bayswater Avenue and Coldspring Road

11691.0

Sanders, Jr.

Gloria Brochin Warshofsky was a life long resident of Far Rockaway. Although best known as an interior decorator, she was also a staunch community activist. She was President of the Bayswater Civic Association and a member of Queens Community Board 14

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Bronx

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue

Bartow Avenue

In its entirety

10475.0

Seabrook

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned a nation in which justice, dignity and decency were possible for all Americans. He was a great leader who served as a catalyst and voice for the American Civil Rights Movement. Born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, h

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Queens

Firefighters John Downing, Brian Fahey and Harry Ford Way

Astoria Boulevard

Between 12th Street and 14th Street

11102.0

Vallone, Jr.

On June 17, 2001, the Fire Department of the City of New York lost three of its bravest firefighters. On that Sunday afternoon, Firefighters John Downing, (Ladder 163 in Queens) 40, an eleven-year veteran, Brian Fahey, (Rescue 4 in Queens), 46, a fourtee

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Brooklyn

School Settlement Way

Jackson Street

Between Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street

11211.0

Yassky

School Settlement Association, Inc. finds its earliest incarnation in 1898, as a school affiliated organization called the Ridgewood Household Club. Agnes E. Demonde, a public-school teacher, noted severe deficiencies in her student’s education and fo

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Brooklyn

Adam Vineski Walk

Berry Street

Between North 7th Street and North 8th Street

11249.0

Yassky

Adam Vaneski was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 15, 1936. He was a principle founder of the People's Firehouse. Inc., (PFI) a community based, non-profit organization located in Northside Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The People's Firehouse, Inc. is the ci

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Brooklyn

Nicholas Polonski Walk

North 6th Street

Between Driggs Avenue and Bedford Avenue

11211.0

Yassky

Nicholas Polonski was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 24, 1916 and was a life-long community leader in the Northside area. He went to work early and was only 14 when he became a warehouseman at the Morel meat packing warehouse at North 10th Street

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Manhattan

Manchild Way

Frederick Douglas Boulevard

Between 145th Street and 146th Street

10039.0

Jackson

This information is taken from an essay by Clarence Page. It is located at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/essays/jan-june02/poverty_5-06.html.

In 1965, Claude Brown gave poverty another face, a big city face, with his autobiographical novel Manchild in

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Queens

Corporal Robert Marcus Rodriguez Way

59th Drive

Between 59th Street and 59th Place

11378.0

Katz

Corporal Robert Marcus Rodriguez was born on February 15, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. Corporal Rodriguez lived on 59th Drive in Maspeth and attended John Adams High School in Queens and received his high school diploma from the New York Youth Challenge P

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Staten Island

Mary Davies Drive

Tennyson Drive

Between Glover Street and Goodall Street

10308.0

Lanza

Mary Davies was born on March 22, 1926, in the borough of Brooklyn, to Thomas and Helen Davies. Mary received her education attending various Brooklyn public schools, until her marriage to John Davies in 1937. Mary and her husband moved to Staten Island

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Queens

James Conway Sullivan Boulevard

Rockaway Beach Boulevard

Between Beach 102nd Street and Beach 105th Street

11694.0

Addabbo, Jr.

James Conway Sullivan was born on January 7th 1952. He was the first of four children born to Rosemary and James Sullivan. James was born in Sunnyside Queens and attended Queen of Angels Grammar School, Marter Christi High School, and St. John’s Univer

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Manhattan

Big Brothers and Big Sisters Boulevard

30th Street

Between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue

10016.0

Lopez

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City (BBBSNYC) was founded in 1904, by Ernest Coulter, as the first formalized mentoring program in the United States. BBBSNYC provides youth, ranging in age from 7 to 18 years old, with one-on-one volunteers. The

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Manhattan

Staff Sgt. Riayan Agusto Tejeda Street

West 180th Street

Between St. Nicholas Avenue and Wadsworth Avenue

10033.0

Martinez and Jackson

Riayan Agusto Tejeda was born in the Dominican Republic on August 7, 1976. His family consists of Carmen Radaela Lora and Agusto Tejada, both Dominicans, and two brothers, Angel Rafael Tejeda (1977) and Andres Tejeda (1980).

From an early age, Tejeda

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Queens

Henry Weichaitis Road

West 20th Road

In its entirety

11693.0

Addabbo, Jr.

Henry Weichaitis was born in Maspeth, Queens on September 28, 1919. He was a veteran of World War II, when he served as a United States Merchant Marine. After the war, he moved to Broad Channel where he met and married Helen Hutchinson. He worked as a

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Manhattan

Anna Sokolow Way

Christopher Street

Between 6th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue

10011.0

Quinn

Anna Sokolow had a long and illustrious career in dance and choreography and received worldwide acclaim as a modern dancer and innovator of social themes. She taught dance in Greenwich Village and was on the faculty of the Juilliard School of Music. A

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Queens

Douglas Road and Marinette Street

Douglas Road

Between West Drive and Hillside Avenue (also known as 38th Road)

11363.0

Avella

Sometime in the 1920’s streets throughout the area of Douglaston, Queens and Little Neck, Queens were given numerical designations in order to come “in line” with the New York City street grid. In 1970-1971, a movement to re-instate the named stre

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Queens

Hillside Avenue

38th Road

Between Douglaston Parkway and Douglas Road

11363.0

Avella

Sometime in the 1920’s streets throughout the area of Douglaston, Queens and Little Neck, Queens were given numerical designations in order to come “in line” with the New York City street grid. In 1970-1971, a movement to re-instate the named stre

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Bronx

Leo Fracassi Way

Crotona Avenue

Between East 187th Street and East 189th Street

10458.0

Rivera

Leo Fracassi was born and raised in the Belmont section of the Bronx. He loved being a New York City Fire Fighter, in fact, Ladder 38 has a picture of him with his dog on the corner of Belmont and 182nd Street where you can see Ladder 38’s Fire House i

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Queens

Mario P. Russo Boulevard

Amstel Boulevard

Between Beach 71st Street and Beach 75th Street

11692.0

Sanders, Jr.

Mario Russo was born on May 30, 1915 in Jersey City, N.J. to Anna and Rocco Russo. He was the youngest of six children, and was a twin. His parents had a summer home in Arverne and as a young man Mario came to Rockaway during the summers. He worked for M

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Queens

Cherry Street

39th Avenue

Between Douglaston Parkway and Little Neck Road (also known as 38th Drive)

11363.0

Avella

Sometime in the 1920’s streets throughout the area of Douglaston, Queens and Little Neck, Queens were given numerical designations in order to come “in line” with the New York City street grid. In 1970-1971, a movement to re-instate the named stre

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Street

Queens

Little Neck Road

38th Drive

Between Circle Road and the intersection of Douglas Road and Cherry Street (also known as 39th Avenue)

11363.0

Avella

Sometime in the 1920’s streets throughout the area of Douglaston, Queens and Little Neck, Queens were given numerical designations in order to come “in line” with the New York City street grid. In 1970-1971, a movement to re-instate the named stre

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Street

Bronx

Piccirilli Place

East 142nd Street

Between Willis Avenue and Brook Avenue

10454.0

Serrano

The Piccirilli family, parents, six sons and a daughter, arrived in New York City in 1888 from Massa-Carrara in Tuscany, Italy where the father, Giuseppe, operated a sculpture studio. By 1893, they established a residence and sculpture studio at 467 E. 1

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Bronx

Celia Cruz Boulevard

Fordham Road

Between Third Avenue and Jerome Avenue

10468.0

Rivera and Miller

(The following biographical information was provided by the “All Music Guide” and “Thomson Gale” websites.)

Celia Cruz was one of Latin music's most respected vocalists. A ten-time Grammy nominee, Cruz, who sang only in her native Spanish langu

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Queens

Betty Davis Street

221st Street

Between 115th Road and 115th Avenue

11411.0

Comrie

Betty Myrl Victoria Davis was the youngest of eleven siblings, six girls and five boys, born to George and Irene Davis on August 2, 1938. She grew up in her birthplace of Mavis Bank, Kingston, Jamaica never knowing her father who died when she was only t

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Structure

Brooklyn

Dominick Sabatino Bridge-1937

13th Avenue Bridge

A bridge crossing 61st Street and 62nd Street

11219.0

Gentile

Dominick Sabatino was born in Foggia, Italy in 1871. He migrated to the United States in 1890 and settled in Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York where he worked as a barber and a musician. Here he met and married his life’s mate, “Mary”, in 1898. Th

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Int. No. 22

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-08-22T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Manhattan

Harriet Tubman Square

The portions of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue, extending from West 120th Street to West 122nd Street

10027.0

Perkins, Lopez, Comrie, Davis, Foster, Koppell, Stewart, Weprin, Brewer and Barron also Council Members Baez, Gioia, Nelson, Vann, and Clarke

The following biography was provided by “Spectrum: Home and School Magazine.”

Harriet Tubman was born Harriet Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1820. Her parents were from the Ashanti tribe of West Africa, and they worked as slaves on the Brod

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Int. No. 23

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Manhattan

Harriet Tubman Avenue

St. Nicholas Avenue

From West 111th Street to West 141st Street

10030.0

Perkins, Lopez, Comrie, Davis, Foster, Koppell, Stewart, Weprin, Brewer, and Barron also Council Members Baez, Gioia, Nelson, Vann, and Clarke.

The following biography was provided by “Spectrum: Home and School Magazine.”

Harriet Tubman was born Harriet Ross in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1820. Her parents were from the Ashanti tribe of West Africa, and they worked as slaves on the Brod

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Int. No. 35

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Bronx

Amadou Diallo Place

Wheeler Avenue

Between Westchester Avenue and Watson Avenue

10472.0

Diaz, Baez, Barron, Comrie, Davis, Foster, Gennaro, Jackson, Jennings, Koppell, Lopez, Martinez, Monserrate, Reed, Rivera, Rodriguez, Sanders Jr., Seabrook, Serrano, Stewart and Brewer; also Council Members Boyland, Dilan, Quinn, and Vann.

The following biographical material was provided by the Amadou Diallo Educational and Charity Foundation.

Amadou Diallo was born on September 2, 1975 in the village of Sinoe, Liberia, West Africa. He was the first of four children born to Saikou and Ka

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Int. No. 76

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Brooklyn

Jonathan Nigro Place

West 2nd Street

From Avenue P to Quentin Road

11204.0

Felder, Golden, DeBlasio, Nelson, Perkins and Recchia.

The following biographical material was provided by the Nigro family.

Jonathan Nigro was born on September 8, 1973 at 1677 West 2nd Street in Brooklyn, His parents and grandparents before him had lived at 1677 West 2nd Street, since 1938.

Jonathan at

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Int. No. 84

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Manhattan

Captain Patrick J. Brown Walk

A walkway located within East River Park between East 14th Street and East 18th Street

10003.0

Moskowitz and Golden

The following biographical information was provided by New York City Fire Department Press Office.

Captain Patrick J. Brown, age 48, of Ladder Company 3, was a twenty-three year veteran of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). He was one of the mos

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Int. No. 98

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Brooklyn

Father Michael J. McGivney Way

86th Street

Between 13th and 14th Avenues

11228.0

Golden

The following biographical information was provided by the Knights of Columbus.

Father Michael McGivney was born in Waterbury on August 12, 1852. The oldest of thirteen children of Irish immigrants Patrick and Mary (Lynch) McGivney, Michael learned ear

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Int. No. 121

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Brooklyn

Bill Thomas, Sr. Lane

14th Street

Between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West

11215.0

DeBlasio and Rodriguez.

The following biographical material was provided by Alfred P. Raffo, a colleague and family friend.

William D. Thomas Senior was born on June 8, 1933, on Gold Street in Brooklyn, New York, to David and Helen Thomas. As a young man his family, which con

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Int. No. 229

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Manhattan

Robert Rodriguez Place

East 120th Street

Between First Avenue and Pleasant Avenue

10035.0

Reed

The following biographical material was provided by the Rodriguez family.

Robert Rodriguez was born in East Harlem on August 1, 1951. He was the third of seven children born to Juan and Carmen Rodriguez. Robert attended Public School 72 and Junior High

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Int. No. 22-A

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Queens

Firefighter Christopher J. Pickford Street

122nd Street

Between 85th Avenue and Hillside Avenue

11415.0

Katz

The following biographical material was provided by the Pickford Family.

Christopher J. Pickford was born on Father’s Day, June 15, 1969, in, what was then, Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing. Hew grew up in Kew Gardens in the home in which his pare

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Int. No. 185

2002-07-29T00:00:00.000

2002-01-01T00:00:00.000

2002/019

Street

Queens

Frank LoCicero Bellerose-Hillside Civic Garden

Entire traffic island on Hillside Avenue and the Cross Island Parkway Service Road South

11426.0

Weprin

The following biographical information was provided by the Bellerose Hillside Civic Association.

Frank P. LoCicero was born on February 22nd, 1998 in Manhattan. He graduated from Harran High School where he studied art. He became, at age 17, the younge

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Int. No. 564-A

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Bronx

Almetha M. Reed Place

West 190th Street

Between Davidson Avenue and Grand Avenue

10468.0

Carrion, Eisland, Warden and Abel

The following biographical information was provided by the Reed family.

Almetha Melinda Reed was born to Matthew and Netha Polite, on October 4, 1928, in Savannah, Georgia where she attended the East Broad Elementary School and graduated from Beach-Kyl

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Int. No. 721

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Brooklyn

Sonny Ressel Avenue

Avenue F

Between McDonald Avenue and Dahill Road

11218.0

DiBrienza, Fisher and O’Donovan

The following biographical material was provided by the family and friends of William “Sonny” Ressel.

William “Sonny” Ressel was born to Isadore and Ida Ressel on May 20, 1932, on New York City’s Lower Eastside. He attended Public School 4 an

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Int. No. 771

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Manhattan

Alice Kornegay Way

Lexington Avenue

Between East 124th Street and East 131st Street

10035.0

Perkins, Reed, and O’Donovan

The following biographical information was provided by the Abyssinian Baptist Church and the Community Association of the East Harlem Triangle, Inc.

Alice Grace Wragg Kornegay was born in May of 1930 in Georgetown, South Carolina and came to Harlem a

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Int. No. 791

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Bronx

La Lupe Way

East 140th Street

Between St. Ann’s Avenue and Cypress Avenue

10454.0

Espada, Eisland, Lopez, Marshall, Perkins and Golden

The following biographical information is excerpted from material provided by the Bronx Borough President’s Office and is also excerpted from a “La Lupe’s Grave” written by C.J. Sullivan and printed in the April 25 – May 1, 2001 edition of the

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Int. No. 822

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Staten Island

Kathy Kiernan Way

Simonson Avenue

Between Forest Avenue and Richmond Terrace

10303.0

O’Donovan and Abel

The following biographical information was provided by Daytop Village, Inc. Staten Island Outreach, a drug-free therapeutic community facility on Staten Island.

Kathy Kiernan was born on October 29, 1948. Although she lived in Brooklyn, she called Sta

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Int. No. 876

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Queens

Veterans of Foreign Wars Place

136th Street

Between the Horace Harding Expressway eastbound service road and 61st Road

11355.0

Povman, Marshall and Nelson, Dear, DiBrienza, Koslowitz, Leffler, O’Donovan and Sabini

This street renaming was requested by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3427 and the Cedar Grove Civic Homeowners Association, Inc. It is intended to serve as a tribute to the many veterans, men and women, who gave of themselves to protect freedom and the A

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Int. No. 897

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Manhattan

King Stephen of Hungary Way

East 82nd Street

Between York Avenue and Third Avenue

10028.0

Miller, O’Donovan, Abel and The Public Advocate (Mr. Green)

The following historical information was provided by the St. Stephen of Hungary Parish of New York City.

King Stephen was born Vajk, in 977 AD, son of Grand Prince Geza of the Magyars. Dedicated to the welfare of his people and committed to the strengt

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Int. No. 973

2001-12-04T00:00:00.000

2001-08-22T00:00:00.000

2001/060

Street

Staten Island

P.O. Joseph Garcia Place

Clinton Avenue

Between Prospect Avenue and Henderson Avenue

10301.0

O’Donovan, Oddo and Council Member Abel

The following biographical information was provided by Dolores Kennedy, a member of Joseph Garcia’s family, and Staten Island Community Board No. 1.

Joseph Robert Garcia was born on August 25, 1940 at St. Vincent’s Hospital on Staten Island. He gr

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Int. No. 974

2001-12-18T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/068

Street

Staten Island

Nick Bruno Way

Maple Parkway

Between Walloon Street and Netherlands Avenue

10303.0

O’Donovan and Abel

The following biographical information was provided by Public School 44 on Staten Island and by Council Member O’Donovan’s office.

Nick Bruno was born on January 7, 1940 in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island. He graduated from Public Sch

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Int. No. 477

2001-12-18T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/068

Street

Staten Island

Sal Candrilli Place

Joyce Street

Between Naughton Avenue and Seaver Avenue

10305.0

Oddo, Golden, Stabile, Ognibene, O’Donovan and Provenzano

The following biographical information was provided by the Candrilli family.
Salvatore “Sal” Candrilli was born on May 30, 1923 to Jerome and Theresa Candrilli. He was raised in the Dongan Hills section of Staten Island, attended Public School 11 and

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Int. No. 980

2001-12-18T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/068

Street

Queens

Bob Stern Way

Steinway Street

Between 31st Avenue and Broadway

11103.0

Vallone, Dear, Foster, Koslowitz, Marshall, O’Donovan, Povman, Abel and Golden

Robert H. “Bob” Stern owned and operated “Sig Stern Inc.” which, for over 50 years, was the most popular children’s store on Steinway Street. Mr. Stern closed his store in 1975 and embarked on a successful second career as a real estate broker

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Int. No. 768

2001-12-18T00:00:00.000

2001-01-01T00:00:00.000

2001/068

Street

Brooklyn

Liberty Pole Boulevard

84th Street

Between 16th Avenue and 18th Avenue

11214.0

Golden, Fisher, Nelson, O’Donovan and Abel

This legislation was requested by the Friends of Historic New Utrecht, Inc., to name the street abutting the National Historic Landmark New Utrecht Liberty Pole. The Liberty Pole has been at this location since November 1783. It commemorates the evacuati