Int 0825-2008
A Local Law in relation to the naming of 84 thoroughfares and public places.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2008-09-24Local Law 2008/048
Enacted as Local Law 2008/048.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2008-09-24Passed: 2008-10-10Enacted: 2008-10-10
Committee on Parks and Recreation — Department of Parks and Recreation.
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49 passed · 1 died
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Sponsors (31)
Michael E. McMahon
Hiram Monserrate
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2008-09-16 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2008-09-16 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2008-09-24 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
AdvancedP-C Item Approved by Comm
2008-09-24 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2008-09-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2008-09-24 · City Council
AdvancedApproved by Council
2008-09-24 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2008-09-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2008-10-10 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2008-10-10 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2008-10-10 · City Council
Votes (57)
Aye (54)
Alan J. GersonHelen D. FosterHelen SearsLetitia JamesJoseph P. Addabbo, Jr.Maria Del Carmen ArroyoHiram MonserrateJames S. OddoVincent J. GentileJoseph P. Addabbo, Jr.Thomas White, Jr.Gale A. BrewerInez E. DickensErik Martin DilanTony AvellaDomenic M. Recchia, Jr.James F. GennaroPeter F. Vallone, Jr.John C. LiuDarlene MealyAnnabel PalmaVincent IgnizioChristine C. QuinnHelen D. FosterDaniel R. GarodnickAlan J. GersonEric N. GioiaMelissa Mark-ViveritoMiguel MartinezMichael E. McMahonRosie MendezDiana ReynaJoel RiveraLarry B. SeabrookKendall StewartAlbert VannDavid I. WeprinDavid YasskyHelen SearsLeroy G. Comrie, Jr.Sara M. GonzalezMichael C. NelsonG. Oliver KoppellLetitia JamesMelinda R. KatzJames Sanders, Jr.Bill De BlasioJames VaccaMathieu EugeneRobert JacksonLewis A. FidlerAnthony ComoSimcha FelderCharles Barron
Abstain (1)
Jessica S. Lappin
Not voting (1)
Betsy Gotbaum
Excused (1)
Maria Baez
Heard at (3)
City Council · 2008-09-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2008-09-24 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2008-09-16 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Committee Report 9/16/08
- Hearing Testimony 9/16/08
- Hearing Transcript 9/16/08
- Committee Report 9/24/08
- Hearing Transcript 9/24/08
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9/24/08
- Local Law
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name Present Name Limits
Yolanda Garcia Way Third Avenue Both sides of the street, from 156th Street to 159th Street
§2. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Detective Luis Suarez Way Simpson Street Between Westchester Avenue and East 167th Street
§3. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Arlington Leon Eastmond, Sr. Way Leggett Avenue Between Truxton Street and Dupont Street
§4. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Fred J. Mazzarello Way None At the intersection of 14th Road and College Point Boulevard
§5. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Fr. John J. Gribbon Way 245th Street Between Northern Boulevard and Alameda Avenue
§6. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
USMC Lance Corporal John Carlo Kopacska Place None At the intersection of 158th Street and Riverside Drive
§7. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Robert Woolis Way North side of West 95th Street Between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
§8. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Doris Rosenblum Way South side of West 94th Street Between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
§9. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
James D. Garst Way South side of West 94th Street Between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue
§10. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Jack Thompson Drive 116th Road Between Springfield Boulevard and Nashville Boulevard
§11. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
James Hughes, Sr. Place 175th Street Between 110th Avenue and 111th Avenue
§12. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Reverend Gene McGhee Street None At the intersection of 163rd Street and 107th Avenue
§13. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
A. Philip Randolph Boulevard 145th Street From the eastern corners of Edgecombe Avenue to the Harlem River Drive
§14. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Matthew Henson Plaza None Triangle bounded by Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Macombs Place and West 150th Street
§15. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Lt. Robert Nagel Way None At the intersection of East 114th Street and 5th Avenue
§16. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Detective Russel Timoshenko Way Durant Avenue Between Buffalo Street and Hopkins Avenue
§17. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Thomas Joseph Sgroi Way None At the northeast corner of 15th Avenue and 53rd Street
§18. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Priscilla Celano Way None At the southwest corner of 13th Avenue at 59th Street
§19. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
John F. Denton Way East 92nd Street Between Flatlands Avenue and Avenue J
§20. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Bill Reinhardt Way None At the southwest corner of Flatbush Avenue and Fillmore Avenue
§21. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Firefighter James Raymond Coyle Way Avenue R Between East 35th Street and East 36th Street
§22. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Ms. Rachel E. Spivey Boulevard East 169th Street Between Third Avenue and Webster Avenue
§23. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Charles Prince Place Jackson Avenue Between East 166th Street and Home Street
§24. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Hilton White Way Cauldwell Avenue Between East 161st Street and East 163rd Street
§25. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Rabbi Avraham Schecter Way 72nd Drive Between 147th Street and 150th Street
§26. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Rabbi Solomon Goldman Way Utopia Parkway From the Long Island Expressway to 67th Avenue
§27. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Firefighter Joey Graffagnino Place None At the southwest corner of 77th Street and 13th Avenue
§28. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Congressman Thomas J. Manton Boulevard North and South side of Queens Boulevard Between 38th Street and 58th Street
§29. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Firefighter Raymond W. Hauber Way None Ettingville Boulevard at the southwest corner of Wilson Avenue
§30. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Dave Brennan’s Elks Way None At the intersection of Wainwright Avenue at Richmond Avenue
§31. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Lt. John H. Martinson Way None At the southwest corner of Oakdale Street and Preston Avenue
§32. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Reverend Dr. Alfoyd Alston Way None At the corner of West 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
§33. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
W.E.B. DuBois Avenue Bradhurst Avenue From 141st Street to 155th Street
§34. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Rev. Dr. Ollie B. Wells, Sr. Square None At the intersection of West 145th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
§35. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Rita Venedam Place None At the northwest corner West 215th Street and Broadway
§36. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Carlos Lezama Way None At the northeast corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. John’s Place
§37. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Benny A. Lyde Place None At the northeast corner of Lincoln Place and Brooklyn Avenue
§38. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Corporal Julian Alberto Ramon Avenue None At the intersection of 45th Street and Kissena Boulevard
§39. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Corporal Juan M. Alcantara Way None At the corner of 186th Street and Wadsworth Avenue
§40. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Miguel Amaro Way None At the southeast corner of West 190th Street and Audubon Avenue
§41. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
NYS Senator Hon. Mark W. Allen Way None Underneath the Clove Road street sign at the southeast corner of West Raleigh Avenue
§42. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
NYS Assemblyman 2000-2007 Hon. John W. Lavelle Way None Forest Avenue at the southeast corner of Silver Lake Park Road
§43. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Richard Dickenson Way None Tysen Street at southwest corner of Gorden Place
§44. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Luke M. Parlatore Way None Virginia Avenue at the southeast corner of Bay Street
§45. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Pfc. Nils George Thompson Way None At the intersection of Franklin Avenue at the southwest corner of Cassidy Place
§46. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
James J. Keeley Way None At the intersection of School Road at the east side of Bay Street
§47. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
100th Anniversary Liedy’s Shore Inn Way None At the intersection of Richmond Terrace at the southwest corner of LaFayette Avenue
§48. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Crossing Guard Doris Allen Way None At the intersection of Castleton Avenue at the northeast corner of Broadway
§49. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Angelina J. (Jean) Esposito Way None At the intersection of Monroe Avenue at the southwest corner of Benziger Avenue
§50. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Wagner Chaplain 1972 - 2007 Reverend Lyle R. Guttu Way None At the intersection of Howard Avenue at the southeast corner of Campus Road
§51. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Frank J. Reali III’s Way None At the intersection of Gansevoort Avenue at the southwest corner of Victory Boulevard
§52. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Frank H. Buttermark Place None At the intersection of Morrison Avenue at the southeast corner of Bement Avenue
§53. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
David Villamarin Drive None At the intersection of Lake Avenue at the northwest corner of Richmond Terrace
§54. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Lt. Vic Navarra Way None At the intersection of East Raleigh Avenue at the southeast corner of North Burgher Avenue
§55. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Firefighter Paul Hanlon Keating Avenue None At the intersection of Whitewood Avenue at the northwest corner of Bard Avenue
§56. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Pearse O’Callaghan Boulevard None St. Paul’s Avenue at the southeast corner of Beach Street
§57. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Frieda Zames Way East 4th Street Between 1st Avenue and Avenue A
§58. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Army SPC. Alex Jimenez Way None 37 Drive at the north corners of 104, 107 and 108th Streets
§59. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Calle Colombia Way None 82nd Street and 37th Avenue
§60. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Quisqueya Boulevard None Junction Boulevard and 37th Avenue (all corners)
§61. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Leverich Memorial Church Way None At the northwest corner of 32nd Avenue and 102nd Street
§62. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
St. Brendan Way Avenue O Between East 12th Street and East 13th Street
§63. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Eleven in Heaven Square-Rescue 5 Clove Road Between Targee Street and Oder Avenue
§64. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Charles A. Langere Corner None At the intersection of Britton Avenue and Hay Street
§65. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Loretta Quinn Way McClean Avenue Between Jerome Avenue and Bionia Avenue
§66. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Joseph “Joe T” Trimarche Avenue Vera Street Between Naughton Avenue and Seaver Avenue
§67. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Rab Wilkinson Way Deleware Avenue Between Hylan Boulevard and Laconia Avenue
§68. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner None At the intersection of Rockland Avenue and Forest Hill Road
§69. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Victor L. Prevosti Corner None At the intersection of Matthews Avenue and Davis Avenue
§70. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Vera D’Agostino Way None At the intersection of Cuba Avenue and New Dorp Lane
§71. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Donald C. Leo Way Prescott Avenue Between North Railroad Avenue and Richmond Road
§72. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Joseph Anthony DeMeo Lane 8th Street Between Rose Avenue and Ross Avenue
§73. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Bangla Bazaar Starling Avenue Between Castle Hill Avenue and Unionport Road
§74. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Jan Karski Corner None At the northeast corner of East 37th Street and Madison Avenue
§75. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Aux P.O. Nicholas Pekearo Corner None At the northeast corner of Sullivan Street and Bleecker Street
§76. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Aux P.O. Eugene Marshalik Corner None At the southwest corner of Sullivan Street and Bleecker Street
§77. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Polar Bear Club Walk West side of Stillwell Avenue Between Bowery Street and the Boardwalk
§78. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Howard Lasher Way None On the center median on Neptune Avenue and the corner of West 6th Street
§79. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Firefighter Daniel F. Pujdak Way Cook Street Between Graham Avenue and Humboldt Street
§80. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Anthony Pastena, Sr. Corner None At the southeast corner of Graham Avenue and Withers Street
§81. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Carmen B. Bermudez Place Bathgate Avenue Between East 178th Street and East 179th Street
§82. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Malta Square Hoyt Avenue South at 27th Street At location closest to 27-20 Hoyt Avenue South
§83. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Sandra Hernandez Place East 140th Street Between Brook Avenue and Willis Avenue
§84. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New NamePresent NameLimits
Charno Way None At the intersection of Manhattan Ave and Greenpoint Avenue
§85. Section 11 of local law number 15 for the year 2003 is hereby REPEALED.
§86. Section 21 of local law number 28 for the year 2007 is hereby REPEALED.
§87. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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9/15/08