Int 0849-2015
Naming of 51 thoroughfares and public places.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2015-07-23Local Law 2015/076
Enacted as Local Law 2015/076.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2015-07-23Passed: 2015-08-10Enacted: 2015-08-10
Summary
This bill would co-name 51 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location.
Committee on Parks and Recreation — Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Sponsors (31)
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2015-07-22 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
AdvancedP-C Item Approved by Comm
2015-07-22 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
AdvancedApproved by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2015-07-23 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2015-08-10 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2015-08-10 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2015-08-10 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (6)
Mark TreygerDarlene MealyAlan N. MaiselAndrew CohenMark LevineJames G. Van Bramer
Absent (1)
Fernando Cabrera
Heard at (2)
City Council · 2015-07-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2015-07-22 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Attachments (10)
- Summary of Int. No. 849
- Committee Report
- Hearing Testimony
- Hearing Transcript
- July 23, 2015 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript of the Stated Meeting - July 23, 2015
- Mayor's Letter
- Local Law 76
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 23, 2015
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
Henry "Red" Allen Way
Prospect Avenue
Between Freeman Street and East 169th Street
�2. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Tanaya R. Copeland Avenue
None
At the north side of Stanley Avenue and Schenck Avenue
�3. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Gregorio Luper�n Way
None
At the southern corner of Burnside Avenue
�4. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Dennis Syntilas Way
30th Avenue
Between 29th Street and 30th Street
�5. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Do The Right Thing Way
Stuyvesant Avenue
Between Quincy Avenue and Lexington Avenue
�6. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Detective Clarence M. Surgeon Way
Rochester Avenue
Between Atlantic Avenue and Herkimer Street
�7. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Way
71st Street
Between Eliot Avenue on the north and the railroad on the south
�8. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Frank Kowalinski Way
Maspeth Avenue
Between 61st Street and 64th Street
�9. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Gus Vlahavas Place
Sterling Place
Between Washington Avenue and Classon Avenue
�10. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Leonard Harper Way
None
At the southeast corner of West 132nd Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
�11. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
P.O. Ronald G. Becker, Jr. Way
Washington Avenue
At 830 Washington Avenue
�12. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Maxine Sullivan Way
Ritter Place
Between Prospect Avenue and Union Avenue
�13. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Larry Selman Way
None
At the southeast corner of Bedford Street and Grove Street
�14. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Sgt. Charles H. Cochrane Way
None
At the northwest corner of Washington Place and 6th Avenue
�15. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Carmen Rosa Way
East 229th Street
Between Lowerre Place and White Plains Road
�16. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Allison Hope Liao Way
None
At the northeast corner of Main Street and Cherry Avenue
�17. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Briana Ojeda Way
Bergen Street
Between Hoyt Street and Bond Street
�18. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Dorothy Skinner Way
None
At the southwest corner of 140th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
�19. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Robert Lowery Way
Riverside Drive
Between 155th Street and 158th Street
�20. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Firefighter John P. Sullivan Way
None
At the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 162nd Street
�21. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Peter W. Piccininni Way
None
At the southeast corner of East 64th Street at Ralph Avenue
�22. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Captain James McDonnell Way
None
At the intersection of East 152nd Street and Prospect Avenue
�23. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
William Soto Way
None
At the southeast corner of East 112th Street and Lexington Avenue
�24. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Dr. Meryl Efron Way
None
At the intersection of Richmond Road and Arthur Kill Road
�25. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Mrs. Rosemary Way
None
At the intersection of New Dorp Lane and Cloister Place
�26. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Officer Thomas Choi Avenue
None
At the intersection of Major Avenue and Lily Pond Road
�27. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Assistant Principal Linda A. Romano Place
None
At the intersection of 66th Street and 16th Avenue
�28. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Rabbi Sidney Kleiman Way
East 29th Street
Between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue
�29. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Detective 1st Grade Brian Moore Way
None
At the intersection of 222nd Street and 92nd Road
�30. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Vincent Abate Way
Manhattan Avenue
Between Metropolitan Avenue and Conselyea Street
�31. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Mitchell-Lama Way
Leonard Street
Between Boerum Street and Moore Street
�32. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Detective Dennis Guerra Way
None
At the intersection of 1490 Grenada Place and Faber Terrace
�33. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Sheila Pecoraro Way
Huxley Street
Between 147th Avenue and 243rd Street
�34. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
James English Way
242nd Street
Between 138th Avenue and North Conduit Avenue
�35. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Mary's Way
Virginia Street
Between Central Avenue and Brunswick Avenue
�36. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Matty Alou Way
None
At the intersection of Isham Street and Seaman Avenue
�37. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Albert Blumburg Way
None
At the intersection of 168th Street and Broadway
�38. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Bruce Reynolds Way
None
at Park Terrace East south of 215th Street
�39. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
EMT Luis De Pena Jr. Square
None
At the intersection of 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue
�40. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Elizabeth Egbert Way
None
At the southeast corner of Richmond Terrace and Snug Harbor Road at the eastern leg of Snug Harbor Road
�41. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Dominick (Dom) Lambert Way
None
At the northeast corner of Forest Avenue and Harbor Road
�42. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Art Hall Way
None
At the southeast corner of Myrtle Avenue and Clove Road
�43. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Wayne "Chops" Derrick Way
None
At the southwest corner underneath the Henderson Avenue sign at the intersection of Henerdson Avenue and Campbell Avenue
�44. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Louis Powsner Way
None
At the intersection of West 17th Street and Surf Avenue
�45. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Father Connie Mobley Boulevard
None
At the intersection of Mermaid Avenue and West 27th Street
�46. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Seth Kushner Way
None
At the intersection of Hubbard Street and Avenue Z
�47. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Bill Twomey Place
None
At the northeast corner of Revere Avenue and Dill Place
�48. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Ptl. Phillip Cardillo Way
28th Avenue
Between College Point Boulevard and Ulmer Street
�49. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Matinecock Way
None
At the northeast corner of Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway
�50. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Marjorie Sewell Cautley Way
45th Street
Between Skillman Avenue and 39th Avenue
�51. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.
New Name
Present Name
Limits
Catherine McAuley High School Way
None
At the northwest corner of East 37th Street and Foster Avenue
�52. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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