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Int 2187-2020

Naming of 92 thoroughfares and public places.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2020-12-17Local Law 2021/014

Enacted as Local Law 2021/014.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2020-12-17Passed: 2021-01-17Enacted: 2021-01-17

Summary

This bill would co-name 92 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location. Of these 92 co-names, 4 are either a relocation of a previously enacted co-naming or a revision to the street sign installed with respect to a previously enacted co-naming.

Committee on Parks and RecreationDepartment of Parks and Recreation.

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This bill: 32 days in committee

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Sponsors (37)

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HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2020-12-17 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
AdvancedP-C Item Approved by Comm
2020-12-17 · Committee on Parks and Recreation
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-12-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-12-17 · City Council
AdvancedApproved by Council
2020-12-17 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2020-12-17 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2021-01-17 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2021-01-19 · City Council

Votes (60)

Aye (54)
Corey D. JohnsonAlicka Ampry-Samuel James G. Van BramerDaniel Dromm Mathieu EugeneVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikRobert F. HoldenBen KallosPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineAdrienne E. AdamsDiana I. AyalaInez D. BarronJoseph C. BorelliJustin L. BrannanFernando Cabrera Andrew CohenCosta G. ConstantinidesRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboDarma V. DiazFarah N. LouisAlan N. MaiselSteven MatteoCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerFrancisco P. MoyaBill PerkinsKeith Powers Antonio ReynosoCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerEric A. UlrichPaul A. VallonePeter A. KooJustin L. BrannanAndrew CohenDarma V. DiazMark Gjonaj Robert F. HoldenMark LevineFrancisco P. MoyaEric A. UlrichJames G. Van Bramer
Abstain (2)
Chaim M. DeutschKalman Yeger
Absent (3)
Margaret S. ChinRuben Diaz, Sr.Carlina Rivera
Not voting (1)
Joseph C. Borelli

Heard at (2)

City Council · 2020-12-17 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Committee on Parks and Recreation · 2020-12-17 · 10:00 AM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)

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Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Pandit Ramlall Way None At the southwest corner of 133rd Street and Liberty Avenue �2. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Henry Clayton Street 169th Street Between 137th Avenue and 140th Avenue �3. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Little Guyana Avenue Liberty Avenue Between the Van Wyck Expressway and Woodhaven Boulevard �4. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Coach Skip Branch Way None At the southeast corner of East 100th Street and Third Avenue �5. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lou 'Big Lou' Torres Way None At the southwest corner of East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue �6. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Terence Cardinal Cooke Way None At the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and East 106th Street �7. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Police Officer Randolph Holder Way None At the intersection of East 120th Street and the FDR Drive �8. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Akai Gurley Way None At the intersection of Eldert Lane and Linden Boulevard �9. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits MaryLou Cerqua Way None At the intersection of Wiman Avenue and Hylan Boulevard �10. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Clifford Holtermann Way None At the southwest corner of Arthur Kill Road and Miles Avenue �11. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Peter Catello Way None At the southwest corner of Arthur Kill Road and Industrial Loop West �12. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Anthony M. Scarpaci Sr. Way None At the intersection of 14th Street and 86th Street �13. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Nilda Velazquez Way None At the southwest corner of West Fordham Road and Davidson Avenue �14. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Five Points None On the south side of Baxter Street and Worth Street �15. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Bishop Michel White Way White Plains Road Between 233rd Street and 234th Street �16. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lt. Paramedic Edith Elida Torres Way None At the northeast corner of 21st Street and 34th Avenue �17. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Yusuf Kirriem Hawkins Way Verona Place Between Fulton Street and Macon Street �18. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Richard Wright Way Carlton Avenue Between Willoughby Avenue and Myrtle Avenue �19. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Melquain Jatelle Anderson Drive None At the intersection of Gold Street and York Street �20. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Ida B. Wells Plaza Barclays Times Plaza �21. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Jitu Weusi Plaza Putnam Plaza �22. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Dr. Sam Pinn Way Fulton Street Between Grand Avenue and Cambridge Place �23. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Joe Torres Way None At the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Thieriot Avenue �24. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Janta-Polczynska Polish Heroes Way None At the south side of 43rd Avenue and Judge Street �25. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Dr. Roy Hastick Sr. Way None At the intersection of Caton Avenue and Flatbush Avenue �26. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Bishop Ceacer Gooding Road None At the intersection of Macombs Road and West Mount Eden Avenue �27. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Naimah Bilal Way None At the intersection of Macombs Road and Goble Place �28. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Joanne Webb-Dixon Way None At the southeast corner of Trinity Avenue and 161st Street �29. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Brandon Hendricks-Ellison Boulevard None At the northeast corner of Park Avenue and East 156th Street �30. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Daniel C. Cestaro Way None At the intersection of Morris Park Avenue and Hone Avenue �31. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Beatrice Castiglia Catullo Way None At the intersection of Morris Park Avenue and Matthews Avenue �32. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Joe DeSimone Way None At the intersection of Middletown Road and Stadium Avenue �33. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lorraine Nugent Way None At the intersection of Bayshore Avenue and Ampere Avenue �34. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits 5th Bombardment Squadron Memorial Way None At the intersection of Hillside Avenue and 239th Street �35. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Council Member Thomas V. Ognibene Way None At the intersection of 83rd Street and Furmanville Avenue �36. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Neir's Tavern Way None At the intersection of 78th Street and 88th Avenue �37. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Detective Jeffrey A. Lee Way None At the southwest corner of Yellowstone Boulevard and Austin Street �38. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Rabbi Dr. Asher Murciano Way None At the northwest corner of 108th Street and 67th Avenue �39. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Mary Sansone Way None At the intersection of DeGraw Street and Henry Street �40. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Joseph A. Ferris Way None At the southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 3rd Street �41. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Jose A. Perez Way None At the northeast corner of 3rd Street and Prospect Park West �42. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Pete Hamill Way 7th Avenue Between 11th Street and 12th Street �43. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Firefighter John "Jack" Toomey Way Hoyt Street Between Sackett Street and Union Street �44. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits St. Raphael of Brooklyn Place State Street Between Hoyt Street and Bond Street �45. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Cecil Corbin-Mark Way None At the southwest corner of 143rd Street and Convent Avenue �46. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lewis A. Fidler Way None At the southwest corner of Avenue R and Haring Street �47. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Mary "Mary C" Cali-Dalton Way None At the intersection of Cedar Grove Avenue and Milbank Avenue �48. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Floyd H. Flake Boulevard Merrick Boulevard Between Jamaica Avenue and the Cross Island Parkway �49. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits David F. Bluford Way None At the northwest corner of 178th Place and Murdock Avenue �50. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Priscilla Carrow Way None At the northeast corner of 98th Place and 57th Avenue �51. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lorena Borjas Way 83rd Street Between 37th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue �52. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Vera E. Thompson Way None At the southeast corner of 94th Street and Astoria Boulevard �53. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lamont "Big L" Coleman Way None At the intersection of 140th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard �54. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Calle Frenchie None At the northeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway �55. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Antoinette Ali-Sanders Way None At the intersection of Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard �56. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Chanta Howard Way None At the intersection of Hassock Street and Beach Channel Drive �57. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Benjamin Wright Way None At the intersection of 158th Street and 140th Avenue �58. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Jules Taylor Way None At the intersection of 232nd Street and Edgewood Avenue �59. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Harry T. Burleigh Place None At the southeast corner of East 16th Street and 3rd Avenue �60. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Walther Delgado Way None At the southwest corner of 207th Street and Post Avenue �61. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Victor Victor Way None At the intersection of 176th Street and Fort Washington Avenue �62. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Miguel A. Melenciano Way None At the corner of Broadway and 213th Street �63. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Healthcare Heroes Way West 168th Street Between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue �64. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Hon. Vito J. Titone Way None At the southeast corner of Hyatt Place and Central Avenue �65. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Coach John Tobin Corner None At the northwest corner of Oakland Avenue and Nutly Place �66. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Nurse Patricia Mary Farrington Way None At the northeast corner of Prospect Avenue and Pendleton Place �67. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Educator & Athlete Arnold Obey Way None At the northeast corner of Jersey Street and Crescent Avenue �68. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Albert "Al" Quinones Way None At the intersection of Avenue St. John and Kelly Street �69. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Heidi Hynes Way None At the intersection of East 178th Street and Mapes Avenue �70. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Rev. Wendell T. Foster Way None At the intersection of Forest Avenue and 161st Street �71. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church Way None At the intersection of East 172nd Street and Hoe Avenue �72. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Reverend Dr. Henry Bolden Boulevard None At the intersection of Elton Avenue and East 156th Street �73. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Frederick 'Fred The Godson' Thomas Avenue None At the intersection of Leggett Avenue and Kelly Street �74. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Pastor Marie C. Norwood Way None At the intersection of Bronx Park South and Mohegan Avenue �75. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Carl Reiner Lane None At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and 188th Street �76. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Anne Bancroft Way None At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and 188th Street �77. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Joseph Migliucci Way Arthur Avenue Between 186th Street and 184th Street �78. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Teitel Brothers Lane None At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and 186th Street �79. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Cosenza Way 186th Street Between Arthur Avenue and Hughes Avenue �80. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Madonia Way Arthur Avenue Between 186th Street and 184th Street �81. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Lawrence Fisk Way None At the intersection of East 2nd Street and Avenue Z �82. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Carmela 'Mrs. C' Casamento Way None At the intersection of Avenue U and McDonald Avenue �83. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Glenda Cohen Street None At the intersection of 153rd Avenue and 84th Street �84. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Msgr. John C. Tosi Way None At the intersection of Clintonville Street and Locke Avenue �85. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Don McCallian Way None At the southwest corner of 40th Street and Greenpoint Avenue �86. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits George S. Kaufman Way None At the northwest corner of 35th Avenue and 36th Street �87. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Luis Alvarez Way None At the southwest corner of 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard �88. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Tarlach Mac Niallais Way None At the southeast corner of 49th Street and 43rd Avenue �89. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford Way 43rd Street Between 34th Avenue and 35th Avenue �90. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Community Leader William L. Taitt Way None At the northeast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and Roff Street �91. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Big Punisher Way None At the intersection of Grand Concourse and West Fordham Road �92. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated. New Name Present Name Limits Pfc. Luke N. Gasparre Way None At the intersection of 43rd Street and 25th Avenue �93. Section 16 of local law number 158 for the year 2019 is hereby REPEALED. �94. Sections 34, 37 and 45 of local law number 26 for the year 2020 are hereby REPEALED. �95. This local law shall take effect immediately. PM 12/9/20 9:07PM LS# 14580 20