File #: Int 1825-2019    Version: * Name: Naming of 55 thoroughfares and public places.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 12/19/2019
Enactment date: 1/19/2020 Law number: 2020/026
Title: A Local Law in relation to the naming of 55 thoroughfares and public places, Punjab Avenue, Borough of Queens, Gurdwara Street, Borough of Queens, Detective Lawrence Cecil Smith Boulevard, Borough of Queens, Archbishop Roy E. Brown Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Sgt. Terrance McAvoy Way, Borough of Staten Island, Larry Hanley Way, Borough of Staten Island, Johnny Wheels Way, Borough of Staten Island, Benito "Benny" DeRosa Way, Borough of Staten Island, Bishop Kearney Way, Borough of Brooklyn, FDNY-EMS Lt. Walter Nelson, Jr. Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Aileen Hernandez Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Justice Arthur M. Schack Way, Borough of Brooklyn, St. Ephrem's Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Patrolman Arthur Loewe Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Father Paul Schneirla Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Dominick Della Rocca Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Benjamin Ward Way, Borough of Manhattan, Firefighter Faizal Coto Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Emmanuel Frias Way, Borough of the Bronx, Detective Joseph Taylor Way, Borough of...
Sponsors: Adrienne E. Adams, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Joseph C. Borelli, Justin L. Brannan, Margaret S. Chin, Chaim M. Deutsch, Ruben Diaz, Sr., Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Vanessa L. Gibson, Mark Gjonaj , Robert F. Holden, Karen Koslowitz, Brad S. Lander, Stephen T. Levin, Steven Matteo, I. Daneek Miller, Bill Perkins, Antonio Reynoso, Donovan J. Richards, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Deborah L. Rose, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Ritchie J. Torres, Mark Treyger, Paul A. Vallone, James G. Van Bramer
Council Member Sponsors: 26
Summary: This bill would co-name 55 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location. Of these 55 co-names, 5 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.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1825, 2. Int. No. 1825, 3. Committee Report 12/18/19, 4. Hearing Transcript 12/18/19, 5. December 19, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 6. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-19-19, 7. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 19, 2019, 8. Int. No. 1825 (FINAL), 9. Fiscal Impact Statement, 10. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 11. Local Law 26
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Preconsidered Int. No. 1825

 

By Council Members Adams, Ampry-Samuel, Borelli, Brannan, Chin, Deutsch, R. Diaz, Espinal, Jr., Gibson, Gjonaj, Holden, Koslowitz, Lander, Levin, Matteo, Miller, Perkins, Reynoso, Richards, Rodriguez, Rose, Salamanca, Jr., Torres, Treyger, Vallone and Van Bramer 

 

A Local Law in relation to the naming of 55 thoroughfares and public places, Punjab Avenue, Borough of Queens, Gurdwara Street, Borough of Queens, Detective Lawrence Cecil Smith Boulevard, Borough of Queens, Archbishop Roy E. Brown Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Sgt. Terrance McAvoy Way, Borough of Staten Island, Larry Hanley Way, Borough of Staten Island, Johnny Wheels Way, Borough of Staten Island, Benito “Benny” DeRosa Way, Borough of Staten Island, Bishop Kearney Way, Borough of Brooklyn, FDNY-EMS Lt. Walter Nelson, Jr. Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Aileen Hernandez Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Justice Arthur M. Schack Way, Borough of Brooklyn, St. Ephrem’s Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Patrolman Arthur Loewe Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Father Paul Schneirla Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Dominick Della Rocca Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Benjamin Ward Way, Borough of Manhattan, Firefighter Faizal Coto Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Emmanuel Frias Way, Borough of the Bronx, Detective Joseph Taylor Way, Borough of Brooklyn, King Charles Unicycle Troupe Way, Borough of the Bronx, Lt. Mark W. McKay Way, Borough of the Bronx, Police Officer Patrick McGovern Way, Borough of the Bronx, George O’Neill Way, Borough of Queens, US Navy RM2/c Stanley E. Wdowiak Way, Borough of Queens, Ruth and John Kempisty Avenue, Borough of Queens, Frank Macri Way, Borough of Queens, Aaron Adler Way, Borough of Queens, Abe Miller Way, Borough of Queens, Diane Halbran Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Frank Varriano Way, Borough of Staten Island, FDNY Battalion Chief Robert P. Miuccio Way, Borough of Staten Island, Halvor A. James Way, Borough of Queens, Rev. Floyd H. Flake Way, Borough of Queens, Evelyn Thomas Way, Borough of Manhattan, Randy Nelson “Bubba” McGhee Place, Borough of Manhattan, Santos “Frenchie” Ramos Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Sister Peggy Walsh Way, Borough of Brooklyn, Nzingha Abena Way, Borough of Queens, Carl David Richardson Foundation Way, Borough of Queens, Carlos Alberto Martínez Way, Borough of Manhattan, Dioris Valladares Way, Borough of Manhattan, Reginaldo Atanay Way, Borough of Manhattan, Dr. Nasry Michelen Way, Borough of Manhattan, William L. Taitt Way, Borough of Staten Island, Taurean E. Williams-Wells Way, Borough of Staten Island, Richard Propper Way, Borough of the Bronx, Lucas Yoaldy Silverio Mendoza Way, Borough of the Bronx, Mike Greco Way, Borough of the Bronx, Joe Liberatore Way, Borough of the Bronx, Martin ‘Marty’ J. Bromberger Way, Borough of Brooklyn, CPL. John McHugh Way, Borough of Queens, Isamu Noguchi Way, Borough of Queens, Jay Kriegel Way, Borough of Manhattan, Claudette Colvin Way, Borough of the Bronx and the repeal of sections 20, 26, 74 and 76 of local law number 158 for the year 2019 and section 53 of local law number 139 for the year 2018.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New Name

Present Name

Limits

Punjab Avenue

101st Avenue

Between 111th Street and 123rd Street

 

§2. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Gurdwara Street

97th Avenue

Between Lefferts Boulevard and 117th Street

 

§3. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Detective Lawrence Cecil Smith Boulevard

Baisley Boulevard

Between 167th Street and 168th Street

 

§4. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Archbishop Roy E. Brown Way

None

At the intersection of Broadway and Linden Street

 

§5. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Sgt. Terrance McAvoy Way

Francine Court

 

 

§6. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Larry Hanley Way

Yukon Avenue

Between Forest Hill Road and Richmond Avenue

 

§7. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Johnny Wheels Way

None

At the intersection of Ramble Road and Adrienne Place

 

§8. The following street name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Benito “Benny” DeRosa Way

Richmond Avenue

Between Wilson Avenue and Eltingville Boulevard

 

§9. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Bishop Kearney Way

None

At the southeast corner of 60th Street and Bay Parkway

 

§10. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

FDNY-EMS Lt. Walter Nelson, Jr. Way

None

At the northeast corner of 68th Street and Colonial Road

 

§11. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Aileen Hernandez Way

None

At the intersection of Bay Ridge Avenue and 12th Avenue

 

§12. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Justice Arthur M. Schack Way

None

At the intersection of Ridge Boulevard and 89th Street

 

§13. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

St. Ephrem’s Way

None

At the intersection of Bay Ridge Parkway and Ft. Hamilton Parkway

 

§14. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Patrolman Arthur Loewe Way

None

At the intersection of 74th Street and 4th Avenue

 

§15. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Father Paul Schneirla Way

None

At the intersection of 81st Street and Ridge Boulevard

 

§16. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Dominick Della Rocca Way

None

At the intersection of 69th Street and Shore Road

 

§17. The following street name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Benjamin Ward Way

Baxter Street

Between Worth Street and Walker Street

 

§18. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Firefighter Faizal Coto Way

None

At the northwest corner of Surf Avenue and West 8th Street

 

§19. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Emmanuel Frias Way

None

At the intersection of Castle Hill Avenue and Quimby Avenue

 

§20. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Detective Joseph Taylor Way

None

At the southwest corner of Menahan Street and Knickerbocker Avenue

 

§21. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

King Charles Unicycle Troupe Way

Clinton Avenue

Between East 170th Street and Crotona Park South

 

§22. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Lt. Mark W. McKay Way

None

At the intersection of Parsifal Place and Ellis Place

 

§23. The following street name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Police Officer Patrick McGovern Way

Rhinelander Avenue

Between Eastchester Road and Stillwell Avenue

 

§24. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

George O’Neill Way

None

At the intersection of 53rd Drive and 65th Place

 

§25. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

US Navy RM2/c Stanley E. Wdowiak Way

None

At the northeast corner of 64th Street and Flushing Avenue

 

§26. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Ruth and John Kempisty Avenue

None

At the northwest corner of 58th Avenue and 69th Street

 

§27. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Frank Macri Way

None

At the southeast corner of Clyde Street and Yellowstone Boulevard

 

§28. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Aaron Adler Way

None

At the northwest corner of Lefferts Boulevard and Austin Street

 

§29. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Abe Miller Way

None

At the intersection of Fleet Street and Groton Street

 

§30. The following street name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Diane Halbran Way

Greenwood Avenue

Between East 4th Street and East 3rd Street

 

§31. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Frank Varriano Way

None

At the intersection of Otis Avenue and Richmond Road

 

§32. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

FDNY Battalion Chief Robert P. Miuccio Way

None

At the intersection of The Boulevard and Deems Avenue

 

§33. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Halvor A. James Way

None

At the southeast corner of 198th Street and Linden Boulevard

 

§34. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Rev. Floyd H. Flake Way

Merrick Boulevard

Between Jamaica Avenue and the Cross Island Parkway

 

§35. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Evelyn Thomas Way

None

At the southeast corner of West 132nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

 

§36. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Randy Nelson “Bubba” McGhee Place

None

At the northeast corner of 123rd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

 

§37. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Santos “Frenchie” Ramos Way

None

At the northeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway

 

§38. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Sister Peggy Walsh Way

None

At the northeast corner of Hewes Street and Marcy Avenue

 

§39. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Nzingha Abena Way

None

At the intersection of 233rd Street and Francis Lewis Boulevard

 

§40. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Carl David Richardson Foundation Way

None

At the intersection of 228th Street and Merrick Boulevard

 

§41. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Carlos Alberto Martínez Way

None

At the intersection of 165th Street and Audubon Avenue

 

 

§42. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Dioris Valladares Way

None

At the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 165th Street

 

§43. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Reginaldo Atanay Way

None

At the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Street

 

§44. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Dr. Nasry Michelen Way

None

At the intersection of 166th Street and Audubon Avenue

 

§45. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

William L. Taitt Way

None

At the northeast corner Vanderbilt Avenue and Roff Street

 

§46. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Staten Island, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Taurean E. Williams-Wells Way

None

At the northeast corner of Broad Street and Tompkins Avenue

 

§47. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Richard Propper Way

None

At the intersection of East 151st Street and Third Avenue

 

§48. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Lucas Yoaldy Silverio Mendoza Way

None

At the intersection of Crotona Avenue and Grote Street

 

§49. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Mike Greco Way

None

At the intersection of Hughes Avenue and Crescent Avenue

 

§50. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Joe Liberatore Way

None

At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and Crescent Avenue

 

§51. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Martin ‘Marty’ J. Bromberger Way

None

At the northeast corner of West 19th Street and Surf Avenue

 

§52. The following street name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

CPL. John McHugh Way

156th Street

Between 14th Avenue and Crydners Lane

 

§53. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Queens, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Isamu Noguchi Way

None

At the southeast corner of 33rd Road and 9th Street

 

§54. The following intersection name, in the Borough of Manhattan, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Jay Kriegel Way

None

At the northwest corner of Park Place and Broadway

 

§55. The following intersection name, in the Borough of the Bronx, is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New NamePresent NameLimits

 

 

Claudette Colvin Way

None

At the southeast corner of Unionport Road and East Tremont Avenue

 

§56. Sections 20, 26, 74 and 76 of local law number 158 for the year 2019 are hereby

 

REPEALED.

 

§57. Section 53 of local law number 139 for the year 2018 is hereby REPEALED.

 

§58. This local law shall take effect immediately.

 

 

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