street renaming

The intersection of Major Avenue and Lily Pond Road will be renamed Officer Thomas Choi Avenue.

Councilman Mark Levine declined to submit the proposal because Dinkins' family was not supportive.

46th Street and Queens Boulevard was co-named "Luke Adams Way" after late Sunnysider Luke Adams.

Two dead-end blocks, both named Court Square, will be renamed Court Square East and Court Square West.

30th Avenue from 29th to 30th streets will be named "Dennis Syntilas Way" after the late civic leader.

Longtime proprietor Gus Vlahavas of the beloved Prospect Heights diner died last November.

The street renaming brought both sadness and anger over the crash that killed Cooper. 

A group of students pushed for a block to be renamed after the iconic American artist. 

Police Officer Bruce Reynolds and Firefighter John Sullivan lost thier lives in the line of service.

The board will discuss the proposal to rename Borden Avenue and 2nd Street "Anthony Mazzarella Way."

The intersection of 91st Avenue and 188th Street will be renamed after Police Officer Kenneth Nugent.

To rename W. 67th Street after someone who's not a "household name" would be a disservice, locals said.

Councilwoman Debi Rose dedicated the street for Addison Branch, who died in 2012.

Smith saved more than a dozen people on Oct. 29, 2012, and died two months later in Puerto Rico. 

The block of 121st Street between Morningside Drive and Amsterdam Avenue is now named after Carlin.