street renaming

Jun

11

Fort Hamilton Streets Named After Confederate Generals Still Haven’t Been Renamed

General Lee Ave at Fort Hamilton Army Base. GoogleFORT HAMILTON – Three years ago [/congresswoman-continues-to-call-for-fort-hamilton-street-renaiming/], local politicians and community leaders gathered

Jun 11, 2020

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May

29

Brooklyn Heights Corner Renamed to Honor Emily Warren Roebling

Emily Warren Roebling, seen here in a portrait held in the Brooklyn Museum, was instrumental in the completion of the

May 29, 2018

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Apr

25

‘Rep Your Hood’: Park Slope Rapper Pumpkinhead Memorialized In Passionate Street Renaming Ceremony

Photo by Ben ‘Sted’ McRobertsPark Slope rapper Robert “PH” Diaz was memorialized in a stirring and celebratory street renaming last

Apr 25, 2016

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Feb

08

Clinton Hill Street To Be Co-Named In Honor Of Slain Lawyer Carey Gabay

Image via Google Maps.Soon, we’ll be welcoming Carey Gabay Way to the neighborhood — a reminder that the slain

Feb 8, 2016

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Oct

16

CB2 Rejects Street Renaming Proposal For Cecil Collymore

Cecil and Beatrice Collymore at the first Putnam Avenue block party. (Photo courtesy of Renee Collymore.)Renaming — or, more accurately,

Oct 16, 2015

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Sep

23

Local Pols And 9/11 Hero’s Family Gather To Remember Firefighter Billy Tropea With Street Co-Naming

Source: Treyger’s officeThe following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Mark Treyger: Council Member Mark Treyger

Sep 23, 2014

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Dec

12

Hundreds Turn Up For “Raoul Wallenberg Way” Borough Park Co-Naming Ceremony

Source: Councilman David Greenfield’s officeFrom the offices of Councilman David Greenfield: More than 150 Borough Park residents, elected officials

Dec 12, 2012

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Jun

02

Controversy Over Renaming 59th Street After Italian Army Vet

Zachary Sansone (source: Daily News)Words were exchanged by local pols after Councilman Domenic Recchia proposed renaming 59th Street between

Jun 2, 2011

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