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New York City · Through Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)

N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2020/026: L.L. 2020/026

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  1. New York City Administrative Code
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Enactment date: 1/19/2020

Preconsidered Int. No. 1825

By Council Members Adams, Ampry-Samuel, Borelli, Brannan, Chin, Deutsch, 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

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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Sgt. Terrance McAvoy Way

Francine Court

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

New Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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.

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

Limits

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 Name

Present Name

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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 Name

Present Name

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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.

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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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