Moses P. Cobb Way (Brooklyn)
Present name:None
Location:Southeast corner of Bergen Street and Utica Avenue
Honoree: Moses P. Cobb (1856-1926) became, in 1892, the first African-American police officer in the Brooklyn Police Department. He was also the first African-American police officer in the consolidated NYPD after Brooklyn joined New York City in 1898. He retired in 1917.
LL:2011/47