NYC Honorary Street Names

Gomes

Dorothy Pamela Gomes Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:Edenwald Avenue and East 233rd Street
Honoree: Dorothy Gomes (1939-2009) was a founding member of the Northeast Bronx Democratic Committee and was active with Community Board 12 and the 47th Precinct Council. In 1985, she became the first African-American to own and operate a bus franchise in the state of New York, filling the void caused by the discontinuance of the BX14 bus.
LL:2011/03


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