NYC Honorary Street Names

Gittens

Rev. Dr. Eldridge Gittens Way (Queens)
Present name:120th Avenue
Location:Between Sutphin Boulevard and 143rd Street
Honoree: The Reverend Dr. Eldridge Gittens and eleven others founded the Rush Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at a meeting in his living room in 1955 and subsequently relocated it to its present home at 119-48 Sutphin Boulevard. He led the church for 47 years until his death in 2002,
LL:2004/08


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