Ochenta y Siete Boulevard. (Bronx)
Present name:Southern Boulevard
Location:Betwern East Tremont Avenue and East 178th Street.
Honoree: Commemorates the 87 people who died in the deadly fire at the Happy Land Social Club on March 26, 1990. It was deliberately set by Julio Gonazalez after a quarrel with his girlfriend, a club employee. The dead ranged in age from 14 to 51. Most were immigrants from Honduras. Gonzales was convicted of the what, at that time, was the worst mass slaying in US history and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
LL:1992/33