Bishop Francisco Garmendia Place (Bronx)
Present name:Crotona Parkway
Location:Between Elsmere Place and East 176th Street
Honoree: Bishop Francisco Garmendia (1924-2005) was the first Hispanic bishop to serve the archdiocese of New York and was pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas parish in the Bronx for a quarter century. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Hispanic Catholic Charismatic Center.
LL:2011/03