Carlos Lezama Way (Brooklyn)
Present name:None
Location:Northeast corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. John’s Place
Honoree: Carlos Lezama (d. 2007), is known as the father of the City’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival.  The original Carnival in New York City took place in Harlem. Beginning in the mid 1960’s, Carlos Lezama directed his efforts, with his friend Rufus Goring, to firmly establishing Carnival in Brooklyn. 
LL:2008/48