Roberto Clemente Plaza (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:Third Avenue, Willis Avenue and East 148th Street
Honoree: Robert Clemente (1934-1972), a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a humanitarian as well as an outstanding baseball player. He was regularly involved in charitable work in his native Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America. He died in a plane crash while bringing aid to victims of the 1972 earthquake in Nicaragua.
LL:2006/50