Lynn Wonsang Way (Bronx)
Present name:Vyse Avenue
Location:Between East 180th Street and East 181st Street
Honoree: Lynn Wonsang (1950-2008) founded Unique People Services (UPS), an organization that provides shelter, food and counseling for formerly homeless individuals often struggling with health challenges. Its Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program serves over 200 clients, while its day habilitation programs offer and array of activities to those with physical disabilities. It operates 24 housing programs in four boroughs and Westchester. UPS also opened Lynn’s Place, the agency’s first affordable housing complex, which includes 69 mixed-use units, 42 of which are allocated to formerly homeless individuals with mental illness and will also include on-site support services. (Torres)
LL:2018/139