Joe Liberatore Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Arthur Avenue and Crescent Avenue
Honoree:  Joe Liberatore (1918-2011) began his career in the 1930s as a street vendor. He was the last of the original 117 food merchants who first opened in the 1940 at the public retail market in the Bronx when Mayor La Guardia planned to remove the city’s thousands of pushcart peddlers. He worked 14-16 hour days out of his seven-foot pushcart selling potatoes, onions, lemons and strawberries. In 2010 he accepted an award on behalf of the market from the Municipal Art Society. He was very active in his church and volunteered at church events. (Torres)
LL:2020/26