Sue Amendola Way (Brooklyn)
Present name:Van Brunt Street
Location:Between King Street and Sullivan Street
Honoree: Sue Amendola (d. 2017) was an active member of the Red Hook Community for over 70 years. She held leadership positions in the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW NY Post 5195, Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, and the Red Hook Civic Association. She led efforts to close a number of environmentally damaging garbage transfer stations in the 1980s and '90s. She successfully fought to get several traffic lights installed on Van Brunt Street and helped get Red Hook’s first bank to open on Lorraine Street. She was very active in getting support for the Red Hook 197A plan, which was eventually approved by Community Board 6 in June 1994. Along with her sister, she decorated Red Hook streets for decades during Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, among others. (Menchaca)
LL:2018/139