Ralph Hoist Triangle (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:Triangular area bounded by Hicks Street, Wilson Avenue, and East 215th Street.
Honoree: Ralph Hoist was a community leader in Harlem and later in the Bronx. A graduate of Stuyvesant HS, he served three years in the military during Word War II. He was a founder of the Harlem Neighbors' Associatioan and in early 1955 organized the Colonial Houses Tenants' Association. (Colonial Houses are now Ralph Rangel Houses). After moving to the Bronx in 1970, he organized the 214th Street Block Association, now known as United Homeowners and Tenants Association, and served as its president. He also founded a Boy Scout Troop, coached Litte League, and was PTA president at both PS 156 and PS 78. He died on October 17, 1990.
LL:1992/54