Deborah Hoyle Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Beach 57th Street and Beach Channel Drive
Honoree: Dr. Deborah Hoyle (d. 2021) was an educator, an environmentalist, a minister, a mother, a grandmother, and a staunch advocate for bettering the lives of those who live in the Rockaways. As Director of the Ocean Bay Cornerstone Community Center, she created programs that provided approximately 200 children with academic support, enrichment activities–such as the hydroponics garden that she and the children nurtured–and a food bank that ensured people in Rockaway never went hungry. She worked through the pandemic, despite her illness (cancer), distributing free food each week to a thousand people who would line up outside the center for two or three blocks. She even hired a DJ to entertain them while they waited. She was the first person to start a tenants’ association at the Ocean Village property in Arverne and was well known for obtaining grants to fund neighborhood needs. (Brooks-Powers)
LL:2022/54