José Francisco Peña Gomez Boulevard (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Beach 130th Street and Newport Avenue
Honoree: Jose Pena Gomez (1937-1998) was born in the Dominican Republic to parents of Haitian descent. He was orphaned as an infant in a massacre ordered by dictator Rafael Trujillo. He was raised by a peasant family who gave him their name. After studying political science in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico,he became the press secretary of the leftist Dominican Revolutionary Party, and later its secretary-general. The Party’s leader, Juan Bosch, led the opposition to the Trujillo dictatorship. Bosch was elected president in 1962 but was ousted by a coup in 1963. Taking refuge in France, Pena Gomez studied at the University of Paris and later at Harvard University and Michigan State University. While in exile, he sought to obtain international condemnation of human rights violations in the Dominican Republic. In 1982, he was elected mayor of Santo Domingo. (Cabrera)
LL:2015/15

Sgt. Jose Gomez Place (Queens)
Present name:104th Street
Location:Between 37th and 38th Avenues
Honoree: Sgt. Jose Gomez, born in the Dominican Republic, died on April 27, 2006, in a roadside bombing in Iraq. He was three months into his second tour of duty in Iraq. Sergeant Gomez moved his vehicle forward after an explosion to protect his fellow soldiers in the convoy. He received a purple heart and a bronze star in honor of his heroism.
LL:2006/23