Louis Armstrong Place (Queens)
Present name:107th Street
Location:Between 37th Avenue and Northern Boulevard
Honoree: Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) is widely recognized as a founding father of Jazz. Through the years he entertained millions, from heads of state and royalty to the children on the stoop of his home on 107th Street near Northern Boulevard in Corona, Queens. This honorary street naming also identifies this block as the site of the “Louis Armstrong House and Archives”.
LL:2003/34