Debbie Bowden Way (Bronx)
Present name:Independence Avenue
Location:Between West 235th Street and West 236th Street
Honoree: Debbie Bowden (d. 2012) served her northwest Bronx community for over 50 years. She was on Bronx Community Board No. 8 for 25 years, and on its Education Committee for 17 of those years. As co-chair of the Parents Association at P.S. 24, she fought to keep housing off the empty land directly in front of JFK High School; lobbied against reductions in New York Public Library hours, and led the fight to retrieve the annex for PS 24 after the Department of Education allowed out-of-district schools to use it, creating overcrowding in the main building. She was also a member of a community committee that campaigned for creation of the high school at JHS 141, later named Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy. (Cohen)
LL:2015/15