Richard Feynman Way (Queens)
Present name:Cornaga Avenue
Location:Between Mott Avenue and Beach 9th Street
Honoree: Richard Feynman (1918-1988) is considered by most scientists to be the greatest American physicist of the 20th century and the smartest physicist overall since Albert Einstein. He was the lead scientist on President Reagan’s committee to investigate the space shuttle Challenger accident in 1986. Dr. Feynman won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 while still in his 40s.
LL:2005/43