Martha Watford Way (Bronx)
Present name:Manida Street
Location:Between Spofford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue
Honoree: Martha Watford (1930-2014) was an active member of the Hunts Point community. For over 45 years, she dedicated herself to the education and early development of young children in and around the Hunts Point Peninsula. She led one of its largest community-based organizations, the La Peninsula Head Start Program, serving over 1,000 families. Beginning with a two-room facility, she developed it into an organization with six centers and thirty classrooms, including the new Martha Watford Early Childhood Learning Center at Prospect Avenue and Boston Road. The MJW Foundation, Inc. has been established to carry on her work. (Salamanca)
LL:2016/92