NYC Honorary Street Names

Haggerty

Jody and Mary Haggerty Way (Staten Island)
Present name:None
Location:At the southeast corner of Forest Avenue and Oakwood Avenue
Honoree:  Jody Haggerty (1948-2016) and Mary Haggerty (1949 -2019) owned Jody’s Club Forest for over 40 years. Their bar-restaurant was headquarters for Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, an event at which Jody served as Grand Marshall, as well as the original Pepper Martin Run and numerous local political meetings. Jody was a parishioner of Our Lady of Good Counsel, and coached baseball, basketball and track at its school. He also coached golf at St. Peter’s High School from 1996 until 2006. As president of his college fraternity, he also helped organize numerous junior golf tournaments on Staten Island. Mary taught many grades at St. Teresa School for over 30 years. (Rose)
LL:2019/158


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