NYC Honorary Street Names

Jarvis

Reverend Edward Eugene Jarvis Drive (Queens)
Present name:34th Avenue
Location:Between 109th and 110th Streets.
Honoree: Reverend Jarvis, born an deducated in Baltimore, was ordained at Berean Baptist Church in Brooklyn 1n 1926. In 1932 he became the pastor of the Mt. Horeb Baptist Church in Flushing. After one year under his leadership, the congregation had grown so much that it had to seek larger quarters, moving to its present site at 109-20 34th Avenue in Corona. This 1992 naming marked Reverend Jarvis' 60th year as pastor of Mt Horeb Baptist Church.
LL:1992/84


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