Detective Brian Simonsen Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the southwest corner of 118th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Honoree: Detective Brian Simonsen was a 19-year veteran of the NYPD. On February 12, 2019, he was killed in the line of duty responding to an armed robbery. (Koslowitz)
LL:2022/54

Lew M. Simon Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the southeast corner of Beach 116th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Honoree: Lew Simon a lifelong Rockaway resident, died of cancer on November 6, 2021. She had been Democratic District Leader for the 23rd Assembly District since 1994. Lew was an advocate for better public transportation, expanded library services and the elimination of the Cross Bay Bridge toll for local residents of Broad Channel and the Rockaway peninsula. He led the fight to keep St. John’s Episcopal Hospital open and was a fixture at local community board and precinct council meetings. He also served as the President of the Good Government Regular Democratic Club, regularly bringing Democratic candidates to the peninsula, to introduce themselves to the community at various meetings and events. He was honored by three successive New York City Mayors--Giuliani, Bloomberg and de Blasio--for his record of community service. (Ulrich)
LL:2022/54