Cornell Edwards Way (Manhattan)
Present name:East 13th Street
Location:Between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue
Honoree: Cornell Edwards (1932-2011) was a leader in the Third Avenue Artists, Tenants and Businessmen’s Association; founded the East 13th St. Block Association; chaired Community Board 3’s Land Use/Housing Committee; and was a trustee at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church.
LL:2012/48

Detective Omar J. Edwards Way (Manhattan)
Present name:East 123rd Street
Location:Between Second Avenue and Third Avenue
Honoree: Omar Edwards, was assigned to the 25th Precinct anti-crime team. In 2009, he was fatally shot in a friendly fire incident while he was in plainclothes chasing a man who had just broken into his car
LL:2011/47

Detective Rudolph Vinston Edwards, Sr. Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:Intersection of Schieffelin Avenue and Baychester Avenue
Honoree: Rudolph Vinston Edwards, Sr. (1932-2008) was a New York City Housing Authority Police Officer. In 1969, he was assigned to Edenwald Houses where he was known as Rudy the Cop and the Mayor of Edenwald. There, he assisted grief stricken families, helped deliver babies and served as a role model and mentor . He retired as a Detective.
LL:2009/92

Ebenezer “Ben” Edwards Way (Brooklyn)
Present name:Maple Street
Location:Between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue
Honoree:  Ben Edwards (1944-2018), real-estate broker, was the long-serving president of the Lefferts Manor Association (LMA), whose core mission was to uphold and defend the one-family-only housing covenant in the Lefferts Manor Historic District, a subset of Prospect Lefferts Gardens (PLG). T He had the longest tenure of any LMA president since the group’s founding a century ago. He persuaded the Landmarks Preservation Commission to issue advice instead of fines when several homeowners in recent years ran afoul of the historic district’s exterior rehab codes, especially as it related to window replacement. Working with then Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, funds were found for all of PLG to receive wrought-iron tree guards throughout the neighborhood. He managed to get the city to live up to a years-old promise to install historic Bishop’s Crook lampposts on the Manor’s blocks. He helped bring landmark status to the stately limestone block on Ocean Avenue near Lincoln Road. Beyond his long presidency of the LMA, he served nearly ten years as a Community Board member and treasurer, and he was a longstanding member of the Police Community Council. (Eugene)
LL:2022/54

Edward Edwards Lane (Staten Island)
Present name:None
Location:Southeast corner of Gifford’s Lane and Margaret Street
Honoree: Ed Edwards (1930-2005) was a pioneer in “downsizing” Staten Island communities, having been at the forefront of that movement with the Giffords Civic Association’s effort to preserve the unique character of Great Kills Town. He was also a strong advocate for the public library system.
LL: 2005/131

Melody Anne-Simone Edwards Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:Northeast corner of 118th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard
Honoree: Melody Anne-Simone Edwards (1999-2017) was killed in a tragic Queens Village house fire during a visit to a friend's home to tutor one of the children living there. The Melody Anne-Simone Edwards Scholarship was set up in commemoration of her determination and unyielding desire for higher education. Under the program, two $500 scholarships will be awarded to seniors attending a college. (Miller)
LL:2019/24