Captain Patrick J. Brown Walk (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:A walkway located within East River Park between East 14th Street and East 18th Street
Honoree: Captain Patrick J. Brown, age 48, of Ladder Company 3, was a 23-year veteran of the FDNY, was killed during rescue operations at the World Trade Center following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
LL:2002/ 19

Captain Terrance S. Hatton Way (Manhattan)
Present name:West 43rd Street
Location:Between 10th and 11th Avenues
Honoree: Captain Terrance S. Hatton of the NYFD was killed on September 11, 2001 during fire and rescue operations following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
LL:2005/43

Captain William F. Burke, FDNY Street (Manhattan)
Present name:East 40th Street
Location:between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue
Honoree: William F. Burke (b. 1955) died on September 11, 2001 during fire and rescue operations following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
LL:2004/08

Captain William Thompson Corner (Manhattan)
Present name:Lafayette Street
Location:Corner of Franklin and Lafayette
Honoree: Captain Thompson (b. 1950) was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
LL:2006/13

Carlos Alberto Martínez Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of 165th Street and Audubon Avenue
Honoree:  After moving to New York from his native Santo Domingo in 1961, Carlos Alberto Martínez (1932-2011) worked as a mechanic and as a taxi driver. He started a car repair business which by 1977 had become “La Estrella Auto Part.” After struggling with alcohol dependency for many years, he joined Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 1980. ,His faith, determination, and the AA community contributed to his success in reorganizing his life. In 1984, he helped found the “Association of Merchants and Professionals in Support of the Dominican Liberation Party.” He became close to Professor Juan Bosch, the leader of the Dominican Liberation Party, and participated avidly in the political arena in both DR and New York City. In 2002, together with a handful of people, he created the Committee for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, with the mission of helping alcoholic patients and drug addicts who were afraid to seek help because of the stigma linked to mental health and substance abuse. Don Carlos, fought to change perceptions and systems that catalogued substance abuse patients as general psychiatry patients, persuading eight New York hospitals to create special facilities for them. He found appropriate homes for participants after discharge and helped them join AA. He founded several AA chapters, mentored countless members, and shared his personal testimony to help others. In addition to his work in caring for substance abuse sufferers, Carlos Martínez was active in development programs in the DR. He served as President of the famed Dominican “Club de Leones” chapter in Manhattan. He obtained a government grant to offer free prostate cancer early detection tests for those who could not afford it and he volunteered at Lincoln Hospital, where he campaigned to educate people about prostate cancer. In 1999, he created LUZ DIVINA, a magazine to disseminate information on the work carried out by the Committee for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. (Rodriguez)
LL:2020/26

Carlos Cooks Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:Intersection of 166th Street and Broadway
Honoree: Carlos Cook (1913-1966) was a proponent of the ideology of Marcus Garvey. Following Garvey's death in 1940, Cook strove to carry out Garvey's vision. He founded the first so-titled African Nationalist organization and gave lectures on Africanism for over 20 years. He was included in the New York Age newspapers and was described as part of the advance division of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Cook's ambitions would push him to dreams of creating programs inside a Marcus Garvey Memorial Building that would benefit the Harlem community. Unfortunately, with pushback from the City of New York, his programs would be stopped and the memorial demolished before its completion. Before his passing, Cook managed to influence many well known leaders such as Charles Kenyatta, Ed "Porkchop" Davis, and Malcolm X. (Rodriguez)
LL:2019/24

Carmen Georgina Acosta-Cruz Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northeast corner of Broadway and West 180th Street
Honoree: Carmen Georgina Acosta-Cruz [dates?] was an activist in the fields of education, labor and health care. She was born in the Dominican Republic, and came to New York with her parents in 1965. After graduating first in her class from Mother Cabrini High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from City College and a bachelor's degree in Labor Law from Queens College. She served as president of the Asociacion de Mujeres Progresistas, launching two programs that were very close to her heart: Play Street and Dance Exercise. She served as labor activist for the 1199 SEIU with honor, compassion, and integrity. Carmen was an active member of the People's Health Movement, a worldwide network of grassroots health care activists. Carmen was also an active member of the Organizacion Dominicana por la Salud, bringing medication/medical equipment to the underprivileged population. She was a pioneer in the struggle for equality of rights for men and women, regardless of their sexual orientation, and was an advocate for the LGTB Marriage Equality Campaign. (Rodriguez)
LL:2019/24

Carmen Giorgina Acosta-Cruz Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:Northeast corner of Broadway and West 180th Street
Honoree: Carmen Giorgina Acosta-Cruz (dates?) was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to New York with her parents in 1965. After graduating first in her class from Mother Cabrini High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from City College and a bachelor’s degree in Labor Law from Queens College. She served as president of the Asociación de Mujeres Progresistas, launching two programs that were very close to her heart: Play Street and Dance Exercise. She was a labor activist for the 1199 SEIU and was an active member of the People's Health Movement, a worldwide network of grassroots health care activists. Carmen was also an active in the Organización Dominicana por la Salud, bringing medication/medical equipment to the underprivileged. She was a pioneer in the struggle for equal rights for men and women, regardless of sexual orientation, and was a committed advocate for the LGTB: Marriage Equality Campaign. (Rodriguez)
LL:2018/139

Cecil Corbin-Mark Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the southwest corner of 143rd Street and Convent Avenue
Honoree: Cecil Corbin-Mark (d. 2020) was the Deputy Director of the non-profit WE ACT for Environmental Justice. He was an environmental advocate from Harlem who advocated for health protections and climate action and was instrumental in getting environmental laws passed. Prior to joining WE ACT, he worked for the Bronx County District Attorney, NYS Justice Hon. W. T. Martin, the Mellon Minority Scholars Program and the NY Public Library. He served on the Center for Environmental Health, Clean and Healthy New York, the Louis E. Burnham Fund, the West Harlem Development Corporation, and Friends of the Earth USA. He was the recipient of the 2010 Earth Day New York Award and the 2018 Marshall England Memorial Public Health Award. He assisted in the passage of a number of environmental justice laws, from lead paint regulations to emission reductions targeting climate change. He advocated at City Hall and the State Capitol, and testified before Congress about the health risks of climate change. He also helped run summer basketball teams for neighborhood youth and mentored formerly incarcerated teens through the Friends of Island Academy. Tragically, he died of a stroke at the age of 51. (Levine)
LL:2021/14

Charles Hamilton Houston Boulevard (Manhattan)
Present name:155th Street
Location:From Edgecombe Avenue to the McCombs Dam Bridge
Honoree: Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) played a critical role in dismantling the Jim Crow Laws of many states. He was the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review and, as leader of the Howard University School of Law was responsible for its evolution into a fully accredited law school.
LL:2008/64

Charlie Palmieri Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of East 112th Street and Park Avenue
Honoree: Charlie Palmieri, a composer and arranger, was a leading figure in Latin and Latin Jazz music in New York City and Puerto Rico from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. He was a frequent collaborator and confidante of many of the giants of Latin music including Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez and Vicente Valdez. He taught music for many years at the Johnny Colon Music Program in East Harlem. (Mark-Viverito)
LL:2013/131

Charlie Parker Place (Manhattan)
Present name:Avenue B
Location:Between 7th and 10th Streets.
Honoree: Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr. (1920-1955) was one of the leading jazz musicians of the 20th Century. A saxaphonist, he was famed as the founder of bebop music. Early in his career h acquired the nickname "Yardbird," often shortened to "Bird," He lived at 151 Avenue B during the height of his career in the 1950s.
LL:1992/92

Cherry Lane (Manhattan)
Present name:Commerce Street
Location:between 7th Avenue and Barrow Street
Honoree: Commerce Street, it is said, was originally called “Cherry Lane” because of the abundance of cherry trees in the vicinity. The Cherry Lane Theater is a venue for acclaimed and emerging playwrights and a laboratory for the development of new works.
LL:2003/34

Cheyenne Baez Way (Manhattan)
Present name:West side of Lexington Avenue
Location:Between 127th Street and 128th Street
Honoree: Cheyenne Baez (1993-2010), an honor student who mentored youth about gangs and peer pressure, was herself a victim of gun violence when she was fatally shot in the courtyard of Alice Kornegay Houses.
LL:2012/14

Children’s Court Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 22nd Street
Honoree:  The Children's Court originated in 1902 as a part of the Court of Special Sessions, and was initially located in a building that stood at Third Avenue and 11th Street. It marked a significant advance in the humane treatment of troubled children and juvenile offenders. In 1915, the Children's Court became a separate judicial entity and on August 16, 1917, it opened its first session in a new courthouse at 137 East 22nd Street. This designation marks the Centennial of that opening. The Children's Court became part of the Family Court in a Statewide court reorganization in 1962. The former Children's Court building, erected 1912-16, is now part of the Baruch College campus of the City Unversity of New York. (Mendez)
LL:2017/237

Cicely Tyson Way (Manhattan)
Present name:East 101st Street
Location:Between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue
Honoree:  Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) was an American actress and fashion model. Born in the Bronx, she grew up in East Harlem. She began acting in mid-1950s, finding roles in film, theatre and television. In an acting career that spanned seven decades, she often portrayed strong African-American women. In 1972 she earned acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her starring role in the film Sounder. She is perhaps best known, at least to older Americans, for the title role in the television movie "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman," broadcast on CBS in January 1974. It was one of the first made-for-TV movies to deal in depth with African-American characters. The production, in which Tyson had to age from 23 to 110, won nine Emmy awards, including Best Actress and Actress of the Year for its star. For her work on stage and screen, she received numerous industry awards including three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, one Tony Award, an honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award. In 2013, at the age of 88, she became the oldest person ever to win the Tony award for best actress, for her stage performance as Carrie Watts in "The Trip to Bountiful." In 2015 she was a Kennedy Center honoree and in November 2016, she received the country's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was also honored by the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the National Council of Negro Women. She was awarded the NAACP's 2010 Spingarn Medal for her contribution to the entertainment industry, her modeling career, and her support of civil rights. (Ayala)
LL:2022/54

Clyde Frazier, Jr. Boulevard (Manhattan)
Present name:Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
Location:Between 143rd Street and 144th Street on the west side of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
Honoree: Clyde Frazier, Jr. (b. 1960) worked for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance at the World Trade Center. He was killed in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.
LL:2003/15

Coach Skip Branch Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the southeast corner of East 100th Street and Third Avenue
Honoree: Floyd Branch, Jr. (d. August 2019) founded the NYC Bombsquad Basketball Classic, a non-profit league that served disadvantaged youth and aimed to keep kids in a safe environment. He founded the league in 1995 and ran the nonprofit for nearly 25 years until his death. He was a coach and mentor to thousands of youths. He served as head basketball coach of the varsity team at Rice High School for 11 years leading the team to four championship games. He also coached at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. (Ayala)
LL:2021/14

Columbia Street-Abraham E. Kazan Street (Manhattan)
Present name:Abraham E. Kazan Street
Location:Between Delancey Street and Grand Street
Honoree: Abraham E. Kazan (1889-1971) was a pioneer in the development of cooperative housing in New York City. This block of Columbia Street was renamed for him. The change resulted in some confusion among cab drivers, delivery men, etc. This action restores Columbia Street as a co-name.
LL:1993/31

Commissioner Lin Ze Xu Square (Manhattan)
Present name:East Broadway
Location:Oliver Street and Catherine Street
Honoree: Lin Ze Xu (1785-1850) was appointed by the Emperor in 1838 as Imperial Commissioner to eradicate opium, which was being sold in increasing amounts in China by the East India Company. He confiscated and destroyed 2.6 million pounds of opium, igniting the Opium War with Britain. China lost the war but Lin Ze Xu became a symbol of moral resistance to the invasion of drugs.
LL:1999/17

Coogan’s Way  (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of 169th Street and Broadway
Honoree: Coogan’s was a beloved institution, an iconic Irish pub that opened in 1985 but was forced to close during the Covid-19 pandemic--ironically on St. Patrick's Day 2021. It was located at 4015 Broadway, and was a community gathering place that transcended lines of race and class in the diverse, largely Dominican neighborhood. It brought all types together, from doctors and nurses at nearby Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, to cops, firefighters and politicians. It was also a neighbor of the National Track & Field Center at the former 168th Street Armory, and thus became one of the premier bars for runners in New York City. (Rodriguez)
LL:2022/54

Cooper Stock Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:Northwest corner of West End Avenue and West 97th Street (300 Block)
Honoree: Cooper Stock was 9 years-old when he was struck and killed in 2014 by a taxi cab driver who failed to yield to a pedestrian. His death resulted in a new city law, called Cooper's Law, that suspends the TLC license of any taxi driver charged with a traffic violation that results in a person's critical injury or death and revokes the license if the driver is convicted of a violation that was the direct cause of the critical injury or death. http://cooperstocksway.org/what-is-coopers-law/ (Rosenthal)
LL:2015/15

Corine Pettey Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the northwest corner of 101st Street and Central Park West
Honoree:  Corine Pettey (1930-2015) had a 30-year career with the NYC Board of Education as a teacher and elementary school principal. In the 1960s, she had joined the Riverside Democrats and advocated for the law which today prevents renters from being evicted by landlords converting their rental buildings to co-ops. She was later elected a Democratic District Leader. After retiring from the Board of Education in 2004, she returned to political advocacy, joining the board of Three Parks Independent Democrats. She was elected annually as a judicial delegate to the Supreme Court Judicial Convention. She also advocated for the Upper Westside Neighborhood Retail Streets bill to preserve small businesses, and to stop fracking in New York State. (Levine)
LL:2019/158

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

Corporal Juan M. Alcantara Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the corner of 186th Street and Wadsworth Avenue
Honoree: Corporal Juan M. Alcantara (1984-2007), who lived in Washington Heights, was killed in the line of duty in Iraq on August 6, 2007. He was posthumously promoted to Corporal and awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service.
LL:2008/48

Count Basie Place (Manhattan)
Present name:160th Street
Location:Between St. Nicholas Avenue and Edgecombe Avenue
Honoree: Count Basie (1904-1984) lived for part of his life at 555 Edgecombe Avenue. He was a musician and band leader of world renown. Mr. Basie’s prominence, which began in the big band era of the 1930’s and ‘40’s, continued up until the time of his death.
LL:2008/64

Court Officer Memorial Way (Manhattan)
Present name:Lafayette Street
Location:Between White and Leonard
Honoree: This street name change honors the New York State Court Officers who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
LL:2006/13

Cus D’Amato Way (Manhattan)
Present name:14th Street
Location:The south side of 14th Street Between Fourth Avenue and Irving Place
Honoree: Constantine "Cus" D'Amato (1908-1985) was arguably the most famous boxing trainer and manager of the 20th Century. Among his students were Floyd Patterson, Jose Torres and Mike Tyson. For more than 50 years he worked out of the Gramercy Gym, located at 116 East 14th Street at Irving Place.
LL:1993/30