East 143rd Street (Bronx)
Present name:St. Mary’s Street
Location:Between Southern Boulevard and St. Ann’s Avenue
Honoree: Indicates the position of St, Mary’s Street in the sequence of Bronx numbered streets
LL:2007/28

Ed Sadler Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of East Schofield Street and City Island Avenue
Honoree: Ed Sadler (d. 2011), a lifelong resident of City Island, spent more than 30 years as a marine pilot in the FDNY’s Marine Division. He was president of the City Island Historical Society.
LL:2013/50

Edith Copeland Baldwin Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:Intersection of Tilden Street and Barnes Avenue
Honoree: Edith Copeland Baldwin (1920-2009), who worked in the controller’s office at R. H. Macy, was a Shop Steward and Executive Board Member for the Department Store Workers Union. She was also an advocate for residents of Tilden Towers II, chairperson of the Cooperative Advisory Council for 32 years, and a State Committeewoman from 1984 to 1988.
LL:2009/92

Edward A. Stevenson Boulevard (Bronx)
Present name:Boston Road
Location:Third Avenue and East 174th Street
Honoree: Edward A. Stevenson (1935-1996), active in Bronx politics, was Director of Neighborhood Preservation for the NYC Housing Development Administration and held a series of senior positions with the City’s Department of Environmental Protection.
LL:2000/60

El Grito de Lares (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Kingsbridge Road and Morris Avenue
Honoree: Grito can be translated as outcry or protest. On September 23, 1868 between 600 and 1000 men, poorly armed and without training, marched on Lares and took the town without any resistance before the Spaniards became aware of the revolt. The group then formed a provisional government declaring an independent Puerto Rico Republic. The following day, the group marched to San Sebastián where the Spanish militia awaited them. Within 24 hours the revolt was put down by the Spanish government. However, shortly after, Spain instituted various political reforms. Lares is considered the birthplace of Puerto Rican Nationalism. (Cabrera)
LL:2014/34

Eleanor Dowe Blvd (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the southeast corner of East 169th Street and Webster Avenue
Honoree:  Eleanor Dowe (1954-2021) was a tenant of NYCHA Webster Houses who went into a coma and later passed away after falling down a flight of stairs as a result of the elevators in her building not functioning properly. She had called NYCHA about the defective elevators for months before the accident occurred. Her death, on January 21, 2021has brought attention to the devastating consequences to two major flaws of NYCHA: the lack of timely repairs and the lack of sufficient housing for seniors and those with disabilities. (Gibson)
LL:2022/54

Elias Karmon Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the northeast corner of Thwaites Place and Barker Avenue
Honoree: Elias Karmon, who died at 98 in 2008, was president of the Pelham Parkway Jewish Center; on the boards of numerous Bronx-based charitable organizations; president of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce and a board member of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation. He was a founder of the Ponce de Leon Federal Bank, one of the few institutions that continued to provide financial services to South Bronx residents in 1970’s and 1980’s and was also a founder and former chairman of The Bronx Branch of the Urban League. (Vacca)
LL:2013/131

Elmo Hope Way – Jazz Pioneer (Bronx)
Present name:Lyman Place
Location:Between Freeman Street and East 169th Street
Honoree: Elmo Hope (1923-1967) was a pianist and composer who furthered the development of jazz piano. By the age of 14, he had made a name for himself in Harlem, attending one of its best music schools, performing, and beginning to compose. In 1940, he walked into an altercation in Harlem and was shot by a policeman. He was charged with assault and attempted robbery but was freed after it was clear that he was running away with other passersby to avoid gunfire by the police. After serving in the US Army, he immersed himself in playing piano in small clubs in the Bronx, Greenwich Village and Coney Island. He was close to fellow musicians Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. Although a long-term heroin user, he recorded with several big names including Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Jackie McLean, and Sonny Rollins; and composed over 75 pieces of music. (Gibson)
LL:2016/92

Elzina L. Dunn Brown Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Thieriot Avenue and Randall Avenue
Honoree: Elzina L. Dunn Brown was an NYPD school crossing guard who gave her life defending her daughter from an abusive boyfriend. On January 3, 2013, Diamond Dunn, Elzina’s daughter, and her boyfriend Raymond Mayrant were arguing in the apartment when Mayrant pulled out a gun. He was about to shoot Diamond Dunn, when Elzina stepped in the middle of them and was killed. She was honored at the 11th annual Walk With Me event which focused on domestic violence in the Bronx. A plaque was installed outside of PS 100 Isaac Clason in memory of her service as a crossing guard. (Palma)
LL:2017/110

Emmanuel Frias Way (Bronx)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of Castle Hill Avenue and Quimby Avenue
Honoree:  Emmanuel Frias (d. 2019) fought most of his life against membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) disease. MGN disease is a condition in which changes in the structures of your kidney can cause swelling and inflammation and can lead to problems with the kidney function. Despite his illness, he assisted elderly patients at the Castle Hill Medical Center of NY where he was beloved by many patients. Emmanuel was a member of the AVA Association in the Dominican Republic, which helped provide medical supplies to clinics; restored homes in impoverished villages; and gave backpacks filled with school supplies tor young children starting school. He unfortunately fell victim to his illness at the young age of 32. (Diaz, Sr.)
LL:2020/26

Emmanuel Mensah Way (Bronx)
Present name:Prospect Avenue
Location:Between East 185th Street and East 187th Street
Honoree: Emmanuel Mensah (1991-2017) immigrated to the United States from Ghana. At his death he was a Private 1st Class in the New York National Guard and was training to be a military police officer. He was killed while trying to rescue people from a building fire in the Bronx where he lived. He was able to save four people, but on his third attempt to go back into the building, he was not able to find his way out. He was posthumously awarded The Soldier’s Medal, a medal that is the United States Army’s highest award for heroism that occurs outside of combat and the New York State Medal of Valor. (Torres)
LL:2018/139

EMT Yadira Arroyo Way (Bronx)
Present name:Boston Road
Location:Between East 168th Street and East 169th Street
Honoree: Yadira Arroya (1972-2017), an Emergency Medical Technician and a mother of five, was killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2017. She was run over by a man attempting to steal her NYFD ambulance. Her killer, a drug user with a long criminal record, was apprehended. (Cabrera)
LL:2017/237

Ernie Ottuso Square (Bronx)
Present name:none
Location:Intersection of Waterbury Avenue and Crosby Avenue
Honoree: Ernest Ottuso was the Ernie of Louis & Ernie's Pizza. Born in Manhattan in 1930, he lived and worked at this corner for 33 years. Generous and community minded, he sponsored neighborhood baseball teams, held parties for the children of St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, and even taught them how to make pizza.
LL:1993/91

Eugenio Maria De Hostos Boulevard (Bronx)
Present name:E 149th St
Location:From the Harlem River eastward to the East River.
Honoree: Eugenio Maria de Hostos (1839-1903) was a Puerto Rican-born lawyer, educator and political activist. Hostos Community College, whose buildings flank the Grand Concourse just south of this street, is named for him. Hostos campaigned against Spanish colonial rule and for the abolition of slavery. After the end of Spanish rule in 1898, he returned to Puerto Rico and was later Inspector General of Public Education in the Dominican Republic.
LL:1996/55