Correction Officer Jonathan Narain Way (Queens)
Present name:111th Street
Location:Between Liberty Avenue and 107th Avenue
Honoree: Jonathan Narain, a corrections officer at Rikers Island, was shot and killed on September 14, 2018 in a road rage incident on his way to work. He was a regular attendee and leader at Shree Durga Mandir, a Hindu religious institution, where counseled students and fellow worshippers, often offering career advice about working for the City of New York. He was an inaugural member of Naturally Recklez, a popular charitable Caribbean music group in Queens where he played the dholak, a percussion instrument. He left behind a legacy as a role model and provided young people access to music education. Within the Department of Correction, he was an active member of the Desi Society, a South Asian and Indo-Caribbean organization that seeks to increase minority recruitment in the Department. (Adams)
LL:2019/24