Laveria A. Ross Place (Bronx)
Present name:Mohegan Avenue
Location:East 179th Street and East 180th Street
Honoree: Laveria Alva Connor (1935-1997), a school crossing guard, was a foster parent with the Harlem Dowling Children’s Foster Home. From 1982 until her death she cared for more than 250 foster children, many on an emergency basis, in addition to raising nine children of her own.
LL:2000/41

Robert “Black Rob” Ross Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of 115th Street and 1st Avenue
Honoree:  Robert Ross (1968-2021) was raised in East Harlem and later moved to Thomas Jefferson Housing. At the age of 12, he used his pen to make beats off of any surface and to write his rap verses. He was given an opportunity to sign to Bad Boy Records in the late 1990’s. From that point forward, he was known professionally as Black Rob. He was best known for his 2000 single "Whoa!," which peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Hit Records like “Whoa” & “Can I Live” solidified Black Rob in the Rap Game as one of the greats. He released three studio Albums “Life Story & The Black Rob Report” on Bad Boy Records & “Game Tested, Streets Approved” on Duck Down Records. To date B.R has sold over three million records and has touched millions of people through his music. He had toured the world and always come back home to encourage and provide opportunity for his friends and the youth in East Harlem. He was responsible for introducing East Harlem’s native G.Dep to Bad Boy Records. In 2000, he was jailed for third degree criminal possession of a weapon and a probation violation. In 2006, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for grand larceny in connection with a November 2004 hotel robbery. He was caught on a security camera leaving a New York hotel with a woman's purse. Authorities said he pocketed more than $6,000 in the theft. He pleaded guilty to criminal possession of stolen property and was sentenced to two to six years in jail. Although he was free on bail, he never reported for sentencing and was eventually rearrested. (Ayala)
LL:2022/54