Boimah Cooper Drive (Staten Island)
Present name:None
Location:Underneath the Hanover Street sign at the southwest corner of Palma Drive
Honoree: Boimah Cooper (1999-2006) was discovered by a group from the Staten Island Liberian Community Association (SILCA) during a Humanitarian Relief Mission. He was found under a tree crying and unable to walk with bones bulging from his back. The group brought him to America for spinal reconstructive surgery. During his year in the U.S., he attended PS 57 and basically adopted the children as his extended family.
LL: 2007/28

Stephen Cooper Way (Queens)
Present name:Beach 46th Street
Location:Between Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach Channel Drive
Honoree:  Stephen Cooper (1941-2020) was a community leader on the Rockaway peninsula, active in numerous civic, political and labor organizations. He lived at 321 Beach 46th, Street for over 50 years. For more than 35 of those years, he was a member of Community Board 14. He was the President of the Frank Avenue Civic Association for over 30 years and also worked with the Bayswater Civic Association, Beachside Bungalow Association, and other civic associations on the peninsula. His neighbors remembered the many times that he would walk up and down the street to pick up the trash, shovel snow, cut grass, or run errands for elderly and infirm residents. He helped the teenagers who lived on his street by employing them in garden work and buying them lunch. When there was any trouble on his street, he would reach out to the 101st Precinct where he was known for his involvement in the area. He was the Democratic State Committeeman for Rockaway in the 1980s and the 1990s, and . He represented the Peninsula at many political functions and gatherings. He was extremely active in the Bernard Weiner JWV Post 258 in Rockaway, and served as Commander several times. He was instrumental in the closing of the Edgemere Landfill, as well as supporting the Farm on Beach 45 Street. Active with DC 37, he held many positions in Local 375 over the many years of his membership. On September 11, 2001, he was delivering documents in Lower Manhattan when the South Tower collapsed. A photographer captured him fleeing the scene amidst a cloud of smoke and debris. The image was reprinted in media around the world and was later featured in the 9/11 Museum. Cooper died in 2020 from complications of COVID-19 (Brooks-Powers)
LL:2022/54

William Cooper Walk (Queens)
Present name:62nd Road
Location:Between the south side of Queens Boulevard and Saunders Streets
Honoree: William Cooper (1897-1987) was President and Chairman of Green Bus Lines, which he had founded in 1925. This block is where the first Green Lines bus began its route. Mr. Cooper was a major contributor to the Lighthouse for the Blind in Queens and was also board chairman of the Rego Park Jewish Center for over two decades.
LL:1997/59