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The Harlem Neighborhood Block Association
December 14, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
Join your neighbors in an East Harlem holiday tradition: The Cherubs Try Again.
HNBA’s very own president, Hallia Baker, her family, parishioners, friends, and neighbors will celebrate the holidays with The Cherubs Try Again!
Everyone is welcome for this joyous and song-filled musical theater event.
Saturday, December 14th. 7:00 PM, at 57 East 126th Street.
NYC Honorary Street Names Map
Across the city, New Yorkers nominate certain intersections or streets to be co-named. Looking at a map of these honorary named streets, it’s interesting how many are here, in Harlem:
Drilling down into our community, you can see the streets and intersections where streets are co-named:
One example (found at the intersection of 5th Avenue and East 129th Street is Ann Petry Place:
Ann Petry Place
New Name | Ann Petry Place |
|---|---|
Biographical Information | Ann Petry was a ground-breaking African-American novelist, journalist, and biographer whose works offer a unique perspective on black life in mid-century America. She began her career as a journalist, writing for the Amsterdam News from 1938 until 1941 and the Peoples’ Voice of Harlem from 1941 until 1944, and then studied creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel, The Street became a best-seller and was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of a working-class black woman, Lutie Johnson, who dreams of getting out of Harlem but is inevitably thwarted by the pressures of poverty and racism. It was one of the first novels by an African-American woman to receive widespread acclaim. Country Place depicts the disillusionment and corruption among a group of white people in a small town in Connecticut. Her third novel, The Narrows is the story of Link Williams, a Dartmouth-educated African American who tends bar in the black section of Monmouth, Connecticut, and of his tragic love affair with a rich white woman. Although often criticized for its melodramatic plot, it has been lauded for its supple style and its sympathetic characterizations. Petry’s short stories were collected in Miss Muriel and Other Stories. She also published several historical biographies for children, including Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad and Tituba of Salem Village. |
Location | At the southeast corner of East 129th Street and 5th Avenue |
Borough | Manhattan |
Zip Code | 10035 |
Enactment Year | 2022 |
Present Name | |
Category | Intersection |
Introduced by Council Member(s) | Perkins |
1. What is the purpose of the Co-Named Street Map?
This map shows the names and biographical information for streets that have been co-named by the City Council. The map is designed for all users-- historians, researchers, students, and anyone interested in the city's history and the individuals who have contributed to its development. The map is both an informative tool and a historical record.
2. How do I search for a specific street on the map?
There are several ways to search. Using the search bar on the map interface, you could enter the honoree’s name to locate an individual or use the zip code to find all co-named streets in that area. You could also enter key words, i.e. firefighter, police officer.
3. Where does the biographical information come from?
The New York City Council, has the authority to co-name streets within the five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens & Staten Island). Typically the Council passes two local laws each year that list the biographical information and locations of these streets. This map includes all data from those laws for the period 2001 through 2024. All NYC Council reports used to develop this map can be found on the DORIS Government Publication Portal.
DORIS will continue to update the map, using Council reports pre-dating 2001. There also are approximately 400 streets that were co-named in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attack for which biographical information is required. DORIS is working with the City Council to include information about these honorees.
To explore the map yourself, click HERE.
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