Did you know the godfather of mushrooms is memorialized at the corner of 95th & Amsterdam? #5 on the NYC Honorary Streets, Gary Lincoff was an internationally renowned mycologist (mushroom expert) and botanist, with over eight books to his credit,…

Shimon Peres, who studied at NYU, was an Israeli politician with a 70-year career – serving as both Prime Minister and President. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for the Oslo Accords and helped engineer the Israel-Jordan peace…

Monnie Callan, #3 on our Honorary Street Names, was an Upper West Side community organizer and medical social worker for nearly 20 years. She was on one of NYC’s first teams supporting HIV/AIDS patients in the 1980s and fought for…

The time between a 911 call and an ambulance arriving can mean life or death. Sadly, in 2013, four-year-old Ariel Russo was struck an unlicensed teen driver and didn’t survive. Her mother believed faster response times could have saved her.…

Our first NYC honorary street marks a tragedy, but it did change laws for negligent drivers in New York City. In 2014, 9-year-old Cooper Stock was struck and killed by a negligent taxi driver who didn’t yield. It happened right…