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"P" Honorary Streets: QueensP. O. Robert M. Ehmer Place (Queens) Present name:None Location:At the intersection of 95th Street and 43rd Avenue Honoree: Police Officer David Ehmer (1963-2010) died from illnesses he contracted after inhaling toxic materials as he participated in the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Officer Ehmer had served with the New York City Police Department for 20 years and was assigned to the 110th Precinct. (Ferreras) LL:2014/34 P.O. Paul Talty Way (Queens) Present name:None Location:Intersection of 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard Honoree: Police Officer Paul Talty (b. 1960) was killed on September 11, 2001 during rescue operations following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. LL:2003/34 Palmina Delli Gatti Place (Queens) Present name:None Location:Northeast corner of 47th Avenue and Jackson Avenue Honoree: Palmina Delli Gatti worked for Marsh & McLennan at the World Trade Center. She was killed in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. LL:2004/63 Pamela Mascaro Corner (Queens) Present name:None Location:Southeast corner of 76th Road and Austin Avenue Honoree: Pamela Jean Mascaro lived in Forest Hills with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. On Christmas night 1992, while the family was on the Grand Central Parkway, driving home from a Christmas dinner, Ms. Mascaro was killed by a shot fired from a nearby car. A suspect, a convicted burglar, was arrested in 1998. LL:1994/42 Park of the Americas (Queens) Present name:Linden Park Location:Park at 104th Street and 41st Avenue Honoree: No data. LL:2004/63 Pat Dolan Way (Queens) Present name:Vleigh Place Location:Between 72nd Road and 72nd Drive Honoree: Patricia Dolan (d. 2011) advocated for pedestrian safety for over 25 years as president of the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association. She founded the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Conservancy, was a member of Community Board 8 and president of the Queens Civic Congress (a coalition of some 150 civic groups)... LL:2012/48 Pat Williams Playground (Queens) Present name:None Location:Hempstead Avenue, 224th Street and the Cross Island Parkway Service Road Honoree: Pat Williams (1936-1990) and her husband, a retired Air Force man, settled in New York in 1974. She was a leading member of Concerned Citizens for a Safe Queens Village. LL:1998/52 Patricia “Trish” Cimaroli – Massari Street (Queens) Present name:64th Street Location:Between Catalpa Avenue and Shaler Avenue Honoree: Patricia Cimaroli-Massari worked at Marsh & McLennan in the World Trade Center. She was killed in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. [Patricia A. Massari in NY Times list] LL:2003/15 Patrick C Deignan Mall (Queens) Present name:None Location:The enter traffic islands of 34th Avenue, commonly known as the 34th Avenue Mall, between 69th Street and Junction Boulevard Honoree: Patrick Deignan (1946-1983) was a civic leader in Jackson Heights. He co-founded the Jackson Heights Civic Association; was founder and board chairman of the Catherine M. Sheriden Center for senior cistizens; and active in various charitable, fraternal and church organizations. He was member of Community Board 3 and its chairman from 1973 to 1975. A Democratic District leader in Jackson Heights from 1974 to 1982, he chaired the Borough President's. Commission on Charter Revision. He died in 1983 after a brief illness. LL:1997/61 Peter Chahales Park (Queens) Present name:None Location:Bounded by 69th Street, 58th Avenue and the Queens Midtown Expressway Honoree: Peter Chahales (1922-1994), owner of the Spartan Restaurant on Grand Avenue, was a longtime civic leader and the unofficial “Mayor of Maspeth”. LL:2001/61 PFC Alberto Colon Street (Queens) Present name:204th Street Location:Between 46th Road and 47th Avenue Honoree: PFC Alberto Colon was a United States Marine killed in action in Vietnam on February 20, 1968. At the time of his death he had just turned 19 years of age. LL:2006/50 PFC James E. Prevete Avenue (Queens) Present name:5th Avenue Location:Between 147th and 149th Streets Honoree: PFC. James E. Prevete (1982-2004), was a life-long resident of Whitestone, joined the Army in 2003. He was killed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Habbaniya, Iraq. LL:2005/43 PFC Le Ron A. Wilson (Queens) Present name:145th Avenue Location:Between Farmers Boulevard and Arthur Street Honoree: Le Ron A. Wilson immigrated to the United States at the age of 11. After graduating Thomas Edison High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq. He was killed on July 6, 2007, when an IED exploded near his vehicle. LL:2009/46 Pfc. Hernando Rios Place (Queens) Present name:None Location:Southwest corner of Queens Boulevard and 49th Street Honoree: Hernando Rios (1975-2005) was a maintenance supervisor in the World Trade Center during the attacks of September 11, 2001. He joined the New York National Guard after the war in Iraq began While on patrol in Iraq, he was killed by a roadside bomb. LL:2005/131 Pietro Cesare Alberti Way (Queens) Present name:None Location:Intersection of 104th Street and Corona Avenue Honoree: Pietro Cesare Alberti (1608-1655), born in Venice, was the first Italian to settle in America. He prospered as the owner of a house and a farm on land that later became the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A street in Corona once bore the name Albertus Avenue, the Dutch version of his name. LL:2011/47 Plaza College Way (Queens) Present name:37th Avenue Location:Between 74th Street and 75th Street Honoree: Plaza College, a private college founded in 1916 in Long Island City, moved to 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights in 1970. At the time of this designation, it was accredited as a junior college. Since, then, it has been authorized to grant bachelor’s degrees in business administration and in patient information management. LL:2003/14 Plaza of Heroes (Queens) Present name:None Location:Intersection of Perry Avenue and 68th Street Honoree: This designation honors the members of Squad 288, Hazmat 1, located at 56-29 68th Street in Queens. This unit was one of the first to respond to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11th. It is also the unit that suffered some of the greatest losses in the City. Eleven members of Hazmat 1 perished in the collapse of the Twin Towers. LL:2001/ 71 Police Officer Kenneth Anthony Nugent Way (Queens) Present name:None Location:At the intersection of 91st Avenue and 188th Street Honoree: Patrolman Kenneth Nugent had served with the NYPD for 13 years and was assigned to the 103rd Precinct. On August 21, 1971, on his way to work, he walked into a luncheonette on Hollis Avenue and interrupted three men robbing the manager. He drew his weapon and ordered the men to drop their weapons, however the subjects suddenly turned and opened fire. Patrolman Nugent was able to shoot and kill one suspect before being shot. Two other suspects escaped, but were later arrested and charged with murder. Patrolman Nugent was killed in the line of duty.(Miller) LL:L.L. 2016/23 Police Officer Nicholas DeMutiis Playground (Queens) Present name:Ozone Playground Location:Existing PG on Liberty Avenue Between 101st Street and 102nd Street Honoree: Nicholas DeMutiis (1962-1994) was assigned to the 106th Precinct. On the night of January 25, 1994, on his way to work, he spotted a group of police cars pursuing a stolen car. He placed his 1977 Plymouth at the corner of 102nd Street and Liberty Avenue to block the suspect, who rammed his vehicle broadside, pinning the car to a pillar. Officer DeMutiis died of his injuries. LL:1994/44 Police Officer Ramon Suarez Avenue (Queens) Present name:Catalpa Avenue Location:Between Woodward Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue Honoree: Police Officer Ramon Suarez (b. 1956) was killed at the World Trade Center during rescue operations following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 LL:2003/ 06 Poor Freddie’s Avenue (Queens) Present name:129th Avenue Location:Between Merrick Boulevard and 174th Street Honoree: Freddie Dill, Sr. was a role model for entrepreneurs and a valued and active member of his community. When he moved to Jamaica, Queens, he met Clarence Shackelford who taught him the trade of landscaping. Freddie went on to own and run a towing service, a tire center, a take-out and catering establishment and finally, an auto center. LL:2009/25 Pope John Paul II Way (Queens) Present name:56th Road Location:Between 61st Street and 64th Street Honoree: Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła, was pope for almost 27 years, from October 16, 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century. His early reign was marked by his opposition to communism, and he is often credited as one of the forces which brought about the fall of the Soviet Union. His papacy is remembered by his ecumenical approach to accommodate other Christian sects as well as to forge a better understanding with the Islamic world. (Crowley) LL:2013/131 Professor William H. Pease, Jr. Way (Queens) Present name:None Location:At the intersection of 104th Street and 35th Avenue Honoree: William H. Pease, Jr. was a teacher, a former engineer and an advocate of the study of African-American history. He served in the Army Air Forces as a weather observer during WWII and was stationed for a period in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was the first African-American president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He served more than two decades as an educator at Suffolk County Community College and was the first full-time African-American administrator at the college. (Ferreras) LL:2014/34 Ptl. Phillip Cardillo Way (Queens) Present name:28th Avenue Location:Between College Point Boulevard and Ulmer Street Honoree: Police Officer Cardillo was 31 years old in 1971 when he received a 10-13 call (signifying that a fellow officer was in danger) and rushed to the location along with his partner. On entering the location, a mosque, the two officers were attacked and Cardillo was shot with his own gun. A suspect was arrested but no conviction was obtained and the case remains highly controversial. A new NYPD Harbor Vessel is under consideration to be renamed in honor of Ptl. Phillip Cardillo. The Blue Knights Chapter X and its presidents honor his memory annually with a motorcycle ride. A book, Circle of Six, by Randy Jurgenson, was published in 2007 and tells the story of Phillip Cardillo’s death and the case against his alleged killer. (Vallone) LL:2015/76 |
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