Are you still monkeying around Cropsey!?
Lets continue some story, At 27th Avenue we see the Contello Towers, the second group of high rise apartments we’ve seen along Cropsey — the first overlooked Bensonhurst Park. In the middle of the street you will see two street signs one of 27th Ave and the other...well...I can tell you nothing about Bobby Draxdorf, except that 27th Avenue received his name in this stretch by order of the City Council on June 14, 2007:
The remaining 49 names represent individuals or entities that are being honored for their lifetime accomplishments, and while it is not possible to describe the reason each individual or entity is deserving of a street name change, each Council Member who submitted a name presented a detailed justification for this honor.
A weakness of naming streets this way is that outside of the honoree’s family and friends, no one knows why the honor was bestowed. Maybe place a subtitle in smaller type under the name? Such as “hero firefighter” or whatever other reason there might be?
