De Blasio unveils locations of NYC’s Black Lives Matter murals
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday unveiled the locations where “Black Lives Matter” will be painted along city streets across the five boroughs.
The massive murals will be designed along Centre Street between Worth Street and Reade Street in Lower Manhattan, Richmond Terrace between Hamilton Avenue and Ferry Terminal Viaduct on Staten Island, Joralemon Street between Adams and Court streets in Brooklyn, 153rd Street between Jamaica and Archer avenues in Queens and Morris Avenue between 161st and 162nd streets in the Bronx.
They will be completed over the next three weeks.
The streets will also be renamed to honor the Black Lives Matter movement, which will have to be approved by the City Council.
“I ask all New Yorkers to recognize the power of this moment — that the city of New York is saying loudly, clearly, consistently black lives matter and we will back up that belief with action after action after action,” de Blasio said.
A similar Black Lives Matter mural was painted in Bedford-Stuyvesant over the weekend, with the roadway becoming a pedestrian-only plaza for the summer.
De Blasio announced plans for the giant murals and renamings earlier this month amid raging protests in the city over the Minneapolis police-involved death of George Floyd and racial injustices.
Some of the streets that will get a revamp have names rooted in history.
Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights was named after Teunis Joralemon, a prominent landowner who opposed the opening of streets, like Clinton Street, through his property, according to the book “Brooklyn by Name” by Leonard Benardo.
The name Morris Avenue hails from brothers Richard and Lewis Morris, who bought the property now known as Morrisania. Richard’s son was the first governor of New Jersey.
Richmond Terrace, meanwhile, is a nod to Richmond County — named in 1683 after King James II of England, who was the Duke of Richmond.
The mural announcement Friday comes the same day de Blasio designated Juneteenth — which commemorates the official end of slavery — a holiday beginning next year.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Sandinista-loving de Blasio was pictured Friday helping to paint BLM on the street near Staten Island's 120th police precinct.
In honoring BLM, de Blasio is paying tribute to a police-hating movement.
The cops should have busted his sorry ass for defacing the street.
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The Mayor is painting a lasting tribute to BLM probably with city paint.
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