street names

The fight for the right to rename the intersection at Ludlow and Rivington as "Beastie Boys Square" is almost at an end.

The City Council rounded out its final vote of the year with dozens of street renamings

The SI borough president named streets surrounding a controversial development Avidita Place, Cupidity Drive and Fourberie Lane.

J & R, the Financial District electronics giant that's been open since 1971, wants the city to co-name the street it's on to help the struggling business.

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