street signs

The designation might honor a local hero, a historical figure or, perhaps to some, a rogue.

After over five years of starts, stops and community board infighting, the corner of St. James Place and Fulton Street in Brooklyn was re-named in honor of The Notorious B.I.G. today.

'Wu-Tang Clan District was history in the making, and the dedication day was very emotional for me and many that were there.'

'With the success of Public Enemy Turnpike, Hip Hop will be on the map in Long Island.'

'Wu-Tang Clan put Staten Island on the map trough hip-hop, and The Wu deserves to be recognized with a street named for them in Shoalin.'

Have you ever heard of Granville T. Woods Way, named after the man who invented the third rail?

"They may not look like much, but I was still shocked by their ability to make a quiet corner of Greenwich Village look like…well, every other town in the US."

One filmmaker gives us a video of every street intersecting with Broadway, another: every street sign in all of Manhattan!

According to our super scientific poll, almost 90% of you thought

Citizens of the city, the powers that be are going to