Certain streets in White Plains have been given ceremonial names (mainly shown on blue street name signs) to honor individuals. They are as follows:
Jerome “Bump” Robinson Blvd.- Ferris Avenue from Cemetery Rd. to Hamilton Ave. Jerome Robinson was founder of a drum corps at the Slater Center. Arts Avenue- Mamaroneck Avenue from Main St. to Martine Ave. The ArtsWestchester organization is located on the corner of Mamaroneck and Martine Gilda Radner Way- Chester Avenue The cancer support organization Gilda's Club, named for Gilda Radner, is located on Maple Avenue near Chester Antonio Meucci Place- Summit Avenue Antonio Meucci was a telephone inventor- the local Sons of Italy lodge is named for him Rev. Dr. Louis H. Wade Way- Fisher Court Reverend Wade was pastor at Bethel Baptist Church from 1966 to 1991 Det. Michael Perry Way- Court Street from Main St. to Martine Avenue and Tarrytown Road south of Central Avenue (green sign) Perry was a White Plains policeman who suffered a fatal heart attack while apprehending a suspect at the corner of Court and Main in 2010 Isabel Elsa Villar Blvd.- So. Lexington Avenue from Charlotte St. to Prospect St. Isabel Villar was executive director of El Centro Hispano in White Plains on South Lexington Rev. Dr. Lester Cousin Way- Orawaupum Street from Denison St. to W. Post Rd. Lester Cousin was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on Orawaupum in White Plains from 1973 to 2011 Billy Delanoy Way- Mamaroneck Avenue from Carhart Ave. to Maple Ave. Billy Delanoy was a member of the White Plains Fire Department from 1978 until his death in 2013
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AuthorMy name is Cliff Blau. I was born and raised in White Plains, NY, and in 2015 became interested in learning more about the history of this fair city. The pathway I took into White Plains history was to discover the reason for the names of each of the streets. See https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WvlOinVQnWh4KGDmEN7YPFfg4II for an annotated map of White Plains. Archives
March 2024
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