Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Avenue in Bed-Stuy is Renamed for Late State Rep

Thursday the Brooklyn City Council voted to co-name Jefferson Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop avenues, after the late Hon. Bertram L. Baker, who represented Bedford-Stuyvesant in the New York State Assembly for 22 years. He was the first black elected official from Brooklyn.

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