10 people who deserve their own Brooklyn street names

Taking it to the streets — via Flickr user Gord McKenna Street names are underused form of public salute. Every once in a while we change one to celebrate a former mayor or something, but for the most part we’re stuck with boring old numbers and letters. Coney Island hot dog tycoons Nathan and Ida Handwerker got their own street earlier this summer. Bensonhurst Bean reports that the neighborhood is renaming several more streets after its local heroes over the next few weeks. But why should hot dog celebrities and war heroes get to have all the recognition? They already have that other stuff.  Here’s a list of 10 underrated Brooklynites and honorary locals that we’d like to see given their own street names. “Christopher Swain Way” — 9th St. between Smith St. and 2nd Ave. This stretch of 9th street goes right over the Gowanus Canal, and last year clean waterway activist Christopher Swain swam that very canal without dying. Swain dove into the… Read More

10 people who deserve their own Brooklyn street names : Brokelyn