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Local Street Could Be Named ’RBG Way’ if Councilman Has His Way

September 22, 2020 | 8:40 PM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:17 PM
in HISTORY, NEWS, POLITICS
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Photograph from The Columbia Spectator.

By Carol Tannenhauser

City Councilman Mark Levine is introducing legislation to co-name the street where Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived when she was a Columbia law student — 116th Street — “RBG Way.” Ginsburg, who died on Friday, may have grown up in Brooklyn, but she also spent important years on this side of the river.

RBG was from Brooklyn, but she spent some of her formative years in Manhattan–living at 404 W 116 St. It was here that she emerged as a fierce fighter for equal rights under the law.

This legacy should be honored. We're introducing legislation to co-name the street "RBG Way". pic.twitter.com/BKoIn7PBw8

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) September 22, 2020

Ginsburg lived on 116th when she was attending Columbia Law School, where she had transferred after starting at Harvard.

In a biography of the Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life, author Jane Sherron de Hart wrote of the personal side of that period of her life, and her love of the Metropolitan Opera:

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susan
susan
3 years ago

What a fabulous idea!

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Chris
Chris
3 years ago

I second the suggestion!
Let’s do it!

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Susan
Susan
3 years ago

If ever someone deserved this recognition, and many others, it’s RBG. I had the honor of meeting her when I worked for a women’s advocacy organization. I wanted to share with her that I grew up in the same area of Brooklyn and my parents and uncle also graduated from James Madison HS. But when it was my turn to chat with her, I just said it was an honor to meet her and I thanked her for everything she did for all of us. I’ll never forget it.

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D&K
D&K
3 years ago

Wonderful idea – hope it happens!

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Lynn Sien
Lynn Sien
3 years ago

Go for it

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PQDubya
PQDubya
3 years ago

Be nice to give it her full name.

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Peter
Peter
3 years ago
Reply to  PQDubya

I like the idea of naming a street after her, and agree with you, call her by her name: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Way (Ginsburg Way for short).

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rteplow
rteplow
3 years ago

Absolutely!

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Albert
Albert
3 years ago

YES!!!

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Ruth Bonnet
Ruth Bonnet
3 years ago

@PQDubya Too many letters= too much ink!

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Blumpkin
Blumpkin
3 years ago

Please, please do this!!!
NYC must honor this amazing woman!

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MarciaK
MarciaK
3 years ago

It’d be nice to hold onto a symbol of the nation’s indebtedness to the late Justice, even though generations to come won’t likely know what the letters represent. I wonder how many New Yorkers or visitors know that there has, for decades, been a memorial stone on the corner of Freedom Place on the upper west side, inside a black metal fence; it’s dedicated to Michael Schwerner and his companions who tried to show the south that Black Lives Matter.

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UWS History Lover
UWS History Lover
3 years ago
Reply to  MarciaK

Thank you for sharing this! I wrote my honors thesis in college (15 years ago) on women in the civil rights movement and, in the course of researching and writing, studied Freedom Summer extensively. I had no idea there was a plaque honoring these men nearby. Looking forward to visiting soon.

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Diane Booth
Diane Booth
3 years ago

Absolutely!

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Alice
Alice
3 years ago

I’m definitely onboard with this idea! RBG deserves this and much more, but it’s a great “way” to honor her life’s work and unparalleled legacy.

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seekerG
seekerG
3 years ago

YES!!!

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Janet
Janet
3 years ago

It is a honor she has earned and deserves. RBG did so much for the women in this country. It would be a wonderful way of thanking her.

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LivableCity
LivableCity
3 years ago

I’m in favor of the full name too. And thanks for including the photo of the story about her daughter ar graduation!

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