Elmhurst Hospital worker who died from COVID-19
celebrated with street co-naming near LeFrak City
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“Priscilla Carrow
was a valued and treasured
member of the
Elmhurst family. She
was also a person who
led by example and left
a deep impression on
all those who met her,”
NYC Health + Hospitals/
Elmhurst CEO Helen
Arteaga Landaverde
said. “As a union leader,
friend and mentor to
thousands of employees,
she touched many lives.
We miss her daily and
are deeply honored to
participate in co-naming
a street in the heart
of Queens, and in a
neighborhood she loved,
in her honor.”
Carrow was due to
retire at the end of the
year from Elmhurst
Hospital where she
served as the Joint
Labor Management
assistant co-chair.
“Priscilla Carrow
was a mighty, caring,
dynamic individual
who fought for workers’
rights with her whole
heart,” said Rose Green,
Elmhurst Hospital Joint
Labor Management
Committee co-chair and
NYS Nurses Association
representative. “She is
greatly missed and her
memory will never fade
from our hearts.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
BY BILL PARRY
A beloved 25-year
Elmhurst Hospital veteran,
union worker
and Corona community
leader who died from
COVID-19 at the height
of the pandemic, was
honored Saturday, June
12, with a street conaming
ceremony near
LeFrak City.
The northeast corner
of 98th Place and 57th
Avenue was renamed
Priscilla Carrow Way
as her daughter and son
gathered with dozens
of her neighbors and
friends.
“Priscilla Carrow
Way will be a symbol in
our neighborhood memorializing
a woman
that impacted lives in
more ways than one,”
Councilman Francisco
Moya said. “Priscilla
was an advocate, a
champion and a crusader,
fighting for housing,
fair wages and so much
more for so many.”
Moya said co-naming
98th Place and 57th Avenue
in her honor was
another opportunity
to “memorialize her
legacy and share our
admiration and love for
Priscilla” with her children
Tasheen Carrow
and Keyana Reaves — as
well as “everyone whose
life she made an impact
on from Elmhurst
Hospital and CWA Local
1180 to NYSNA and
Community Board 4,
and so many more.”
Carrow died at age
65 from COVID-19 on
March 30, 2020, as the
pandemic overwhelmed
Elmhurst Hospital,
where she worked as a
coordinating manager.
“Having my mother’s
name on a street is historic,”
Reaves said. “She
was a full-time mom,
full-time activist and
was so involved in the
community. My mom
deserves this. We feel so
honored that her name
will be here forever and
I know she would be extremely
happy.”
Carrow was a member
of First Baptist
Church since 1976 the
Sherwood Village Tenants
President and a
member of Community
Board 4. She also
served as the executive
director for the LeFrak
City Youth & Adult Activities
Association and
program director of the
Kenny Anderson Classic
at LeFrak City.
“When people say the
term, ‘you have to put
in the work,’ my mother
actually put in the
work and she deserved
every bit of it,” her son
Tasheen said. “To see
Priscilla Carrow Way is
just inspiring. It’s a reminder
to keep going, to
strive to be the best you
can be, be a productive
person in your community
and care for people.
It’s not about talking
about it but being about
it, and my mom was
about it.”
He went on to thank
everyone at Elmhurst
Hospital, calling them
her second family.
Councilman Francisco Moya was joined by family and
friends of Priscilla Carrow to memorialize the longtime
Elmhurst Hospital worker who died of COVID-19 last
year. Photo courtesy of Moya’s offi ce
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