CB 11 approves street
renaming in Little Yemen
BY JASON COHEN
Former Yemeni President
Ibrahim al-Hamdi
was assassinated in 1977
at just 40 years of age,
but is known to have had
a tremendous impact on
the country — with some
even comparing him to
JFK.
Today, with a war going
on in Yemen, those
in the Morris Park community
of Little Yemen,
which has a one mile
stretch of 500 businesses,
want to recognize their
late leader.
Yahay Obeid, the vice
chairman of Community
Board 11, is also director
of outreach for the
Bronx Muslim Center on
Rhinelander Avenue and
a Morris Park resident.
He recently circulated
a petition to rename a
street for al-Hamdi and
on Jan. 28, the board approved
that White Plains
Road between Cruger
and Rhinelander Avenues
to be renamed Ibrahim
al-Hamdi Way.
“The only hope our
country ever had in being
stable was when he
was he was president
there,” Obeid explained.
Board member Joann
Terrelonge was a bit apprehensive
about renaming
a street for someone
that was not from the
Bronx.
“I know that he did a
lot for the Yemeni community,
but our community
doesn’t even know
about this individual,”
she said.
Obeid then said he
received a letter of support
from the Van Nest
Alliance, residents and
elected offi cials Councilman
Mark Gjonaj and
Assemblywoman Nathalia
Fernandez.
Fellow board member
Bernadette Ferrara
then pointed out there
is street named after
Mother Theresa in Pelham
Parkway and that
street names are not
just for people who live
there.
Board member David
Leavitt agreed with her
that the street renaming
was appropriate,
but feels the committee
should update the guidelines
for street renaming
as it currently only says
people who are from the
area.
“It’s not rare or uncommon
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that streets
are renamed after individuals
that have international
value,” Gjonaj
said.
Former Yemeni President
Ibrahim al-Hamdi who CB 11
just named a street after.
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