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THE NEWSPAPER OF JAMAICA, HOLLIS & ST. ALBANS
Astoria street corner renamed to
honor baseball legend Whitey Ford
BY BILL PARRY
Astoria honored the life
and legacy of one of its favorite
sons Saturday, Sept. 18,
when a street corner was conamed
for Yankees pitching
legend Whitey Ford.
Nicknamed “The Chairman
of the Board,” Edward
Charles “Whitey” Ford was
raised in the neighborhood
and spent his entire Hall of
Fame career with the Bronx
Bombers on his way to becoming
a 10-time All-Star
and six-time World Series
champion during the dynasty
years in the 1950s and
‘60s. Ford died last October
at his Long Island home at
the age of 91.
The street co-naming
took place on the southwest
corner of 43rd Street and
34th Avenue where Ford
played stickball.
It is now known as Eddie
Charles “Whitey” Ford
Way.
His wife, Joan Ford, and
family joined Astoria residents
as the new sign was
unveiled.
“While everyone knows
I’m a huge Mets fan, meeting
Mrs. Joan Ford and her
very large family for the
street renaming in honor of
her late husband, and Yankees
Elected officials and community members celebrated a street co-naming in Astoria in honor Yankees legend Whitey Ford.
legend, Whitey Ford
is something I won’t soon
forget,” Councilman Jimmy
Van Bramer said. “To know
that he honed his baseball
skills at that very corner
— playing stickball against
the wall that still stands —
is something every Astoria
resident should be proud of.
I’ll never look at 43rd Street
and 34th Avenue the same
again.”
In March, the city broke
ground on a $2.9 million reconstruction
project of the
baseball field at Whitey Ford
Field along the East River
at the northwest edge of
Halletts Point.
“Even a Mets fan like me
has to recognize the greatness
of Astoria’s Whitey
Ford,” state Senator Michael
Photo by Emil Cohen
Gianaris said. “It was lovely
honoring the Ford family in
such a meaningful way.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
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