Bedford Stuyvesant hosts Tohma Y. Faulkner street naming ceremony

Community was the central focus of Sister Tohma Y. Faulkner’s life. She loved Bed-Stuy, and Saturday, May 6, as a gentle, cool breeze was intermittently met by faint rays of the midmorning sun, the Bedford-Stuyvesant community paid the ultimate honor to their native daughter by naming Decatur Street (between Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Throop Avenue), Tohma Y. Faulkner Way.

It was a ceremony of remembrance. The villagers and village keepers were there. They shared personal stories about their encounter with this remarkable citizen. They spoke of her gentle yet ferocious spirit and her refusal to take no for an answer, as she turned every stone and broke down many doors in her quest to make things happen in her community.

New York State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery presented a New York State Resolution to commemorate the event... remembered [Tohma] as “a persistent, smart, dedicated worker whose quality of life enriched our community.”

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