NEW YORK—His brother has an airport in New York named after him, now the major bridge connecting three boroughs bears the name of the late Robert F. Kennedy.
The Triborough Bridge was renamed after New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Wed - Robert F. Kennedy would have turned 83 today.
President Bill Clinton, Governor David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Kennedy’s widow Ethel spoke at the christening in Astoria Park.
“It is an honor to join so many generations of Kennedy’s today to celebrate Robert F. Kennedy, a man who made a difference in the lives of so many New Yorkers,” said Paterson. “Robert F. Kennedy was a champion of social justice and human rights and his spirit is kept alive by his family’s continued commitment to those causes. I am particularly pleased to have signed this bill into law, making possible the renaming of the Triborough Bridge as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge—a fitting tribute to the man and his legacy.”
Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 during his primary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
To get out the word about the bridge’s new name, the Robert F. Kennedy Center put out public announcements in 4,000 buses, 2,400 subway cars, 400 Metropolitan Transit Authority station posters, six million MetroCards, and on screens in all of the city’s 13,000 cabs.
The New York Transit Museum will have a year-long exhibit dedicated to the bridge and the man.
The Triborough Bridge was renamed after New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy on Wed - Robert F. Kennedy would have turned 83 today.
President Bill Clinton, Governor David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Kennedy’s widow Ethel spoke at the christening in Astoria Park.
“It is an honor to join so many generations of Kennedy’s today to celebrate Robert F. Kennedy, a man who made a difference in the lives of so many New Yorkers,” said Paterson. “Robert F. Kennedy was a champion of social justice and human rights and his spirit is kept alive by his family’s continued commitment to those causes. I am particularly pleased to have signed this bill into law, making possible the renaming of the Triborough Bridge as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge—a fitting tribute to the man and his legacy.”
Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 during his primary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
To get out the word about the bridge’s new name, the Robert F. Kennedy Center put out public announcements in 4,000 buses, 2,400 subway cars, 400 Metropolitan Transit Authority station posters, six million MetroCards, and on screens in all of the city’s 13,000 cabs.
The New York Transit Museum will have a year-long exhibit dedicated to the bridge and the man.
