Park Slope street to be named after legendary Post columnist Pete Hamill

Nolan Hicks

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Feb 6, 2021

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Post legend Pete Hamill will have his name honored as the street name ‘Pete Hamill Way’ in front of his childhood home in Park Slope, Brooklyn. — Post legend Pete Hamill will have his name honored as the street name 'Pete Hamill Way' in front of his childhood home in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Paul Martinka

‘Pete Hamill Way’ will be a block-long stretch of Seventh Avenue from 11th to 12th streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn. — 'Pete Hamill Way' will be a block-long stretch of Seventh Avenue from 11th to 12th streets in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Paul Martinka

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A stretch of Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn will be co-named for celebrated author and former Post columnist Pete Hamill, officials announced this week.

A block-long stretch of Seventh Avenue in front of Hamill’s childhood home — from 11th to 12th streets — will be dubbed “Pete Hamill Way” to celebrate the tabloid legend whose writings as a newspaper columnist and novelist defined New York City to the nation for five decades.

The ceremony is set for the coming weeks though an exact date has not been selected yet, a spokesman for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams confirmed Friday.

Hamill passed away in August at the age of 85 and was one of only two people to have served as editor-in-chief of both The Post and The New York Daily News.

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Pete Hamill in 1997. — Pete Hamill Robin Graubard

Pete Hamill seen exiting a meeting on Park Ave, a day after being fired as Editor of the New York ‘Daily News’ in 1997. — Pete HamillDan Brinzac

Portrait of Pete Hamill in 2004. — Pete HamillBrian Hamill/Getty Images

Local news website Patch first reported the development.

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