A Street in Manhattan Officially renamed ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat Way’

New York city officials, members of the Basquiat family, and local community representatives gathered for the unveiling of Jean-Michel Basquiat Way, the newly renamed stretch of Great Jones Street between the Bowery and Lafayette Streets — directly outside the artist’s former loft at 57 Great Jones Street in NoHo.

Basquiat lived and worked in the second-floor loft at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 until his untimely death in 1988 at age 27. The building — once owned by Andy Warhol — remains a symbolic anchor of his creative output.

With the new street name, Jean-Michel Basquiat Way, New York City ensures his artistic and cultural imprint remains permanently visible in New York.