{"id":222685,"date":"2026-05-07T00:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222685\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:23:10","slug":"new-sign-on-a-street-corner-in-brooklyn-ny-honours-legacy-of-dorothy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222685\/","title":{"rendered":"New sign on a street corner in Brooklyn, NY, honours legacy of Dorothy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, holds a replica of the \u201cDorothy Day Way\u201d street sign May 2, 2026, with Councilman Lincoln Restler, left, and Alex Avitabile, a board member of the Dorothy Day Guild, in the Brooklyn Heights section of New York City. Hennessy says it\u2019s \u201cvery surreal\u201d to be part of a family of someone being considered for sainthood. (OSV News photo\/Paula Katinas, The Tablet)<\/p>\n

A street corner in the Brooklyn Heights neighbourhood now honours one of American Catholicism\u2019s most influential figures.<\/p>\n

The intersection of Pineapple and Henry streets has been renamed \u201cDorothy Day Way,\u201d recognising Dorothy Day, who was born nearby in 1897.<\/p>\n

On 1 May, 1933, Day co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement, a faith-based organisation that urges members to perform the corporal works of mercy and work for peace and justice.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Day also began publishing a newspaper, The Catholic Worker, which is still published today.<\/p>\n

Family, clergy and supporters gathered 2 May for the ceremony to reveal the sign. Day\u2019s granddaughter Martha Hennessy joined Councilman Lincoln Restler, who sponsored legislation in the City Council to name the street corner, in the unveiling.<\/p>\n

Hennessy called the moment \u201cbeautiful,\u201d reflecting her grandmother\u2019s enduring legacy of faith and social justice.<\/p>\n

The event was organised with help from the Dorothy Day Guild, which continues to advocate for Day\u2019s canonisation.<\/p>\n

This marks the second major tribute from New York City. In 2021, a Staten Island Ferry was named in her honour, with the vessel entering service in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, holds a replica of the \u201cDorothy Day Way\u201d street sign May 2,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,87333,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-222685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-dorothy-day","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}