{"id":338959,"date":"2026-09-05T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338959\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T19:00:12","slug":"nyc-street-renamed-for-nypd-cop-who-died-on-9-11-after-rushing-out-of-retirement-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338959\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC street renamed for NYPD cop who died on 9\/11 after rushing out of retirement office"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of 9\/11, Police Officer John William Perry<\/a> was standing in the NYPD\u2019s retirement office, about to turn in his papers, when he learned that a hijacked jet had slammed into the World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

Without a second thought, he ditched his paperwork and ran to the towers, where he died in the collapse.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, a quarter century later, the city thanked Perry for his service and his sacrifice by renaming the corner of E. 101st St. and Madison Ave. \u201cJohn Perry Way\u201d in his honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am in awe,\u201d Perry\u2019s sister Janice Perry Montoya told the Daily News during the street renaming ceremony. \u201cI was so emotional over this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Family<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

Family of Officer John William Perry join members of the NYPD at a street renaming ceremony in his honor on Madison Avenue and East 101st St. in Manhattan on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Perry, 38, was leaving the department after eight years to become an attorney on 9\/11, relatives said. The goal was to open a law firm, Perry & Perry, with his younger brother Joel.<\/p>\n

But he was so much more than a cop and an attorney, his family said.<\/p>\n

Perry, who grew up with a learning disability, grew up to speak several languages including Swedish, Russian and Portugese, relatives said. The child of an inter-racial couple was also an actor and played small roles in shows like \u201cNYPD Blue,\u201d \u201cOne Life to Live,\u201d and \u201cThe Devil\u2019s Advocate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Street<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

Members of the NYPD attend a street renaming ceremony in honor of John William Perry on Madison Avenue and East 101st St. in Manhattan on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

In his spare time, he volunteered as an investigator for the Kings County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and was a board member of the Nassau Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were raised in the suburbs,\u201d Patricia said, wishing that their parents, who are both now deceased, were able to witness the street renaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis signifies that he is part of New York City and a city that he loved. It means so much that he is part of the city and exemplifies the city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the morning of 9\/11, Police Officer John William Perry was standing in the NYPD\u2019s retirement office, about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5301,9,56,63,65,64,7405],"class_list":["post-338959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-9-11","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-street-renaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338959","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=338959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}