Street To Be Named After Legendary Newspaper Columnist Pete Hamill

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

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.

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