Walking Around Bay Ridge, and the 9/11 Echoes

Preparing for a walking tour of Bay Ridge on, yes, September 11, I couldn't help take snapshots of numerous 9/11 memorial street co-namings, signs of the enormous loss:

• Mark D. Hindy 9-11 Memorial Way, 3rd Avenue and 82nd Street
• Patrick Sullivan 9/11 Memorial Way, 79th Street and 4th Avenue
• Constantine (Gus) Economos 9/11 Memorial Way Ridge Blvd. and 84th St.
• Shakila Yasmin & Nurul Haque Miah 9-11 Memorial Way, 3rd Avenue and Ovington Avenue
• Kathleen Hunt Casey 9/11 Memorial Way, Senator Street and 3rd Avenue
• Jody Tepedino 9/11 Memorial Way, Bay Ridge Avenue and 3rd Avenue.

I wondered if these were among the numerous public safety workers--some from Bay Ridge--who perished while responding to the disastrous attacks. (I did see, but didn't yet take a photo of, a street honoring Police Officer Moira Smith, the only female police officer to die in the response.)

Actually, these were civilians. Hindy, Sullivan, and Tepedino worked at Cantor Fitzgerald. Economos and Casey worked at Sandler O'Neill. Yasmin and Miah, a married couple, worked at Marsh & McLennan. They were Bangladeshi immigrants and Muslims.

Gotham Gazette explains that street co-namings have evolved, with some bestowed in sympathy for uniformed service people or civilians (including children) who died untimely deaths, and others honoring people with a long record of community service.