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Joe Ferris remembered with a street naming in Park Slope
A small crowd gathers on a cloudy November afternoon at 7 Avenue and 3 Street Park Slope for a street naming honoring Joe Ferris. Speakers include Assemblyman Bobby Carroll and Brad Lander recalling Ferris a veteran, teacher, and CBID founder who fought machine politics from the 1960s onward.
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7 Avenue
Park Slope
Joe Ferris
Bobby Carroll
Joe
Covid
Riker’s Island
Central
Brooklyn Independent Democrats
CBID
State Assembly
Shamrock Tavern
Flatbush
6' Avenue
Brad Lander
Seventh Avenue
Pete Hamill
Joe Ferris Jr
Joe Jr
Jim Brennan
Ferris
John Jay High School
Chuck Schumer
Democratic
Reform
Brennan
Union Street
McCarthy
Assemblyman Carrolls