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Queens Turnpike, Playground Renamed After Late Activists
Union Turnpike, between 210th and 211th Streets in Queens, has been renamed the "Reverend Frank Strassfeld Turnpike." Mayor Rudy Giuliani last Wednesday signed the bill, which was sponsored by Councilmembers Sheldon Leffler, Morton Povman and O'Donovan into law.
Frank Strassfeld was born in Poland on December 26, 1922 and migrated to the United States in 1935. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and after the war became very active in the Hollis Hills Jewish Center.
At the Center,...