Gravesend corner named in memory of FDNY hero
Firefighter William Tropea died of cancer in 2010
A Gravesend street corner now bears the name of a firefighter who worked on the recovery effort at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and who later contracted cancer.
The city officially re-named the corner of Highlawn Avenue and West 11th Street “Firefighter William ‘Billy’ Tropea Way” during a ceremony led by Councilmember Mark Treyger on Saturday. Hundreds of people, including dozens of firefighters, attended the street-renaming event.
Tropea died of cancer in 2010.