SIGN OF TIMES: Part of Jefferson Avenue has been renamed Bertram L. Baker Way in honor of the late assemblyman, who became Brooklyn's first African-American elected official in 1948.

Path-Blazing Pol Gets Street Honor

July 25, 2011
Tamy Cozier
Bed-Stuy Patch

Brooklyn —

Residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant honored the legacy of Brooklyn’s first black politician: Bertram L. Baker.

Jefferson Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop Avenues, was designated Bertram L. Baker Way, after the late assemblyman and Bed-Stuy native, at an official street renaming ceremony.