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New Queens Borough Hall address will honor late BP Claire Shulman
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Claire Shulman in 2019. File photo by Walter Karling
By David Brand
Late Queens Borough President Claire Shulman’s name will live on at the government office where she presided for 16 years.
Starting Monday, Queens Borough Hall will be located at “One Claire Shulman Way,” a vanity address that will appear on a street sign outside the building.
“Claire Shulman was a larger-than-life figure who consistently defied expectations with her uncanny ability to get things done for the people of Queens,” current Borough President Donovan Richards said Friday.
Shulman served as borough president for four terms, from 1986 to 2002. She died in August 2020 at age 94.
During her tenure, she presided over dozens of rezonings, including the 2001 plan that would pave the way for skyscrapers in Long Island City.
She also worked to establish or grow major cultural institutions in Queens, including the Queens Museum of Art, Queens Theatre, the Museum of the Moving Image and Flushing Town Hall, which honored Shulman at their 40th anniversary gala last year.
Richards and other Queens leaders will unveil the new street sign Monday at 11 a.m. The formal address of Queens Borough Hall will remain 120-55 Queens Blvd.
