Tony Bennett, the Astoria native and late singer who gained international fame, will soon have a street co-named after him. The city council passed a bill Wednesday that will see the intersection of 32nd Street and Ditmars Boulevard co-named Tony Bennett Place, in honor of the singer who died in July at the age of 96.
Bennett, who grew up in an apartment building just off Ditmars at 32nd Street, was raised by an Italian immigrant father, who labored as a grocer, and his mother, who worked as a seamstress. His birth name was Anthony Dominick Benedetto. The council passed the co-naming along with 116 other honorary names for streets and city locations.
