NYC street renamed after hero NYPD detective and crusader for 9/11 survivors
January 12, 2023 in 9/11, Blog, In The News, News, VCF
The corner of Scholes and Humboldt Streets, in Brooklyn, will now be known as Detective Barbara Taylor-Burnette Place.
SPBMCC Client Honored in Brooklyn
The legacy of a hero NYPD detective, crusader for 9/11 survivors, and former SPBMCC client was immortalized last month by renaming a street near her beloved Williamsburg Houses was renamed in her honor.
According to an article in the NY Daily News, the corner of Scholes and Humboldt Streets will now be known as Detective Barbara Taylor-Burnette Place after the 58-year-old first responder who died in December 2021 after a long and debilitating battle with 9/11-related health issues linked to her time at Ground Zero.
The street renaming was steps from the Williamsburg Houses, where Burnette grew up, and St. John the Evangelist Lutheran Church, where her funeral was held.
The veteran cop was working in the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau on 9/11 when she traveled with several fellow officers by boat from Sunset Park, Brooklyn to the Downtown Manhattan site— arriving just as the World Trade Center buildings toppled. She spent the next 12 hours working in the toxic air, evacuating a pregnant woman and several other people back to Brooklyn by boat.
The seasoned detective never saw herself as a hero, said SPBMCC partner and 9/11 advocate Nicholas Papain.
“She had a deep conviction to serve,” Papain said. “It was just a part of her…Every time she came to the office, she had a smile on her face, and you would forget how sick she was. She was always so positive, always optimistic.”
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Read the full article in the NY Daily News here.
This article was originally published on Nov. 29, 2022. It was last updated on Jan. 12, 2023.