[NoKoolAidforMe]

Yes. The Triborough is now the “Robert Effen Kennedy Bridge” (the carpetbagger). The Brooklyn Battery is the Hugh Carey Tunnel (that useless governor). The Queensboro is now the Ed Koch Bridge.

And the Tappan Zee (which was originally named the Malcolm Wilson Bridge after a governor who actually lived in Westchester) was re-named after Benito Nipplering Mussolini Cuomo’s father, Mario Mafioso Cuomo.

[Jim Noble]

“ The Queensboro is now the Ed Koch Bridge.”

You mean the 59th Street Bridge?

[Wallace T.]

Naming highways and bridges after politicians is not exclusive to New York. The Kentucky parkways are named after recent political office holders, e,g., the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway. Another phenomenon is naming interchanges and overpasses after some fallen soldier or police officer. I am more comfortable with that, as it is a reminder of a sacrifice in the line of duty.

In the age of cancel culture, past politicians who have fallen out of favor, like John C. Calhoun, William McKinley, or Woodrow Wilson, have had their names removed from lakes, mountains, and colleges.